Mark Nadler

 
"LAST EVENING, SINGER AND PIANIST MARK NADLER OPENED HIS SPECTACULAR SHOW, "HIS LOVELY WIFE IRA", AT THE RRAZZ ROOM IN THE HOTEL NIKKO.  THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA THEATRE CRITICS CIRCLE RECENTLY BESTOWED TO HIM THE 2008 "BEST S0LO PERFORMANCE" AWARD, AND RIGHTLY SO.  "HIS LOVELY WIFE, IRA" REFERS TO A POSSIBLE BELIEF THAT GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN WERE HUSBAND AND WIFE AND NOT BROTHERS!  I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BETTER PERFORMER PLACE THE AUDIENCE IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND AND TAKE COMPLETE CONTROL.  AND WHILE HE PERFORMS, HE MAINTAINS CONSTANT AUDIENCE EYE CONTACT AND RULES THE ROOST.  HIS SHOW?  WONDERFUL AND IT'S ALL BUILT AROUND THE LYRICS OF IRA GERSHWIN AND THE MANY COMPOSERS -- INCLUDING HIS BROTHER, GEORGE -- THAT HE COLLABORATED WITH TO CREATE SOME FABULOUS, FAMOUS AND CLEVER LYRICS.  MARK NADLER IS A BRILLIANT PIANIST AND HAS A DYNAMIC VOICE -- AND ALWAYS IN CONTROL -- HIS AUDIENCE COMPLETELY MESMERIZED.  YOU'LL NEVER SEE ANOTHER PERFORMER LIKE MARK NADLER WHO EARNED A WELL-REWARDED STANDING OVATION BY THE OPENING NIGHT PACKED HOUSE.  HIS ENGAGEMENT IS A SHORT ONE, AND SO I URGE YOU TO HEAD FOR THE RRAZZ ROOM IN THE HOTEL NIKKO AND BE SWEPT AWAY BY HIS REMARKABLE SHOW, "HIS LOVELY WIFE IRA".  REMEMBER, IT BEGINS AT 7:00 PM AND PLAYS THRU THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 2ND.  I URGE YOU NOT TO MISS IT."
--Jerry Friedman, KGO NEWSTALK ENTERTAINMENT