Cello Stories: A Life Under Broadway

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With twenty years of Broadway experience and having performed as a regular member of twenty Broadway shows, Mairi explores what it is to be a Broadway musician. Using exquisite arrangements and captivating stories, she illustrates what drew her to a career of supporting a story with music.

MAIRI DORMAN-PHANEUF has established a busy career in New York City as a solo, chamber, Broadway, and recording artist. Since 2003, she has held chairs in 21 Broadway shows, including The Bridges of Madison County, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, and currently, The Great Gatsby. Off-Broadway credits include the premiere productions of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years (Chicago 2001, NYC 2002). Her debut solo album, Music of Broadway for Cello and Piano, was released in September 2021 on Craft Recordings/Concord Theatricals.

Following her sold-out debut at Birdland Jazz Club in 2018, she continues to present headlining shows featuring Broadway’s greatest stars, including Liz Callaway, Ariana DeBose, Rebecca Luker, Jessica Vosk, Norbert Leo Butz, and many more. Her one-woman show “Cello Stories: A Life Under Broadway” premiered at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in 2023.

Mairi is a regular on the NYC cabaret and concert scene and has been featured in performance with stars such as Christine Ebserole, Jeremy Jordon, Jason Robert Brown, John Pizzarelli, and Brooke Shields. Her TV and movie work include “Camp” (2002), and the PBS Live From Lincoln Center concerts of Chita Rivera, Joshua Bell and Lang Lang.