SF: VENETIAN EVENINGS CONTINUES SEASON WITH LAURA BENANTI
The eighth season of Bay Area Cabaret continues at the THE FAIRMONT VENETIAN ROOM (950 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA - TKTS: 415-392-4400 - http://www.bayareacabaret.org/ ) on Saturday, May 12th at 8:00 pm when the star of the new NBC-TV series The Playboy Club, Tony Award winner Laura Benanti makes her West Coast cabaret debut at our Spring Season Finale. Having won the Tony for her starring role in Gypsy (opposite Patti LuPone), Ms. Benanti has received numerous awards and Tony nominations for her performances in Broadway's Nine (opposite Antonio Banderas), Into The Woods, Swing! and Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown. As well as her appearances in film, TV and concerts around the country, Laura received rave reviews for her recent cabaret debut at Feinstein's with Let Me Entertain You, which features songs from her Broadway shows as well as the Great American Songbook. Leading off Ms. Benanti's season finale performance, charismatic and talented 2011 Bay Area Teen Idol winner Robert Conte Thornton will make his Bay Area Cabaret debut. Call for cover/minimum information.
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On Thursday, May 10th at 9:00 pm, cabaret vocalist Francesca Amari will reprise her tribute show, "YOU MAKE ME LAUGH: A Love Song to Gilda Radner" at THE GARDENIA (7066 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA - 323-467-7444). Amari debuted the show at last year's Gilda's LaughFest in Grand Rapids, MI, a 10-day festival of laughter, which included such notables as Bill Cosby, Betty White, Margaret Cho and more, to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of Gilda's Club West Michigan. She developed the show with the input of nationally-renowned cabaret star Andrea Marcovicci, who served as her creative consultant. The show highlights moments of Gilda's fascinating life, including her rise to stardom, her marriage to Gene Wilder and her struggle with cancer. Much of the material comes from Gilda's autobiography, "It's Always Something". Shelly Markham serves as Music Director. The show features music from the American Popular Songbook, pop music, Broadway and the cabaret world, and includes such gems as "Pure Imagination," Markham's "You Make Me Laugh," "My Pa" and "Honey (Touch Me With My Clothes On." A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Pennies For Penny, a support organization founded to raise money for 3-year-old Penny Buttrick, who is fighting Neuroblastoma (

Charlotte Patton returns to cabaret in "Looking for Love in the 21st Century" at
THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE








Linda Lavin performs songs from her first CD, "Possibilities", recently released by Sh K Boom records, at