Natalie Douglas
Natalie Douglas sings The First Time - The Music of Roberta Flack
Orinda Theatre
4 Orinda Theatre Square #3308
Orinda, CA 94563
Apr 21, 2024
5:00 PM PDT
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World-renowned cabaret/jazz artist Natalie Douglas returns to the Orinda Theatre with her stunning tribute to Roberta Flack. In 2022, the Grammy legend was sadly diagnosed with ALS. Now, Natalie Douglas and musical director Mark Hartman lovingly celebrate the hallmarks of Roberta Flack's career and her music and artistry's impact worldwide. On top of winning many awards for her legendary cabaret shows, Natalie Douglas has won 13 MAC Awards (Manhattan Association of Cabarets). Natalie has brought audiences to their feet from the stages of Carnegie Hall and Birdland Jazz Club (where she holds a 2 decade-long residency) to concert halls in the UK, Italy, Greece, Monaco, Argentina, and beyond.
" A true force of nature..." Clive Davis, The Times
"A true, true star." - BBC London Radio
"Ms. Douglas...used her generous vocal and acting gifts to illuminate a repertoire rich in drama and emotion." - Theatre Pizzazz
"Her vocal instrument is incomparable; she segues easily from a smoky contralto to a pinging, piercing mix that is as rich and resplendent as early Streisand." - Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins
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Passion, energy, emotion, and style! She brings her voice to music we are familiar with breathing new life into each piece.
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The Orinda Theatre opened on December 27, 1941 with William Holden in “Texas”. The theatre was built for and operated by Donald Rheem.
Slated for demolition in 1984, it ...
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Natalie Douglas Biography
Natalie Douglas is a 21st-century vocalist with a strong foundation in the traditional pop vocals of the American Songbook and an equally fierce devotion to the modern jazz, blues, rock & country influences of her childhood. Like her idol, Nina Simone, Natalie is drawn to lyrics that tell a compelling story no matter what genre.
Douglas is a two-time Bistro, Nightlife, and thirteen-time MAC Award Winner, whose international performances have taken her from concert halls to theaters to intimate clubs and everything in between. She has produced over 75 concerts at her musical home, Birdland Jazz Club in New York City - most notably her TRIBUTES series, celebrating artists she loves including, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Elvis, Dolly Parton, Nat King Cole, Dame Shirley Bassey, Ella Fitzgerald, Roberta Flack, Joni Mitchell, Sammy Davis, Jr., Lena Horne, Barbra Streisand, and Cher. In 2023, she will add to her three CD catalog, including the MAC Award Winning “Human Heart,” with a brand new album on Club 44 Records, "Back To The Garden". Her CDs are currently available on iTunes, Amazon.com, Spotify, and her website: nataliedouglas.com.
In addition, Douglas has made her mark as a much sought-after educator and actor – she is an expert artist instructor for the Jim & Elizabeth Sullivan Foundation, the Eugene O’Neill Cabaret & Performance Conference, and the Mabel Mercer Foundation, for which she has been named Education Director. Natalie holds a Bachelor’s Degree from USC in Psychology, Theatre, and Women’s Studies and a Master’s Degree from UCLA in Psychology and Theatre. “The range Ms. Douglas exhibits, vocal and emotional, could make a cynic believe in Santa. She lives inside the music, lives for the music, it is joyful and a beautiful sight to behold.” - Stephen Mosher, BroadwayWorld.com “Douglas is the kind of performer who is hard to review, because she's so undoubtedly talented and good at what she does - the singing, sharing, entertaining, all of it - and frankly how can my words do her music justice? They can't: she has to be seen to be believed.”
Karis Rogerson, BroadwayWorld.com
“Extraordinary. A true force of nature, she squeezes a phenomenal amount of material into the evening. Yet by the end, you simply want her to carry on into the small hours.
Clive Davis, The Times (UK)
Read MoreIn addition, Douglas has made her mark as a much sought-after educator and actor – she is an expert artist instructor for the Jim & Elizabeth Sullivan Foundation, the Eugene O’Neill Cabaret & Performance Conference, and the Mabel Mercer Foundation, for which she has been named Education Director. Natalie holds a Bachelor’s Degree from USC in Psychology, Theatre, and Women’s Studies and a Master’s Degree from UCLA in Psychology and Theatre. “The range Ms. Douglas exhibits, vocal and emotional, could make a cynic believe in Santa. She lives inside the music, lives for the music, it is joyful and a beautiful sight to behold.” - Stephen Mosher, BroadwayWorld.com “Douglas is the kind of performer who is hard to review, because she's so undoubtedly talented and good at what she does - the singing, sharing, entertaining, all of it - and frankly how can my words do her music justice? They can't: she has to be seen to be believed.”
Karis Rogerson, BroadwayWorld.com
“Extraordinary. A true force of nature, she squeezes a phenomenal amount of material into the evening. Yet by the end, you simply want her to carry on into the small hours.
Clive Davis, The Times (UK)
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