# Mark Nadler

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{{Short description|American musician and comedian}}
{{infobox person
|name=Mark Nadler
|birth_place=[Waterloo, Iowa](/source/Waterloo%2C_Iowa), U.S.
|education=[Interlochen Arts Academy](/source/Interlochen_Center_for_the_Arts)
|occupation={{flatlist|
*[Cabaret](/source/Cabaret) performer
*actor
*comedic pianist
}}
|website={{URL|http://www.marknadler.com}}
}}
'''Mark Nadler''' is a New York City-based [cabaret](/source/cabaret) performer, actor, and comedic pianist. He has been described as "one of New York's most acclaimed singer/pianists"<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Oakland Tribune|title=Original angel flies back to Bay for Berkeley Rep's 'Ghosts'|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20040227/ai_n14567296/pg_2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724162146/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20040227/ai_n14567296/pg_2|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-07-24|date=2004-02-27}}</ref> and a "virtuoso" of [classical piano](/source/classical_piano).<ref>{{cite news|publisher=KGO AM |url=http://www.kgoam810.com/customform.asp?id=38711&view=scheduled |title=Russian on the Side |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525123312/http://www.kgoam810.com/customform.asp?id=38711&view=scheduled |archivedate=2011-05-25 }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Nadler was born and raised in [Waterloo, Iowa](/source/Waterloo%2C_Iowa). He took an interest in [Broadway musical](/source/Broadway_musical)s from a young age, and was a fan of [Danny Kaye](/source/Danny_Kaye), [Mahalia Jackson](/source/Mahalia_Jackson), [Jimmy Durante](/source/Jimmy_Durante), the [Marx Brothers](/source/Marx_Brothers), and [Bugs Bunny](/source/Bugs_Bunny).<ref name=sfc/> At the age of ten, he began performing professionally at the Long Straw Saloon in [Cedar Falls, Iowa](/source/Cedar_Falls%2C_Iowa).<ref name=sfc/> As the gay son of Jewish immigrants, he felt out of place in the [American Midwest](/source/American_Midwest).<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Theater-review-Nadler-s-Russian-on-the-Side-3188844.php | title=Theater review: Nadler's 'Russian on the Side' | first=Robert | last=Hurwitt | work=[San Francisco Chronicle](/source/San_Francisco_Chronicle) | date=October 23, 2008 }}</ref> He studied at the [Interlochen Arts Academy](/source/Interlochen_Arts_Academy) in 1981<ref>{{cite news  | url=http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=theatre&article=454 | title=Pianist revelations:Mark Nadler brings 'Russian on the Side' to SF | first=Richard | last=Dodds | work=[Bay Area Reporter](/source/Bay_Area_Reporter) | date=October 16, 2008}}</ref> before moving to Manhattan at age 17.

==Career==
Nadler frequently has collaborated with singer [KT Sullivan](/source/KT_Sullivan).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/westons-african-state-of-mind/51030/ | title=Weston's African State of Mind | first=Will | last=Friedwald | work=[New York Sun](/source/New_York_Sun) | date=March 23, 2007}}</ref> He has written and performed in dozens of touring, Broadway, and off-Broadway productions, as well as on television programs. Some of his more notable productions include ''American Rhapsody'' in 1999, an [off-Broadway](/source/off-Broadway) [revue](/source/revue) based on [George Gershwin](/source/George_Gershwin) that won the [Manhattan Association of Cabarets Award](/source/MAC_Awards) for Outstanding Musical Revue and was nominated for a [Drama Desk Award](/source/Drama_Desk_Award) and two [Lucille Lortel Awards](/source/Lucille_Lortel_Awards);<ref>{{cite news  | url=https://www.playbill.com/article/american-rhapsody-has-gershwin-rhythm-at-triad-opening-nov-10-com-92776 | title=American Rhapsody Has Gershwin Rhythm at Triad, Opening Nov. 10 | work=[Playbill](/source/Playbill) | date=October 27, 2000}}</ref> ''Red Light'', an "opera in [honky-tonk](/source/honky-tonk)" co-written with [Dawn Hampton](/source/Dawn_Hampton), which also won a MAC Award;<ref>{{cite web | title=Dawn Hampton: Artist Biography | work=[AllMusic.com](/source/AllMusic.com) | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dawn-hampton-mn0000603647 }}</ref> ''Tschaikovsky (and Other Russians)'', performed at the [Algonquin Hotel](/source/Algonquin_Hotel) and the [American Conservatory Theater](/source/American_Conservatory_Theater), among other venues, which won the 2003 Bistro Award;<ref>{{cite news  | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/24/arts/cabaret-guide.html | title=Cabaret Guide | first=Stephen | last=Holden | work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) | date=January 24, 2003}}</ref> and ''Russian on the Side'', based on the [Ira Gershwin](/source/Ira_Gershwin)/[Kurt Weill](/source/Kurt_Weill) [patter song](/source/patter_song) "[Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)](/source/Tschaikowsky_(and_Other_Russians))", which played the [Edinburgh Festival Fringe](/source/Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe) and the Marines Memorial Theater in San Francisco, California.<ref name=sfc>{{cite news | url=https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Comic-pianist-Mark-Nadler-a-new-Danny-Kaye-3190265.php | title=Comic pianist Mark Nadler: a new Danny Kaye | first=Jesse | last=Hamlin | work=[San Francisco Chronicle](/source/San_Francisco_Chronicle) | date=October 12, 2008}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 2004, Nadler and his partner hosted a "[Bark Mitzvah](/source/Bark_Mitzvah)" for their [wheaten terrier](/source/wheaten_terrier), Admiral Rufus K. Boom,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/nyregion/20mitzvah.html |title=Today He Is a Dog; Actually, He Always Was | first=Lily | last=Koppel | work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) | date=December 20, 2004}}</ref> as a commentary on the frivolity and excess of [Bar Mitzvah](/source/Bar_Mitzvah) engagements at which Nadler had performed earlier in his career.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://jewishexponent.com/2013/04/25/russians-are-coming-russians-are-coming-and-an-iowan-too/  | title=Russians Are Coming! Russians Are Coming -- and an Iowan, Too! | first=Andrea | last=Cantor | work=[The Jewish Exponent](/source/The_Jewish_Exponent) | date=April 25, 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.marknadler.com/ Official site]

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Category:American cabaret singers
Category:Jewish American musicians
Category:Jewish cabaret performers
Category:People from Waterloo, Iowa
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Category:Jewish American comedians
Category:Jewish male comedians
Category:21st-century American Jews
Category:Jews from Iowa
Category:Interlochen Center for the Arts alumni
Category:Comedians from Iowa

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