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Jessica Molaskey
Born (1962-01-09) January 9, 1962 (age 62)
Wolcott, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres
OccupationSinger
Labels
Websitewww.jessicamolaskey.com

Jessica Molaskey (born January 9, 1962, Wolcott, Connecticut) is an American professional actor and singer of torch songs and show tunes.[1] She has appeared in a dozen Broadway shows, including Sunday in the Park with George, Tommy, Crazy for You, Chess, Oklahoma!, Cats, City of Angels, and the first national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

She has premiered theater pieces Off-Broadway, including the Jason Robert Brown 1995 musical Songs for a New World, A Man of No Importance, and Parade at Lincoln Center, Dream True at the Vineyard Theatre, Stephen Sondheim's Wise Guys (New York Theater Workshop), The Most Happy Fella as part of the Encores! series at City Center and many world premieres in regional theaters across the U.S. Molaskey performed the role of Sister Bertha in NBC's The Sound of Music Live! starring Carrie Underwood.

She has performed in concert all over the world from Carnegie Hall to Disney Hall and in jazz festivals from Montreal to Monterey. Her songwriting skills can be heard on dozens of recordings, including Cradle and All which she wrote with Ricky Ian Gordon for Audra McDonald's Build a Bridge album and The Greedy Tadpole, part of a commission for McDonald of the Seven Deadly Sins for Carnegie Hall. Her concert Portraits of Joni, as part Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, featured her daughter Madeleine Pizzarelli on guitar and vocals.

Molaskey is married to jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli.[2]

Discography

Released Album Label
June 4, 2002 (2002-06-04) Pentimento PS Classics
May 20, 2003 (2003-05-20) A Good Day PS Classics
October 5, 2004 (2004-10-05) Make Believe PS Classics
May 8, 2007 (2007-05-08) Sitting in Limbo PS Classics
September 2, 2008 (2008-09-02) A Kiss to Build a Dream On Arbors
August 14, 2012 (2012-08-14) At the Algonquin Arbors

References

  1. ^ Jessica Molaskey at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Jessica Molaskey Official Website | BIOGRAPHY". www.jessicamolaskey.com. Retrieved Apr 2, 2020.
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