Heather Mac Rae is an actress and singer whose career spans 50 years. Her first theatrical appearance was with her parents, Gordon and Sheila Mac Rae, and her siblings, Meredith, Gar, and Bruce, in Annie Get Your Gun at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City.She made her Broadway debut in Here's Where I Belong( the musical version of East of Eden), in the role of Abra. Later in that same year,she joined the original cast of Hair, replacing Diane Keaton in the role of Sheila.Her other Broadway credits include:Dr. Charlotte in Falsettos( a role she created in the original off Broadway production, Faith in Coastal Disturbances, Delores and The Caterer in A Catered Affair. She played Cookie in the national tour of Neil Simon's Rumors.She also did the national tour of Falsettos ending with an LA production at the Doolittle theatre.
Others theatrical credits are: Mary Magdalene in the LA production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Universal City Ampitheatre; Mary in Merrily We Roll Along at theLa Jolla Playhouse.
In 2017, Ms. Mac Rae won an Obie award for her portrayal of Lola in the highly acclaimed Transport Group production of Come Back Little Sheba. This was done in repertory with Picnic, in which she played Mrs. Potts. Both productions were critically acclaimed. She also appeared in Transport Group's production of I Remember Mama. This was a unique version of the beloved play; the cast consisted of 10 women, all over the age of 60, playing all of the roles. Ms. Mac Rae played Nels and Mr. Torkleson. Once again, this extraordinary production was a great success.
Some of her other off Broadway and regional credits are: Falsettoland, Hair: Retrospection, Anne of Green Gables, Emily, Abie's Island Rose,Vanities, Hot L Baltimore, The Dining Room, Children, Oliver, Sabrina Fair, and I Married Wyatt Earp.
She has guest starred on many TV shows, including: Instinct, The Big C, The Sopranos, Sex in the City, Law and Order SVU, One Life to Live, Frasier, and Clarissa Explains it All.
Her films include: The Namesake, Life With Mickey, Bang the Drum Slowly, A Perfect Couple, and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.
Ms. Mac Rae has performed in clubs and concert halls throughout the country since 1980. She won a MAC and Bistro Award for her show, Songs for My Father.( a tribute to her father, Gordon Mac Rae). Recently she created a new show celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the Broadway opening of Hair.
Her Solo recordings are:
I Choose Love and
Songs For My Father.
Other recordings: Falsettoland
A My Name Will Always Be Alice, and I Love New York.
"There's a most appealing, warmly human, unforced quality in what she does..."
The New York Post
"...a luminous presence and an abundance of charisma to match the beauty of her well-trained voice." "...sassy, funny, dramatic, sensual, joyful, and immensely likeable."
John Hoglund - Backstage - Bistro Bits
"She has mastered the art of nightclub entertainment and is at the top of her game."
"...she raised the rafters..."
Backstage - Bistro Bits
"...a natural entertainer, a singing actress who knows how to convey a lyric's meanings, a song stylist with honey in her voice." "...a must-see at any show she devises."
Peter Haas - Cabaret Scenes
"A song fest and love fest rolled into one!"
Cabaret Scenes
"She delivers it with such volcanic conviction, such ferocity of emotion...she was, literally, born to sing it."
Barbara & Scott Siegel InTheater
"a unique performer with a sweet and precisely melodic voice that is also simply huge and powerful when she needs to be. Simple but mesmerizing."
CABARET by Rakusin
Liner notes from Heather's album "I Choose Love"
