Nite Spot Nights Kicks Off with an Evening of Carole King, Neil Sedaka & Sounds of the 60's in Downtown Milford

Nite Spot Nights, an eclectic mix of unique musical cabaret performances opens it’s third season with multi-award winning vocalist Scott Coulter's "You've Got A Friend: The Songs of Carole King, Neil Sedaka & the Songs of the 60's Brill Building" on Saturday, September 9th at the Milford Center for the Arts on Railroad Avenue in Downtown Milford.

A co-production of the Milford Arts Council and Pantochino Productions Inc, Nite Spot Nights has featured top artists from New York City’s cabaret scene including vocalist, bands and comedy. The flexible performance space is transformed into a club-like atmosphere with table and chair seating and patrons are invited to bring your own food and drink to enjoy during the show. This season features six varied acts.

Scott Coulter, one of New York’s most honored vocalists, launches this year's series. For his work in cabaret, Scott has received five MAC Awards (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs), five Bistro Awards and two Nightlife Awards for Outstanding Vocalist and has performed at most of NYC’s top rooms including Birdland, 54 Below, The Oak Room at the Algonquin, and Feinstein’s at The Regency. His evening is inspired by the halls of The Brill Building in Times Square where the sound of America in the 50’s and 60’s was born. It was home to Carole King, Neil Sedaka, Lieber & Stoller, Neil Diamond and many others. The songs they wrote changed the sound of popular music and became some of the most iconic music of all times. Coulter takes audiences on a journey into the music and stories of the songs that defined a generation. Songs include “Breaking Up is Hard to Do,” “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” “Stupid Cupid,” “Stand By Me” among others.

Scott was director and star of A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE SYMPHONIC CONCERT in its world premiere with the Baltimore Symphony and reprised his performance in the Emmy-nominated PBS production which premiered in December 2013.

Since 1997, Scott has performed around the country with award-winning songwriting duo Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich in their many revues. While singing with Goldrich and Heisler he was discovered by Oscar and Grammy winning composer Stephen Schwartz who then invited him to join the revue STEPHEN SCHWARTZ & FRIENDS. That revue (starring Schwartz and Coulter along with Liz Callaway and Tony Award-winner Debbie Gravitte) has been performing all over the world since 1999. Schwartz has said, “One of the greatest things that can happen to a composer is to have his music interpreted by Scott Coulter.”

Scott regularly performs in concert both as a solo artist and with a variety of legendary performers including Stephen Schwartz, Tony-winner Ben Vereen and Grammy-winner Sheena Easton. He has performed with symphonies all over the world including San Francisco, Baltimore, Seattle, Phoenix, Winnipeg, St. Louis and Calgary. Noted for his soaring high notes and pure tone, Scott’s vocal versatility has garnered rave reviews from coast to coast. “Coulter is a stratospheric tenor” (The Wall Street Journal) who “sings to the balcony with a soaring theatrical savvy.” (Variety) “Coulter’s distinctive tenor packs an emotional wallop” (Huffington Post) while possessing “an 80s pop rock star strength, reminiscent of Phil Collins.” (San Francisco Examiner)

Scott is founder/owner of Spot-On Entertainment. He’s a resident director of programming at 54 Below (Broadway’s Supper Club) in NYC and is a graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

All seats are $30.00 and may be purchased online at www.milfordarts.org or by calling 203-878-6647 (Tuesday-Friday 10am-4pm). Free parking is available in the Milford railroad parking lots.