Broadway and Las Vegas Entertainer, Jersey Girl: Andrea Bell Wolff Sings 60s Girl Group Tribute, August NYC

New Yorkers will be dancing in the streets this summer when Broadway, regional and Las Vegas star, Andrea Bell Wolff (of New Jersey) brings her show “Bad Girls Do Cry” to Iridium in August. The music and comedy performance featuring the diminutive performer with giant-size talent is dedicated to the sounds of 1960s girl groups. “Bad Girls Do Cry” will play one show August 30th at 7pm at Iridium, 1650 Broadway in Manhattan (51st Street). Reservations are essential. Call (212) 582-2121 or reserve online at: http://theiridium.com/reservations/ There is a $30 cover charge and a $15 drink or food minimum per person. Additional shows in NYC will be announced soon.

“Bad Girls Do Cry” will feature custom video, original dialogue and a repertoire of favorites from The Shangri-Las, the Ronettes and the late Lesley Gore, Brenda Lee and Mary Wells among others artists. The girl group sound, a mixture of pop and R&B, dominated the music charts until the mid-1960s, characterized by a lead vocal and loose harmonies. The subject matter was almost always love and the rhythms demanded dancing. Producers and songwriters from Goffin and King to Motown often developed and sponsored groups when they realized the potential for hit-making, and solo artists like Gore and Wells who were influenced by the high-production, harmony-heavy sound, are often considered part of the girl group genre. The impact extended into the rock era, when The Beatles, especially, recorded several girl-group hits.

“This particular sound never gets old and continues to makes people get up on their feet and dance in the aisles,” says Andrea Bell Wolff. “The late Amy Winehouse had a girl group sound – she just sang all the parts herself.”

Ms. Bell Wolff is a comic actress and singer with an esteemed show business history. She was a teenager attending the Professional Children’s School when she was cast as Ermengarde in the first National Tour of “Hello Dolly!” starring Carol Channing. All in all, she did five productions of “Hello Dolly!” playing both Ermengarde and then Minnie Fay on Broadway and National Tours, as well as major roles in “George M!,” “Li’l Abner,” “Grease,” “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Funny Girl.” Her work in the revue, “Bottoms Up!” took her from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to Australia, and she has performed at such prestigious venues as The St. James Theater, Goodspeed, The Papermill Playhouse and Sacramento Music Circus. Her work with a show band, Your Father’s Mustache, landed her on the Ed Sullivan Show, and she was also a regular on the Donny and Marie Show working with Sid and Marty Krofft. Ms. Bell Wolff took a long break from performing to raise two children, and returned in 2011 with a show called “Loose Screws,” a risqué, fictional biographical journey of an also-ran entertainer, Chelsea Sutton Place.

Visit Andrea online at: http://www.loosescrewsproductions.com/andrea-bell-wolff.htm

General Press representative: Betsyann Faiella/ bafaiella@savoypr.com

The Iridium opened in 1994, and since then has been hosting nightly performances from music industry greats, including weekly performances by the late Les Paul for nearly fifteen years. Iridium moved to its current location in 2001.

Photo credits:
Andrea Bell Wolff/Car: McKay Imaging Photography
America’s Greatest Musical “Hello, Dolly!”: Andrea Bell Wolff as Minnie Fay and Jess Richards as Barnaby Tucker
Andrea Bell Wolff in Li’l Abner Photo Credit: Diane Sobolewski

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