Acclaimed YouTube sensation, Christina Bianco is set to perform her hit solo show DIVA MOMENTS at The Alex Theatre St Kilda in March 2017.
New York and West End performer Christina Bianco’s singular voice and comedic charm have brought audiences around the world to their feet. Bianco captured international acclaim as a YouTube sensation with her ‘diva’ impression videos, gaining over 23 million views. A woman of many voices, she’s performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Queen Latifah Show, The Today Show, The Paul O’Grady Show and Graham Norton on BBC Radio 2.
Celebrating the most iconic vocalists of all time, DIVA MOMENTS features songs that made divas out of the women who sang them.
Audiences can expect an exciting selection of pop, standard & Broadway tunes, sung in Christina’s own voice as well as in the voices of your favorite pop-culture personalities from yesterday and today. From Ariana Grande to Barbra Streisand to Edith Piaf, no celebrity is safe!
The show will also feature some of Christina’s greatest YouTube hits and her hilarious ‘unlikely interpretations,’ that pair a singer and song you wouldn’t expect.
With countless impressions, games, sketches and lots of audience participation, Diva Moments is sure to be unlike anything audiences have seen before!
Join Christina for DIVA MOMENTS, honoring the great divas that have stood the test of time.
Music Direction by Michael Lavine
THE ALEX THEATRE
135 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda | alextheatrestk.com
WEDNESDAY 8TH MARCH 2017 – 8:15PM
Bookings: www.ticketek.com.au
The New York Times – ‘Must we trot out the phrase “tour de force?” Yes. We must! …Bianco’s work is something to see!’
Time Out New York –‘Bianco, a comic firecracker with a pyrotechnic voice, drives the audience wild!’
BroadwayWorld – ‘Bianco may be known for her impressions, but what audiences will take away from her shows are her humor, charm, and incredibly powerful voice rivaling the very divas she impersonates.’
BIO:
Two-time Drama Desk Award nominee, Bianco made her West End debut in The Menier Chocolate Factory’s production of Forbidden Broadway at The Vaudeville Theatre. Christina’s New York credits include The Marvelous Wonderettes, the one-woman, multi-character comedy, Application Pending (Drama Desk Award Nomination), Newsical the Musical, and Forbidden Broadway; Goes To Rehab (Drama Desk Award Nomination).
She has performed her critically acclaimed solo shows to sold out crowds in the US and the UK, selling out extended runs at London’s famed Hippodrome, Royal Albert Hall’s prestigious Elgar Room and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, winning the Three Weeks Editors Award. Last fall, Christina completed a 14 city UK tour titled, Me Myself And Everyone Else. Following that, she enjoyed a 3 week residency at London’s Charing Cross Theater with her Christmas show, O Come All Ye Divas.
Christina frequently performs as a soloist with major US and Canadian symphonies and will be debuting her solo symphonic concert in September of 2017 with the Indianapolis Symphony under the direction of Maestro Jack Everly.
Christina resides in NYC with her husband Billy and schnoodle, Jeff. www.ChristinaBianco.com
