Margery Handy: Love Is A Song - The Music Of Roberta Flack

Margery Handy makes her Blue Strawberry debut on Tuesday, October 27, with a set titled Love Is A Song — The Music Of Roberta Flack. She's a St. Louis area vocalist who works across genres, known for a rich, velvety tone and robust Broadway vocals. Her style blends classic smoky-jazz phrasing with old-school R&B and soft rock, and she draws from a wide range of influences: Natalie Cole, Roberta Flack, Sarah Vaughan, Dionne Warwick, Peggy Lee, Phyllis Hyman and Diana Ross. This show focuses on Flack, whose work sits right in that intersection of jazz, soul and pop.

Handy isn't performing alone. She's joined by Jerome Davis, a veteran stage actor and longtime company member of The St. Louis Black Rep, and Larry D. Pry, a nationally recognized vocal coach and music director who has taught at Webster, Washington University and St. Louis University. Pry also picked up the 2024 St. Louis Theatre Circle Award for Outstanding Musical Director. With a Broadway-trained voice and a jazz-inflected approach, Handy's set pulls from that same tradition of singer-songwriters who could move between a jazz club and a theater without missing a beat.

Blue Strawberry is an all-ages new music showroom and lounge in the CWE where local and national acts play at least three nights a week. Dinner is served five nights a week from a full-service menu, with a wine and beverage program to go with it. The room offers bar seating with a view of the stage, so you can eat and drink while you watch. The show starts at 7:30 PM, and tickets are $25 at the door and $20 in advance.