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Kristina
Sachs
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who hails from San Francisco, has entertained
audiences around the world from Tokyo to Venice.
Her concerts have been seen on international stages as well as
during tours on world-wide voyages in the cruise industry. Within
the United States, Kristina enjoys bi-coastal status as an artist,
performing on both the east and west coasts.
In using her 3-octave range, Kristina shares songs from the
familiar to the obscure, in genres from Broadway to jazz and blues, pop
and romantic standards. She
even “Handel’s” opera! Delightfully,
she weaves her timely sense of humor in between songs.
Martin Schaeffer, of New York’s BACKSTAGE,
described her style… both funny and able to deliver a ballad with conviction and
assurance.”
Kristina attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts and is a Fellow of
the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center Cabaret Symposium. Those who enjoyed seeing Kristina perform during a West Coast
Cabaret Convention, at the ASCAP Songwriter’s Showcase, or perhaps
while gracing the stage at Town Hall in New York, may recall
“Liberty’s Lament” (lyrics by Burman./music by Field),
the witty song about the lady of the harbor who kvetches with her
psychiatrist. Drama-Logue’s
Siegel and Siegel had this to say, “Kristina
Sachs…another standout, getting a much deserved big reaction for her
funny, clever torch song…”
Kristina debuted into cabaret limelight with her international
show, “I
Left My Heart in Gorky Park” in Manhattan at the Duplex in
1993 and again at Don’t Tell Mama’s in 1994.
Following Mediterranean cruise contracts, she successfully
premiered “Gypsy
in My Soul” in the spring of 1995 to critics acclaim at the
renowned Plush Room in the City by the Bay with subsequent shows at The
Gardenia in Los Angeles as well as Eighty Eight’s, Don’t Tell
Mama’s and Danny’s Skylight Room in Manhattan in 1996.
When legendary recording artist Margaret
Whiting saw Kristina’s one-woman
show, she exclaimed, “So much
heart, passion and intelligence. Just
beautiful!”
Roy Sander, cabaret reviewer for the Bistro
Bits column in BACKSTAGE noted, “Her
voice is lovely…her interpretations were warm and incisive…straight
from her heart to ours. I
look forward to seeing her again.”
New York critic, Carolyn Rollin Albert writes…”Kristina blew in from San Francisco and simply knocked everyone over…selected songs that reflected her own multifaceted interests…displayed her wide vocal range and versatility…novel interpretations…strong belt. Come back soon!” Taking the stage again, Kristina performed
“Wake Up and Dream” to sold-out houses at the Plush Room in
1997 with a return engagement at Star Classics Concert Hall in the fall
of 1998. Introducing yet
another musical labor of love in 1999, Kristina produced a benefit
concert and was featured in “For
Such A Time As This” accompanied by
an 8-piece band and back-up singers. This uplifting show encored
later that Fall. and was recently the inspiration for the recording and
Spring ’01 release of her debut CD, For Such A Time As This..
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From the intimacy of a Cabaret
club to the grandeur of a 3,000 seat Performing Arts Center, Kristina
has sung with the San Diego Opera
and was a featured soloist with the 17-piece Glenn
Miller Alumni Orchestra. Other
west coast engagements include the Hyatt Regency, Fairmont Hotels, the City Club in San Francisco, Rafael’s in San
Diego, and Bally’s Hilton
Resort in Reno, sharing the stage with such celebrities as Carol
Channing, Suzanne Somers, and the McGuire Sisters.
In tandem with her love for cabaret, Kristina is also an
accomplished actress, performing in other venues including theatre.
Over the holidays in ’98 she completed a successful run of “1940’s
Radio Hour” in the featured role of Ganeva Lee Brown.
June Griffin in the San
Mateo County Times writes of Kristina “…excellent work…knockout talent with immense charisma and
individuality… exude(s) glamour and sophistication.”
In speaking of Ms. Sach’s torchy lament to lost love reflected
in “I Got it Bad and That Ain’t Good”,
Hillbarn Theatre
Director Lee Ann Payne was quoted as saying, “She just nails it…It’s one of the best moments in the show.”
As a member of Actor’s
Equity, Kristina has performed
on other stages with The Old Globe, Starlight Civic Light Opera, San
Diego Repertory Theatre, the Coronado Playhouse, and the Lawrence Welk
Dinner Theatre, to name a few.
Moving from theatre to film, commercials, industrials, T.V. and
radio, this multi-faceted artist has been featured both on and
off-screen. In the Summer
of ‘99 filming was completed on “A
Life Worth Living”, a movie made for
TV special which aired in December ’00.
This work was written in tribute to the great composer, J.S.
Bach, where Kristina portrays his wife, Anna Magdellena. You may also
see her with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn in “The
Game”, or in “Flubber” with Robin Williams; or perhaps on an episode of “Nash
Bridges” with Don Johnson.
Off-screen this busy talent is involved with other interests,
including working on special projects as a radio voice-over talent.
This requires her flexibility and vocal dexterity.
For example, Kristina’s mellifluous voice greets guests at the S.F.
Hyatt Embarcadero as they settle into their rooms and are treated to
their welcoming video.
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