BAUTIER & LEONHARDT PERFORM MERCER

Orange welcomes Michele Bautier and David Leonhardt to an evening of Johnny Mercer hits!BAUTIER received critical acclaim and was nominated for awards by both the Outer Critics’ Circle and the New York Drama Desk for her first leading role in the Broadway musical revue “STARDUST.” In addition to these honors, her portrait was done by the legendary show business caricaturist, Al Hirschfeld, and featured in The New York Times.

Michèle has been received by audiences with unprecedented enthusiasm in New York’s finest supperclubs, Carnegie Hall, and on Broadway. She has also performed on the European continent. Locally, Ms. Bautier has appeared at the Celebration of the Arts Festival in Delaware Water Gap, PA, which has featured world-renowned talents such as Phil Woods and Bob Dorough.

DAVID LEONHARDT pianist and band leader, is a highly skilled and versatile musician. His decades of professional experience have included T.V. and radio, concerts, festivals, night clubs and private parties. He has recorded over twenty five CDs as leader and guest artist including two popular series; Jazz For Dancers and Tap Music For Tap Dancers.

He has appeared internationally throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle and Far East. Both he and his ensemble are an in-demand commodity in the sophisticated party scene in New York, Philadelphia and through out the Mid-Atlantic region.