Broadway has always had power couples. Acting couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were once so popular that there is a theatre named after them in New York. Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon were recently the subject of the award-winning Fosse/Verdon on FX. You can add to that list Orfeh and Andy Karl.
Orfeh made her Broadway debut as an understudy in Footloose. She went on to play the role of Annette in the Broadway musical version of Saturday Night Fever. In 2000, Andy Karl joined the show to replace Sean Palmer as Joey. It was there that he and Orfeh fell in love.
She went on to appear in Legally Blonde: The Musical. He appeared in that show as well as Rocky, On the Twentieth Century, Groundhog Day and they both appeared in Pretty Woman: The Musical.
Orfeh and Andy Karl have two shows this week at Feinstein’s at Vitello’s. They will be celebrating their recording and 2017 show Legally Bound which finds them doing duets and taking turns on such songs as Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, I’m Your Baby Tonight and Kiss. There are also songs from their Broadway shows.
Orfeh and Karl are bonafide Broadway stars, but they also know how to rock. Expect a combination of styles if you attend these shows on Tuesday or Wednesday at Feinstein’s.
For those of you in San Francisco, they will be performing at Feinstein’s At the Nikko on Friday and Saturday.
Photo of Orfeh and Andy Karl courtesy of andykarl.com