Native New Yorker Bridget
Barkan has been acting since childhood, most recently in a recurring role
as the one legged hooker on Law &
Order: SVU. As a vocalist, she performs in cabaret productions and toured as
a backup vocalist for the Scissor Sisters
for almost three years. Barkan also is a teaching artist with Carnegie Hall’s
Music Connections, working incarcerated youth. Barkan's Dear Stranger album was self-released in 2012.
Barkan debuted her new single, "Danger Heart,"
with a concert staged in the ring of the Overthrow
New York Boxing Club. Taking full advantage of the theme, Barkan had two
"boxers" introduce each song as another "round." The two
men engaged her songs with costumes and choreographed moves, and one song
featured a female weightlifter. Barkan herself changed outfits to fit the theme
of each song. An animated artist, Barkan sang well, and her songs were catchy
pop tunes. In the end, this was more than a music concert; it was a well-designed
musical theater piece.
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