Cabaret

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Max and Alan

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I was asked by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to do a new piece based on the exhibition they had running by the German painter Max Beckmann.  Both Beckmann's work and life are fascinating so I had a  lot of great source material, but I also wanted to show some personal connections between him and me, and quite surprisingly, I found there was a lot.

It was nerve-wracking to do a whole new show, especially after doing Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs for so long, but me and my band-mates - Lance Horene Eleanor Norton and Alon Ilsar - had a great time.

I also DJ'd a Club Cumming party afterwards!

Chita: Nowadays

On Monday November 7th I sang a couple of songs with Chita Rivera in her solo debut at Carnegie Hall.  Chita is a legend and a total doll and I was truly honoured to be a part of her show. I sang The Apple Doesn't Fall Very Far From The Tree  from The Rink and then Nowadays from Chicago, the latter of which also saw me busting some Bob Fosse moves which Chita taught me!

It was a great night. Andy Karl, Javier Munoz and the New York Gay Men's Chorus.

Here's a little highlight reel of the evening

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Club Cumming

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On 7 nights after Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs at EIF, I threw Club Cumming parties. I was DJ, my band - Lance Horne, Eleanor Norton and Stuart Semple - played, we had guests including Jesus, Brian Cox, Jonathan  Mills and Frances Thorburne, games and much, much fun...

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Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs at the Edinburgh International festival

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I returned to my homeland to perform Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs at the Hub for the entire month of the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2016. It was a really amazing month and such a joy to perform the show in Edinburgh, where I first performed at the Fringe Festival in 1984 with my friend Forbes Masson in The Victor and Barry Show

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PBS Arts Fall festival: Sappy Songs

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My performance of Alan Cumming Songs Sappy Songs at the Smith Center in Las vegas was recorded by PBS and an edited version appeared as part of their Arts Fall Festival.

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In Concert

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I began the year performing Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs as part of my Australian tour with dates at the Melbourne Arts Centre and at the Sydney Festival. On my return to the US I toured the show to Palm Beach, Tampa, Toronto, a sell out show at Carnegie Hall in New York, Bethesda, Naples, Detroit, Minneapolis, Princeton, Port Washington, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, West Hampton, Martha's Vineyard, Provincetown, Great Barrington, Las Vegas, and returned to my roots by taking the show to the Edinburgh International Festival in August. Then I returned to the US and played Amherst before returning to the UK to play Brighton, the London Palladium, York and Gateshead.  Then I rounded off the year with US shows in Pittsburgh, Morristown, Kansas City, Louisville, Chicago, Carmel Indiana, Cleveland, finishing up with a New Year's Eve show in Park City, Utah! Phew!!

We also released a live album Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs Live At The Cafe Carlyle and recorded the show for a PBS special.