Perry Payne is a singer, actress, writer, composer and producer based in Manhattan. In October 2002, she was featured in performances of Keith Thompson's Kooky Tunes, celebrating the release of its cast album produced by John Yap. Perry's performance led InTheatre Magazine and Show Business Weekly to name her one of the top ten funniest performers in New York cabaret. Previously, Perry appeared as Sylvia Fine--Danny Kaye's power diva wife--in Danny and Syliva: A Musical Love Story both off-Broadway and in the Washington, DC area. She will return to the role in another Washington area production in December.
Church (Manhattan)'s Richard Rodgers Centennial Tribute, and has performed recent solo songbook concerts for Trinity on the works of Hoagy Carmichael, Cy Coleman, and Irving Berlin.She was featured at Sarasota's Florida Studio Theatre in Three Girls Berlin, a new Irving Berlin tribute. Her holiday novelty single, Santa Claus Won't Get Lit Up (At the Trailer Park Gate This Year), is played around the country at Christmastime, and has been
She recently was featured as lead soloist for Trinity
featured in Billboard Magazine as a Top Ten Best Holiday Song for the fifth straight year. She was featured last spring in a centennial workshop of Noel Coward's Bittersweet, and premiered the role of Rhetta in ASCAP's production of 90 North at the Berkshire Theatre Festival.Local audiences may have seen her prinicipal roles in Nicky Silver's Shrinks at the Improv, in Gypsy at TheatreVirginia, and in Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center. Commercials include Upland Mortgage, MCI, and the Salvation Army, and her voice has been heard regularly on Animal Planet. A singer, songwriter, comic, and cabaret performer, Perry's debut jazz EP garnered wonderful reviews in Billboard Magazine and Backstage.