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“Lisa Fishman expertly sings and plays the guitar...”
- Gwen Orel, Backstage.com ( - Backstage.com (March 19, 2009)
“…especially to a lovely young cabaret chanteuse. The singer, played by Lisa Fishman, is the only woman in the cast. Fishman’s apple-blossom beauty doesn’t call attention to itself, but look and you’ll see it. Modest, shy, virginal, put her on that tiny ghetto stage, give her a song to sing, and wait for magic that never fails. When she becomes a chanteuse she’s dynamite.”
- Polly Warfield - Back Stage West
“Lisa Fishman is a standout as the songstress,... Fishman is a pained beauty whose musical interpretations seem to well-up from an innermost place. Fishman’s rendition of ‘Be Still’ is nothing less than stirring.”
- Ben Miles - The Sun
"Noteworthy is Lisa Fishman as the beautiful singer with the voice of an angel.”
- Philip Brandes - Los Angeles Times
“Lisa Fishman is a knockout singer! She carries the musical load with her flexible, expressive voice.”
- Gene Warech - Harbor Independent News
“The incredible voice of Lisa Fishman as Nancy was a definite highlight of the evening. Her performances had the audience roaring with applause.”
- Ed and Amber Tiedgen - Fontana Herald News
“As Nancy, the doomed heroine, golden-voiced Lisa Fishman is credible and empathetic; she provides a smashing rendition of the haunting ballad, ‘As Long As He Needs Me.’”
- Les Spindle - Back Stage West
“Lisa Fishman smartly works her Sally Bowles at every moment – careless, distracted, sucking up surface pleasures – not an attractive portrait, but an accurate one. The passion explodes, fittingly, in her final, vocally astonishing blow-out number, ‘Cabaret.’”
- Barbara Adams - Ithaca Times
“Fishman has a powerful voice and knows how to sell a song. Both ‘Don’t Tell Mama’ and ‘Cabaret’ had the audience by the throat."
- Tom Woods - The Citizen
“As Sally, Lisa Fishman does indeed turn the signature song, ‘Cabaret,’ into a thunderous showstopper just before the finale, an ode to celebration on the eve of destruction.”
- James MacKillop - Syracuse New Times
Discography
LP: "Tie Me Down" (2010)
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Bio
From Carnegie Hall, the Knitting Factory and London's Barbican Centre to Broadway and television, singer, songwriter, guitar-player, actress and recording artist Lisa Fishman has performed everything from her own original music, rock, jazz, cabaret, and klezmer, to musical theater and children's music. As a performing songwriter, Lisa - a true "Triple Threat" - takes her diverse talents to the stage and studio - enchanting her listeners with her gorgeous, emotional, and powerful voice and a special ability to inhabit her songs and deeply connect to her audience.
Lisa has performed her original music in concerts and clubs in New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. When not working on her own music, Lisa, a true "Renaissance Woman," has been seen and heard on stage, studio, and screen in a multitude of musical and theatrical genres. Highlights include two appearances at Carnegie Hall, touring the US and Europe and recording with Chicago's 'Maxwell Street Klezmer Band,' (she is featured on the CD, "You Should Be So Lucky," on the Shanachie label), being featured on the soundtrack recording to the film, "Dummy," starring Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, and Illeana Douglas, starring as Sally Bowles in "Cabaret, " Nancy in "Oliver," and Fanny Brice in "Tintypes," and playing guitar and singing children's songs on the children's television show, "Raring To Read."
A truly gifted and multi-talented performing artist, Lisa brings a very special quality to her 'role' as a performing songwriter. With diverse musical influences and that special ability to touch an audience, Lisa approaches her original material from a true singer and performer's perspective - she is the singer-songwriter with the spirit of a storyteller and the voice of a diva.
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