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Dan Manjovi on the Upper Terrace at Bryant Park (Site)

Tuesday July 18, 2023, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

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One event on Tuesday July 18, 2023 at 12:30 pm

Free

Come on by and tap your toes to The Big Apple’s finest ragtime, stride, and jazz pianists around! Featuring special events and performances by distinguished musicians sprinkled throughout the schedule.

DAN MANJOVI | musician • composer • lyricist • performer ...

Dan Manjovi is an award-winning vocalist, pianist, actor, writer, and teacher. Theatre credits include Regional: Denver Center Theater Company, Arizona Theatre Company (Manny, Master Class); Oregon Cabaret Theatre (Buddy Toupee, Gunmetal Blues); 2006 workshop of George Furth’s (Company, Merrily We Roll Along) The End (music by Doug Katsaros). Off-Broadway: 2016 Workshop and The York Theatre production (Aaron Jefferson Levi How To Be An American!). Dan’s original music and arrangements have been featured in film, stage, radio, and television. His song, Somethin’s Comin’ My Way was featured in the Academy Award-winning Lionsgate film Precious; his musical I Am, I Will, I Do, was a standout hit at the 2017 New York Musical Festival (NYMF, Playwrights Horizons). Dan’s play, Picked Up, premiered in 2019 in New York City on Theatre Row (Broadway Bound Theatre Festival), and his newest play, The Problem received two online productions with Planet Connections Theatre this past year. Manjovi has appeared onstage in various concert venues with diverse artists such as Donna Summer, Elvis Costello, Nellie McKay, Patti Griffin, John Mayer, Michael Feinstein, and Grace Hightower. Discography: Somethin’s Comin’ My Way for the Precious soundtrack recording for the Universal-Interscope label. Solo recordings: Dan Manjovi (2005); Woke Up This Morning (2008); song Things’ll Get Better appears on the compilation CD United For The Ride (2009); single, There Is No One More Beautiful (2016); and Goldilocks and the Three Bears, (2021) and The Three Little Pigs (2022) written and recorded for Storytime On Ice, is now available on all streaming outlets. Manjovi is a regular presence in New York’s top music venues, such as The Bitter End, The Carlyle Room, Feinstein’s/54 Below, and the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Dan is a multiple ASCAP Popular Award Winner, and a recipient of the Backstage Newspaper’s Bistro Award for Outstanding Singer/Instrumentalist.

Details

Date:
Tuesday July 18, 2023
Time:
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://bryantpark.org/activities/piano

Venue

Bryant Park, Upper Terrace
36 W 40th St
New York, NY 10018 United States
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Website:
http://www.bryantpark.org