Nellie McKay is back with Sister Orchid, her seventh album and her second collaboration with famed Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. She has won a Theatre World Award for her portrayal of Polly Peachum on Broadway in The Threepenny Opera, performed onscreen in the films PS I Love You and Downtown Express, and her music was used in Rumor Has It, Monster-in-Law, PS I Love You, Gasland, Last Holiday and Private Life.McKay co-created and starred in the award-winning off-Broadway hit Old Hats and has written three acclaimed musical biographies. Her latest lady bio is The Big Molinsky – Considering Joan Rivers (“unpredictable, thrilling…sardonic wit…” – The New York Times).Nellie’s music has been heard on Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, Weeds, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, Nurse Jackie, and SMILF, and she has appeared on TV shows including The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Ferguson, and The View...
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Nellie McKay is back with Sister Orchid, her seventh album and her second collaboration with famed Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. She has won a Theatre World Award for her portrayal of Polly Peachum on Broadway in The Threepenny Opera, performed onscreen in the films PS I Love You and Downtown Express, and her music was used in Rumor Has It, Monster-in-Law, PS I Love You, Gasland, Last Holiday and Private Life.McKay co-created and starred in the award-winning off-Broadway hit Old Hats and has written three acclaimed musical biographies. Her latest lady bio is The Big Molinsky – Considering Joan Rivers (“unpredictable, thrilling…sardonic wit…” – The New York Times).Nellie’s music has been heard on Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, Weeds, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, Nurse Jackie, and SMILF, and she has appeared on TV shows including The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Ferguson, and The View. She has made numerous radio appearances on NPR’s Mountain Stage, A Prairie Home Companion, eTown, and Marion McPartland’s Piano Jazz. The Chase Brock Experience produced a ballet of her third album, Obligatory Villagers, and she contributed the forward to the 20th anniversary edition of The Sexual Politics of Meat. Her writing has also appeared in The Onion, Interview and The New York Times Book Review.A recipient of PETA’s Humanitarian Award and the Humane Society’s Doris Day Music Award in recognition of her dedication to animal rights, Nellie is an annoyingly vocal advocate for feminism, civil rights and other deeply felt progressive ideals. She is currently part of the campaign to get horse-drawn carriages off the streets of New York City. She would like to be friends with Russia, the country with the most nuclear weapons in the world. We must all be very kind to one another.Artist WebsitePlanning on seeing your favorite artist at Sellersville Theater? Why not make a night of it? Use promo code SHOW15 when booking online or by phone at The Washington House Hotel, right next door (215-257-3000). One promo code can be used for each night’s stay.A processing fee of $7 or a $3.50 streaming fee per ticket will appear on your order at check out. This fee is waived when you purchase in person at our Box Office, click here for hours.The cabaret and through row D are reserved for Theater Members until one month before the show. To inquire about Membership, call our Box Office at 215-257-5808 or click here. If you are a Theater Member, select your tickets using the price code that matches your Membership level and enter your Member ID into the Membership box on the checkout page. Friends & Fanatics: Thank you for your support! As promised, you do not pay additional ticket fees. Because we are unable to remove fees from online sales, we lower the ticket price you see below by $7 so that when the fee is applied it all balances out and you pay the original ticket price, nothing more! Please call the Box Office with questions at 215-257-5808.
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