Tara Macri

Pop singer, songwriter, and actress

“Waking Up In California,” which is currently #5 on All Access’ ‘What's In Store’ chart, reminds us that each day brings a new chance of opportunity and was produced by Garen Gueyikian and mixed by multiple GRAMMY-winning engineer Chris Lorde-Alge. The vibrant music video which sees Tara taking the wheel to drive towards the destination of her dreams, mirroring her real-life successes on the Broadway stage as well as in music and film to speed through life’s highs and lows in a quintessential California top-down convertible.

“Waking Up In California” followed “Excuses,” which inspires listeners to know their worth and speak their truth, and continues a trajectory that saw Tara erupt into the pop music stratosphere with the release of her hit single “Prettiest Girl In The Room” which broke Billboard’s Top 80 chart and received extensive airplay on US terrestrial and Sirius XM radio. Tara has an impressive artistic performance background strengthened by her lifelong passion for the arts that led her to land pivotal roles on Broadway (Hairspray, Jersey Boys, and one of the latest movie-turned-musicals to hit the stage, The First Wives Club). She also starred as Amber in Hairspray at the Hollywood Bowl opposite Nick Jonas and John Stamos. Outside of the theater, Tara is the voice of Young Tigress in the Kung Fu Panda prequel, Secrets of the Scroll, which also featured Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogan, and Lucy Liu. Most recently, Tara received praise for her awarding winning performance in Patrick Liscomb’s acclaimed film Outcry.