Abby Mueller Trio - You’ve Got a Friend

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The Music of Carole, Joni, and James Starring Abby Mueller, Andrew Mueller, and Sharon Kenny The year: 1971. The place: Los Angeles’ A+M Records. An up-and-coming singer-songwriter is hard at work on her second studio album. She is visited by her friend and collaborator, who wants to introduce his new girlfriend, recording in the studio next door. The singer-songwriter? Carole King. The album? The genre-defining, 14x Platinum-selling masterpiece Tapestry. Her friend? James Taylor, fresh off his hit Sweet Baby James. And the girlfriend recording next door? Joni Mitchell, herself hard at work on her acclaimed classic, Blue. The music they each created would become the soundtrack of a generation. Join Broadway’s Abby Mueller and award-winning special guests Sharon Kenny and Andrew Mueller for an evening celebrating the iconic hits and stories of these musical legends and real-life friends. Abby Mueller garnered a Drama Desk Award and Grammy nomination for originating the role of Jane Seymour in the Tony Award-winning smash hit Six: The Musical on Broadway. She can be heard on the landmark Original Broadway Cast Recording Six: Live on Opening Night. After originating the role of Carole for the First National Tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Abby was brought back twice to reprise her critically acclaimed performance on Broadway. Other credits include Kinky Boots on Broadway and extensive regional roles. TV appearances include Evil, America’s Got Talent, The Today Show, The View, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon. Check out her Broadway.com Vlog “Yas, Queen!” on YouTube, and follow Abby on social media @abcmuell! Andrew Mueller is an award-winning actor who has appeared in shows Off-Broadway and across Chicagoland. Chicago theatrical credits include: Gerry Goffin in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Marriott; Jeff Award), Ernest Shackleton & Others in Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Porchlight; Jeff Award nomination), Dolokhov in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812 (Writers Theatre), Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyric Opera Chicago), Mark in RENT (Paramount), Shakespeare In Love (Chicago Shakespeare), Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure (Chicago Children’s Theater), A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane Oakbrook), Merrily We Roll Along (Music Theatre Co). Off-Broadway: Prentiss in Peter And The Starcatcher (New World Stages), Alice By Heart (MCC). You can catch him playing 2000’s indie rock and/or Radiohead with his band, The Red Roses. Sharon Kenny writes songs and the words that go with them. She lives in New York. Kenny’s music has been prominently featured worldwide on television (Netflix, Lifetime, Amazon), most notably with five placements on the hit show, Dance Moms. Her theatre work has been produced and/or developed at New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, 92NY, Williamstown Theatre Festival, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, The Yale Institute of Music Theatre, The Institute for American Musical Theatre, and Stages Theatre Company. Sharon’s work in Children’s Theatre includes adaptations of the NY Times bestsellers What Do You Do With an Idea?, Maybe (both by Kobi Yamada), Dragons Love Tacos (by Adam Rubin), as well as commissions for 92NY (The Tempest, Mother Goose, Ice Queen, A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Additionally, Kenny serves as Musical Director to Broadway’s Abby Mueller (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Six), and the upcoming musical Rutka (Lincoln Center, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park). As a pianist, she has played extensively on Broadway. BFA, The Hartt School. www.sharon-kenny.com