HIGH-VOLTAGE VIRTUOSITY MEETS COMIC CHEMISTRY IN THIS UPROARIOUS TRIBUTE TO LIBERACE AND LIZA MINNELLI.

David Saffert & Jillian Snow Harris share the stage as Liberace & Liza Minnelli, creating an exhilarating night of musical and comical fireworks. Two seasoned tribute artists share a musical experience that is as much San Francisco as it is Las Vegas. — Beth Spotswood, San Francisco Chronicle

www.liberaceandliza.com

David Saffert, like Liberace, is a classically trained pianist from Wisconsin. He has been seen on stage in sketch comedy, improv, solo piano concerts, and in his very own music & comedy variety shows. David has worked as a pianist (sans sequins) with such organizations as the Guthrie Theater, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland

Opera, Oregon Symphony, and the Interlochen Arts Camp.Some of David’s favorite Liberace tribute highlights have been at Feinstein’s at the Nikko (CA), Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael (IN), eSPACE King Edward (Calgary, AB), The Underground (MN), Broadway Rose Theatre/CoHo Theatre/ Tony Starlight’s Showroom (OR), Portland talk show Late Night Action w/ Alex Falcone, OPB’s Think Out Loud, and on All Classical Portland radio’s live broadcasts of Thursday’s @ 3.

He appeared as the featured guest on two Under the Vegas Sun television episodes which were filmed at the Liberace Mansion in Las Vegas.

“He didn’t just impersonate the pianist, he really embodied his whole spirit.”

– San Francisco Chronicle

Jillian Snow Harris is a singer and actor who graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. She has worked predominately in comedy, gracing the stages of Gotham Comedy Club, the Laugh Factory, and Comix NYC as a Liza Minnelli impersonator. After seeing her perform, Michael Musto of the Village Voice said, “This could open up Minnelli to a whole new audience!”

Jillian temporarily hung up the Liza wig when she was offered the part of Janis Joplin in the Off-Broadway production of “27 Heaven.”

Soon after, her love for portraying those for whom she idolized became a fruitful and fulfilling venture. Jillian soon fled New York so she could get some sleep and found exile in Portland, Oregon. She was recently featured in the U.S. premiere of Liza, Liza, Liza and is often invited to perform portraying not only Liza, but also Bernadette Peters, Marlene Dietrich, Patsy Cline, and Judy Garland.

While her sharp comic timing and exaggerated Liza quirks will have audiences doubled over in laughter, it’s when she starts belting out songs that it quickly becomes clear that her talent is no joke.

“Harris’s comic timing and Liza impression are spot on!” – Duluth News Tribune