PRESS KIT

Singer, writer, and actress Sarah Rudinoff has blazed a unique trail in Seattle’s performance scene as an actress, writer and singer. On June 1st, she released her first full-length album of music entitled, TOGETHER. The album captures new recordings of 30 years of music collaborations with artists from every genre. It is a love letter to all her communities: the cabaret world, the theatre scene, the rock clubs.

SONGS:
The album is made up of 14 songs (covers and 2 originals) that span multiple genres. For a nod to her musical theatre career Rudinoff enlisted 14 musicians from the 5th Avenue Theatre orchestra to play 22 instruments for lush recordings of two Leonard Bernstein classics. She teams up with bluegrass supergroup The Half Brothers for twangy versions of American standards. With former Seattle Symphony cellist Joshua Roman she reinterprets Joni Mitchell and with marimba players Erin Jorgensen and Storm Benjamin they bring a bounce to an Alison Moyet 80’s torch song. Rudinoff unites with her long-time collaborator Chris Jeffries on uncommon cabaret selections and a live medley of Rudinoff with the late Nick Garrison is including on the record. A Led Zeppelin classic done with some city’s greatest rock musicians and original songs from Rudinoff and Gretta Harley’s sold-out show “These Streets” are on the album as well. A full list of the tracks can be found HERE.

LINER NOTES:
Rudinoff has been a live performer almost exclusively and each song on the album was chosen because it had an emotional resonance when it was originally done live. It has always been a dream of hers to capture that ephemeral energy on a record. Read the liner notes below to get the story about each collaboration.

SHOWS:
There will be two live shows celebrating the record release featuring over a dozen musicians at the Century Ballroom. Each night will feature a variety of musicians and completely different set lists. Friday, June 28th and Friday July 26th. ALL INFO HERE

LINER NOTES

BIO

Known as an actress, writer, and singer Sarah has been making theatrical work in Seattle for 30 years. As an actress, she has performed roles in every major theatre, highlights include Rosie in Mamma Mia and Ruth in Wonderful Town at the 5th Avenue, Lisa Kron in Well at the Seattle Rep and in the titular role in Ubu at The Empty Space. Sarah was also the first actor to play Yitzak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch outside of the original NY production. Her many solo shows have been presented locally at Re-bar, On the Boards and Bumbershoot and have toured the Adelaide Festival in Australia, the TBA Festival in Portland and the HBO Workspace in L.A.

As a singer, Rudinoff has performed cabaret all over Seattle, including, Vito’s, On the Boards, The Sorrento, The Showbox, Bumbershoot, Sunset Tavern and Re-bar. She was a vocalist for 7 seasons of the “Broadway- level burlesque extravaganza” House of Thee Unholy at The Triple Door. With her band We Are Golden, she released an EP of original songs and co-wrote and starred in These Streets at ACT Theatre, about women musicians of Seattle’s “grunge” years. Sarah was the guest artist and co-curator of the Seattle Women’s Chorus’ Women Who Rock concert at Benaroya Hall and she has sung the National Anthem at a few Seahawks games. She has performed cabaret at Les Deux Café in Los Angeles, Joe’s Pub in New York City, and opened for cabaret giants Kiki and Herb in Seattle.

Sarah won a Stranger Genius Award in theater, multiple Footlight Awards from the Seattle Times and was included in the book and PBS Special, Seattle 100-Portrait of a City chronicling Seattleites who drive culture in the city. She has hosted hundreds of benefits for non-profits around Seattle and is a proud member of the city’s performing community.

Visit her performance website at sarahrudinoff.com

PRESS

“Rudinoff’s stage presence is thermonuclear (in a darling kind of way) and the golden gospel gravel of her voice can ride a jazzy tune like a Harley on the bad road to heaven.”
— Adrian Ryan, The Stranger

“Offering a spectacular diva turn: Sarah Rudinoff went off like fireworks as brassy cab driver Hildy. She delivers her big number, ‘I Can Cook Too,’ with a trumpeting, ebullient energy in one of the most exhilarating musical-comedy solo turns I’ve ever seen.”
— Gavin Borchert, Seattle Weekly (Reviewing “On the Town” at the 5th Avenue Theatre)

“Sarah Rudinoff walks away with this show. She's perfectly cast as Ruth and Betty Comden and Adolph Green's witty lyrics are a fine vehicle for Rudinoff's comic genius. She flavors her delivery with a dash of self-mockery, holding back until the magic moment when she pulls out the stops and takes us along for a gleeful ride. She can hardly raise an eyebrow without sending the audience into peals of laughter.”
— Kelly Huffman, Seattle P-I (Reviewing “Wonderful Town” at The 5th Avenue Theatre)

“Entertainment requires showmanship, and showmanship is Rudinoff’s biggest asset she simply can’t open her mouth without spewing razzle-dazzle all over the stage. A showcase for Rudinoff’s fearsome talent, Go There justifies the commanding tone in its title. So, really, just go.”
— Chris Jensen, The Seattle Weekly (Reviewing “Go There” at Re-Bar)

“Even if you’ve been living in a cave lately, you’ve probably heard local stage actress/singer/writer Sarah Rudinoff’s strident pseudo-soprano echoing off your cave walls. She has a big voice and big talent.”
— Chris Clayton, Seattle Magazine

“Sarah Rudinoff sings from wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-y down deep in the gut, and her buttery voice flavors every molecule of air you breathe.”
— Sara Niegowksi, The Seattle Weekly

“She sings like a Demon.”
— Sean Nelson, The Stranger