HAMPTONS SUMMER SONGBOOK BY THE SEA PRESENTS

Always: The Love Story of Irving Berlin

Starring Mark Nadler & KT Sullivan

"The great love story of Irving Berlin, America’s favorite songwriter, and Ellin Mackay, Irish-American heiress, is not well known, but Mark Nadler and KT Sullivan bring their romance to palpitating life through such seductive songs as “Cheek To Cheek”, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”, “I Got Lost In His Arms”, and of course, “Always”. Berlin’s sacrifices during World War II are made vivid with such classics as “Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In the Morning” and “God Bless America”. This energetic show, which can be performed in One Act or two, covers the 102 years of Irving Berlin’s life, starting as an immigrant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to being America’s most successful composer, from Tin Pan Alley to the Top 40 and Broadway."

– MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) Award Outstanding Revue

A book musical in which Mark Nadler and KT Sullivan tell, sing and reenact one of the great American love stories. They put Irving Berlin's music in service to the story, weaving the composer's songs in and out of the narrative according to their emotional content and give us the intimate story of a musical colossus.

The evening features a zesty smorgasbord of Berlin tunes -- many well known, many rarely heard. Some are performed in their totality; others are woven into evocative medleys that punctuate dramatic arcs in Berlin's life. This show is rich in American history as well as a deeply moving theatrical event.