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Article: The dame's key player.(Mark Nadler)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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Piano man Mark Nadler is honing his own cabaret comedy by keeping one eye on Broadway's Dame Edna
From his perch at a white baby grand piano, the tuxedoed Mark Nadler has the best seat on Broadway this season--as the accompanist for Dame Edna: The Royal Tour. When not pounding out ditties for the dame, Nadler gets a kick out of watching the audience's response to Australian actor Barry Humphries's flamboyant character. "They're like a little zoo out there, like little monkeys in a cage," Nadler says, laughing. "Or maybe I'm the monkey, and they're watching me!"
Nadler certainly monkeys around in his solo act, which he'll bring back to New York City's ...