Inspired by the award-winning movie La Vie en rose, PIAF! The Show is a musical celebration of the life and music of the legendary French chanteuse.

Conceived and directed by the Nice-based theatrical maverick Gil Marsalla, this special concert stars the internationally acclaimed Anne Carrere, a young French performer hailed as “Edith Piaf’s legitimate musical heiress.”

In two 45-minute acts, the show narrates the rags-to-riches story of the Parisian singer through her unforgettable songs, complemented by a visual tapestry of previously unreleased photographs and images of famous locations of the Piaf era.

PIAF! The Show premiered in 2015 as a tribute to “The sparrow of Montmartre” on the centennial of her birthday. With over half a million tickets sold in more than 30 countries—including a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in January 2017—and rave reviews worldwide, this is your chance to see the show in the New York!

Songs in French
115 minutes, with intermission. No late seating.

Co-presented with Gil Marsalla and Directo Productions

  Edith Piaf may have risen to stardom in the late 1930s, but she started out as a Parisian street singer, and that’s where Piaf! The Show (at FIAF’s Florence Gould Hall) begins. Or, to be strictly accurate, it begins with “L’accordeoniste” — the title of one of Piaf’s most popular songs, but in this case referring to Guy Giuliano who plays accordion for the show. At the end of Giuliano’s instrumental solo, Piaf (Anne Carrere) enters in a coat, cap, and scarf, singing a cappella and holding out her hands for spare change. This is the girl who will eventually transform before our eyes into an international icon, but at the moment she isn’t Edith Piaf the star — she’s a young woman brimming over with passion, charm, and tenacity. Over the course of the first few songs, she graduates to becoming a nightclub singer, and by the end of Act I (via a striking performance of “Les Flons Flons du Bal”), she’s catapulted herself into the national spotlight. Act II picks up with Piaf the star singing her heart out in a black dress and heels. This later Piaf is more self-assured, poised, and confident in her abilities as a performer. She knows she holds the world – and with it, her audien …Read more