Gay Marshall at Joe's Pub/October 1

Gay Marshall has been enchanting audiences with her extraordinary take on the late French icon: a celebration rather than an imitation, Gay presents Piaf as a versatile powerhouse of heartwarming and heartbreaking emotion, full of personality and humor. As Marshall told NPR's Scott Simon recently, "Piaf is always portrayed as 'the poor thing, but I find her much more magic than tragic."

Join the French Revolution! See Gay Marshall at Joe's Pub on Bastille Day in PIAF: Queen of Heart. ­Gay Marshall, a Billboard Top World Music Artist, reprises her smashing concert - PIAF: Queen of Heart - at Joe¹s Pub on Bastille Day, October 1, at 7pm.

PIAF: Queen of Heart is based on Marshall¹s CD, Gay Marshall Sings Piaf, LaVie l'Amour, which listed in Billboard in January 2010, as a #12 Hot Shot Debut. Marshall's previous engagement of PIAF: Queen of Heart had audiences on their feet every night, and landed her on Time Out New York's 2009 10 Best Music list. "It takes a brave singer to take on the Edith Piaf songbook," wrote Adam Feldman of Time Out New York, "it takes a special one to pull it off so heart-piercingly."

Marshall delivers the dramatic repertoire ­ including her own English adaptations ­ with an unusual mix of the well known ("L'Accordeoniste" and "Padam Padam") and the rare ("Avec Ce Soleil" and "The Lady From Pigalle"), accompanied by a superb five piece ensemble led by Eric Svejcar. The original arrangements by Marshall and Paul Bevan put a modern twist on a classical theme. BistroAwards.com praised the way Marshall "fiercely inhabits every song." Cabaret Scenes described her as "mesmerizing," and wrote "Gay Marshall amazes at every turn as she embodies the passion, spirit, joy, humor and tragedy of Piaf."

Marshall played Diana Morales in A Chorus Line on Broadway, created Grizabella in the French production of Cats and has written and performed two one woman shows which have played at theatres in Paris as well as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Missouri Rep, The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival and the Victory Theatre. She has worked frequently in European theatre since falling in love with French photographer, Jean-Louis Blondeau (Man on Wire). Lately, Marshall re-captured the attention of New York audiences with her performance in the Zipper Theatre¹s revival of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Charles Isherwood wrote of Marshall in the New York Times, "To hear her sing Brel's despairing "Ne Me Quitte Pas," is to experience Brel's art in its purest and most persuasive form."

Marshall, who began a singing career with her own Dixieland band in her home town of Cleveland, Ohio, is currently completing production on a new CD of her favorite 20's and 30's blues tunes.

Artist Website: http://www.GayMarshall.com