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CHAIN OF LOVE
CHAIN OF LOVE (A Broadway Album)
Carly Ozard Presents
CHAIN OF LOVE (A Broadway Album) — CD RELEASE PARTY
Carly Ozard and Friends present a One Night Only Concert and CD Release Party.
Monday, August 18, 2025 — 7:30 PM (Doors at 7:00 PM)
GRNHS Gallery + Studio
864 Folsom St. (between 4th & 5th Streets), San Francisco, CA 94107
*Venue Accessibility Info: GRNHS Gallery + Studio is ADA accessible.
General Admission Tickets: $20 suggested donation
Bicoastal entertainer Carly Ozard, a lifelong musical theater enthusiast, is proud to release her new CD, Chain of Love (A Broadway Album) — her latest project celebrating a deep love for showtunes of all kinds: classics, hidden gems, and even the infamous flops.
Featuring rarely-heard songs like “Chain of Love” from The Grass Harp (a 1971 musical that ran for just seven performances, based on Truman Capote’s novel), the album highlights works by legendary composers including Kander & Ebb, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Irving Berlin, and Charles Strouse. Several selections are reimagined with new arrangements by Ozard herself.
Each track is paired with personal stories from her life in New York and San Francisco — including memorable encounters with Broadway stars and casting directors. The album also features guest vocalists from the Bay Area’s Lamplighters Music Theatre (now in its 78th year performing Gilbert & Sullivan) in duets, trios, and even a full ensemble number.
It’s a heartfelt tribute to musical theater — and an invitation to become a link in the “Chain of Love.”
Musicians
Baker Peeples — Piano
Daniel Fabricant — Bass
Jerry Herrera — Cajón
Baker Peeples II — Violin
CD Release Details
- Pre-Order Date: August 8, 2025
- Official Release Date: August 15, 2025
- Producer: Leo Frappier
Press Contact
To arrange an interview with Carly Ozard, please contact:
Lawrence Helman
415-336-8220
ABOUT CARLY OZARD
BIOGRAPHY
Carly Ozard is an entertainer with a versatile range. A principal with the Lamplighters, they've tackled Katisha, Dame Hannah, Mrs. Partlet, and Sir Joseph Porter. Other fave musical theatre roles include: Magenta (Rocky Horror on Fire Island) Nettie Fowler (Carousel), and Buttercup (HMS Pinafore). SF Nightlife appearances include Feinstein’s at the Nikko, Oasis, Martuni’s Piano Bar, Act II in Puerto Vallarta, Crazy Coqs in London, and in NYC at Don’t Tell Mama, The Metropolitan Room, Stage 72 at the Triad, Room 623, Birdland, and Feinstein’s 54 Below. They have produced immersive musical events at the Friars Club, the House of Yes, and more.
Carly infuses comedy and meaningful world messages into her shows. Favorite creations include tributes to Freddie Mercury, Bette Midler, and Linda Ronstadt, as well as Shift Happens- A three-part series- featuring pop, rock, and musical theater. A budding topliner and arranger, they’ve collaborated with DJs from around the world! Favorite tunes include: Let Love Rain Down, I’d Rule the World, We Have a Dream with Leo Frappier, Fighting for the Light, Til You Are Free, Strings of My Heart with Dan Arion and DNR Records, Choose Me, and Ganymede with Casa de Galindo. Check out their catalogue on Beatport, Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, and more.
Coming up: The Ethel Merman Disco Album at the Green Room 42 in NYC – June 2026
Cockeyed Optimist from "South Pacific"
by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
Children of the Wind "Waving Through a Window"
From Rags by Charles Strouse and Stephen Schwartz, And Dear Evan Hansen by Justin Pasek and Benj Paul, Arranged by Carly Ozard and Jordan Wolfe, In Memory of Charles Strouse
Love Changes Everything from "Aspects of Love"
by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Charles Hart and Don Black, with soloists Jennifer Ashworth (Lyric Soprano) and Jane Erwin (Coloratura), Arrangement by Carly Ozard and Jordan Wolfe
You’re Gonna Hear from Me
From Inside Daisy Clover- the only song on the album from a film, by Andre and Dory Previn
Pretty Women from "Sweeney Todd"
by Stephen Sondheim, With Guest Vocalist Sara Couden, Contralto
A Little Priest from "Sweeney Todd"
by Stephen Sondheim, With Guest Vocalist Charles Martin, bass
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer from "The Rink"
by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Wanting from "Rags"
by Charles Strouse and Stephen Schwartz, With guest vocalist, Noah Evans, bass
Unusual Way from "Nine"
by Maury Yeston
Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun from "Miss Liberty"
by Irving Berlin Dedicated to Greg Mackellan
Daughter of God
by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, In Memory of Sarah Rice
Master of the House from "Les Miserables"
by Alain Boublil and Claude Michel Shönberg
Thenardier
Lawrence Ewing, baritone, Mme T- Carly O, Contralto, Rowdy Chorus: Kat Feller, Megen Vo, Audrey Carstensen,Carmello Tringali, Ray Renati, Dusty Pörn, Nikki Yarnell
If I Can’t Love Her from "Beauty and the Beast"
By Alan Menken and Sir Tim Rice (orchestral track)
Before the Parade Passes By from "Hello Dolly!"
by Jerry Herman, Arranged by Carly Ozard and Bill Zeffiro
Chain of Love from "The Grass Harp"
by Kenward Elmslie and Claibe Richardson, In Memory of Jay Binder
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLY BONUS TRACK:
Origin of Love from "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
by Stephen Trask, with guest vocalist Mark Thomas (The Fell Swoop)
SIGHT & SOUND
VIDEO
"With a gloriously gargantuan voice, plus energy and heart in substantial supply, Carly Ozard doesn’t hold back or back off from the challenge of tackling a wide range of musical theatre styles and character types in Chain of Love: A Broadway Album."
- Rob Lester - Stageandcinema.com
Most of the treatments loyally honor the repertoire’s musical theatre roots, rather than overly personalizing (reinventing, revamping, revising, revisiting) songs to tailor them to a consistent, more narrow real-life persona. Being so comfortably true to the origins and characters makes it the musical equivalent of a kid let loose in a costume warehouse, allowed to wear any eye-catching garb, confident it will fit, lying on the strong material, with perhaps the help of some elastic or a belt. And, oh what an elastic voice and oh, what a belt this performer has with the strong material that was chosen!
- Rob Lester - Stageandcinema.com
It’s not that Carly Ozard needs the help of these folks billed as “Friends,” being, of course, a formidable force of nature as a soloist. For earthy qualities, the lower register of the voice is the most satisfyingly resonant and rich, but some things, such as the recording’s title-referenced “Chain of Love” from The Grass Harp are keyed closer to the soprano stratosphere.
- Rob Lester - Stageandcinema.com
While much here is intensely or immensely earnest, Irving Berlin’s cute creation “Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun” is a welcome change of pace and is indeed fun, serving as respite from the parade of pow. While the recording is quite the showcase of show stopping show tunes showing versatility galore, even more evidence of the dynamo’s range can be found in live performances posted on the Youtube channel — everything from pop to EDM to Gilbert & Sullivan to rock – and more. Is there anything this interestingly intrepid musical adventurer can’t do?
- Rob Lester - Stageandcinema.com
“With Carly Ozard showing up to perform .... San Francisco is zstill fabulous. ”
— Willie Brown, Former Mayor of San Franciscoote Source
“In impressively rich contralto, Carly Ozard’s Doña Hannah sings to the maidens of the town her tale of woe.”
— Eddie Reynolds, Theatre Eddys
“... [Ozard's singing] rolled forth like sleek, well-tuned thunder.”
— Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle
"Carly Ozard is making her voice heard..."
— Stephen Mosher, BroadwayWorld.com