The Worst Christmas Ever!

A Christmas Cabaret with Blake Isaac & Rick Lewis

Join us at Wilfs for an evening of fun and not-so-perfect holiday stories and songs with Blake Issac and Rick Lewis.

Rick Lewis is the creator/author/musical arranger of the hit Off-Broadway musical The Taffetas, with productions around the world. Rick has also written the Off-Broadway productions The Cardigans—Those Swingin’ Singin’ Guys from Alpha Mu Phi Pi, (Backstage New York Bistro Award for Outstanding Musical Revue), and Have a Nice Day! — A 70’s Musical Flashback.  Rick has written and/or arranged original music for Disney Family Live Entertainment, American Hawaii Cruises, MGM/UA Home Video, the Democratic National Convention, Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade, American West Steamboat Company, American Hawaii Cruises and American Classic Voyages.  He served as audition pianist for the pre-Broadway workshop of Sunday in the Park with George, and was vocal director and assistant conductor for the pre-Broadway production of Cy Coleman’s The Life.

Rick’s conductor/musical director credits are numerous.  He is resident musical director/conductor for Portland Center Stage, where he has conducted the world premier of the new pre-Broadway musical Somewhere in Time, Fiddler on the Roof, Sweeney Todd, Black Pearl Sings, Oklahoma (Drammy Award, Musical Direction), Imaginary Inavlid, Sunset Boulevard, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Ragtime (Drammy, Musical Direction; PAMTA, Musical Direction), Guys and Dolls (Drammy, Musical Direction), Cabaret, West Side Story (Drammy, Musical Direction), Fantasticks, Bat Boy; the Musical.  He composed original music for PCS’s production of A Christmas Carol, which ran for three consecutive holiday seasons.