Tom Andersen, Scott Coulter and Tim Di Pasqua will perform their award-winning show, 'Southern Comfort: A Down-Home Country Music Jamboree!,' on Friday, March 12, at 7 p.m. at the Schwartz Center for the Arts, 226 S. State St. in Dover, Delaware. The trio will sing classic and contemporary hits by Glen Campbell, Patsy Cline, Vince Gill, George Jones, Alan Jackson, k.d. lang, Dolly Parton, Randy Travis and Hank Williams.
Andersen, Coulter and Di Pasqua performed 'Southern Comfort' at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City and received the 2007 Backstage Bistro Award for Outstanding Musical Group. And Grammy Award-winning country star Larry Gatlin presented them with the 2007 Nightlife Award at Town Hall.
Critics have praised 'Southern Comfort.' Wayman Wong of Playbill.com wrote: 'These three thrilling tenors work in perfect harmony, and it's worth traveling a country mile to hear their heavenly sound.' And Scott and Barbara Siegel of Talkin' Broadway raved, 'They call their show 'Southern Comfort,' but it's more like 'Tenor Lightning,' and they're dazzling.'
Tom Andersen, a winner of five MAC Awards, is a singer-songwriter who has headlined at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. He starred Off-Broadway in 'Cabariety' and in the San Francisco revue 'Beach Blanket Babylon.'
Scott Coulter is also a multi-award-winning singer, and has won rave reviews as a performer and director of 'Broadway by the Year' shows at Town Hall. His noted theater credits include 'Forever Plaid' and 'Floyd Collins.'
Tim Di Pasqua is a four-time Bistro Award-winning singer-songwriter. He's played all over New York, from Birdland to Joe's Pub to Carnegie. He's also a founder of the Third Eye Theatre and wrote the score to 'Synchronicity.'
All three have performed in concert with Broadway's Stephen Schwartz and recorded the song 'War on Christmas Day' for Carol Hall's 'Hallways' CD, which won the 2009 Backstage Bistro Award for Outstanding Recording.
Tickets to 'Southern Comfort' are $22-$24. They can be ordered at (302) 678-5152 or online at www.schwartzcenter.com.
