GRACE COSGROVE JOINS THE CAST OF BIRTHDAY SHOW
Grace Cosgrove, host of GRACE NOTES: A Singers' Soiree" has accepted our invitation to join the cast of "A Few of My Favorites", the 19th BIRTHDAY PARTY of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE to be held on Thursday, July 9th at 7:00 pm at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - ). Already announced cast members include cabaret legend Tom Andersen, recent cabaret newcomer Terrell Baker, cabaret/Broadway favorite Raissa Katona Bennett, the delightful Moira Danis, the all-girl vocal group The Delivery Girls, singer/dancer Ryan Greer and the inimitable singer/actor Jim Speake. Musical director for the show is the 2009-double-MAC-Award winning Tracy Stark. We sent out more invites over the weekend and hope to have some announcements soon.
Each year CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE presents the DOTTIE BURMAN and JEFF MATSON awards, and this year we welcome back as our honored guests, past winners: DC Anderson, Hector Coris, Trudi Mann, Collette Black, Joe Regan and Miles Phillips - winners of the JEFF MATSON AWARD, which has been presented since our first birthday party in 2004 and Maria Gentile and Tracy, winners of the DOTTIE BURMAN AWARD, which we started presenting in 2007.
Tickets are $15 for new/renewed 2009-2010 members and $25 for non-members (plus the usual $15 food/drink minimum required by the venue). TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE - no reservations will be taken by the club, no tickets will be available the night of the show.
Go to http://www.svhamstra.com/thankyou1tkt2.shtml to buy your ticket (2009-2010 members can purchase 2 tickets at the member price). If you can't make it to the show, you can buy an ad in the program book (as little as $25) at http://www.svhamstra.com/thankyou1program.shtml or purchase a ticket that we can give to someone who can't afford one (each birthday we give away 4 or 5 tickets purchased this way.) $100 sponsorships (includes a free ticket and a 1/2 page program ad, plus acknowledgement in promotions - see next paragraph) are available at http://www.svhamstra.com/thankyou1sponsor.shtml
Proceeds from the "A Few of My Favorites" party go to support CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE through the summer months, when banner and other advertising income traditionally drops by 50-70%. We are hoping to raise at least $3000 for this purpose - and are nearly half way there, thanks to tickets already sold and the generosity of our sponsors.
The 19th Birthday Party of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE is sponsored in part by Raisa Katona Bennett, Suzanne Carrico, Chelsea's Desktop, Inc. - Chelsea Hudgins, Grace Cosgrove, Creative Minds Productions, Teresa Fischer, Marty Geiger, Eric Michael Gillett, Laura Hull, and Jim Van Slyke.
