CABARET EVENTS TONIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY
Here are today's cabaret events as listed on the home page of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE! Every day in every way we're promoting Cabaret! Your event missing? Send press releases to stuhamstra@svhamstra.com to be included - listings are FREE!
NYC: SETH'S CHATTERBOX: BROADWAY INTERVIEW SHOW GUESTS: TBA
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Seth Rudetsky's BROADWAY CHATTERBOX returns to DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Thursdays at 5:00 pm. This week's Special Guest Stars: TBA. Seth's weekly interview show always features stars, soon-to-be stars and folks behind the scenes of the musical theater stage - for just a $10 cover - 2-drink minimum. Best of all, all proceeds from the cover go to BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS (http://www.bcefa.org )!
NYC: BOIITE DE CHOCOLAT BY JENNY MESRIE
Jenny Mesrie brings her show 'Boite de Chocolat' to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Thursday, April 3rd at 9:30 pm. Jenny is a woman of many colors with passions in both the musical and healing arts. Born in the diverse world of Brooklyn, NY, music and singing have always been an integral part of Jenny's life, beginning in the days when she discovered this love in front of the imaginary audience beyond her bedroom mirror. Jenny is a classically trained pianist and began vocal training at 14 years old. As a high school youth, she performed in local community centers as well as Avery Fischer and Alice Tully Halls at Lincoln Center as part of a Hazamir choir. Simultaneously, Jenny was developing a love for the study of the human body and mind through method acting, movement work, nutrition and medicine. She studied in intensive programs at Circle in the Square Theater School and Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute and received a BS at Columbia University in Neuroscience and Behavior. She sang in an a cappella group Nonsequitur and performed in college campuses around the country. Nonsequitur also graced the stage in an off-Broadway production of Toxic Audio. In 2003, Jenny won best soloist in the Quarterfinals for the International Championship of College A cappella. She received a medical degree in 2012 and is currently training to be a psychiatrist. While witnessing the healer in her grow, she discovered the blues scene and began singing at blues jams around the city. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
NYC: BROADWAY SESSIONS THURSDAYS AT THE LAURIE BEECHMAN
"Every Thursday night, as the curtains fall on Broadway, Host Ben Cameron (from Broadway's Wicked, Aida and Footloose) and his crew of amazingly talented folks welcome a new Broadway star to perform at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) at 10:30 pm in this fun and zany musical theater variety show. Get up close and personal with Broadway's brightest as the stars bare their souls, interact with the crowd and celebrate all things BROADWAY. There is a $5 cover plus a $15 food/drink minimum.
MANHATTAN: THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND
After sold out runs in 2009 & 2010, Thank You For Being A Friend returns to THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) for its third limited-run engagement. Performances are Thursday & Friday, April 3rd & 4th at 7:00 pm & Sunday, April 6th at 9:30 pm. This unauthorized musical parody inspired by the beloved TV sitcom "The Golden Girls," features book by Nick Brennan, music by Jeff Thomson, and lyrics by Luke Jones and Cisco Cardenas. In the show four women over 60 (Blanchette, the varicose-veined vixen; Dorthea, the brainy ball-buster; Roz, the lovable airhead; and Sophie, the wisecracking spitfire) are spending their golden years together in a wicker-filled bungalow in Miami. But when gay pop superstar Ricky Martin moves next door, his loud outdoor sex parties keep the quartet of cheesecake-loving retirees awake. The solution pits the gays against the girls at the annual Shady Oaks Retirement Home Talent Show: if the women win, then no more sex parties; if the gays garner top prize, the sassy seniors must serve as the party's clean-up crew. Singing, dancing and hilarity ensues! This newly revised production will feature original cast members Chad Ryan, Luke Jones, and Nick Brennan with newcomer John De Los Santos. The production team features Jonathan Pennington (Director), Cisco Cardanez (Assistant Director/Stage Manager), John De Los Santos (Choreographer), Luke Jones and Nick Brennan (Set Design), Timothy Hart (Lighting), Jessa-Raye Court (Costumes) and Doug Repetti (Sound). There is a $20 cover plus a $15 food/drink minimum. Reservations at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/929670
NYC: A CONCERT VERSION OF KANDER & EBB'S THE ACT
A concert version celebrating the score of John Kander & Fred Ebb's The Act returns to54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street, NYC - 646-476-3551) on Thursday, April 3rd at 7:00 & 9:30 pm; and Friday, March 4th at 8:00 & 11:00 pm. The songs of the show-which originally played Broadway in 1977 with Liza Minnelli as the lead-take place in a nightclub, so it's only fitting this one-night-only event takes place in the swankiest nightclub in town! The cast assembled includes Tony Award winner Cady Huffman, Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Julia Murney, Karen Mason, Emma Hunton, Rachelle Rak, Mamie Parris, Carole J. Bufford, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Elizabeth Ann Berg, Jennifer Malenke and Will Porter, and more. Backed by a three-piece swinging band and helmed by director Will Nunziata, an all-star list of Broadway & television's top talent will sing some of the most joyful & gorgeous songs that Kander & Ebb ever wrote, including "The Money Tree," "Arthur in the Afternoon," "City Lights," "Shine It On," "Bobo's," "It's the Strangest Thing," "My Own Space," and even songs that were cut out of town and will be making their NYC premiere! Proceeds to benefit The Actors Fund. Directed & re-conceived by Will Nunziata. Musical direction by Eugene Gwozdz. Choreography by Jessica Redish. There is a $40-$50 cover plus a $25 food/drink minimum.
NYC: THE LOSERS LOUNGE RETURNS: LINDA RONSTADT VS. CARLY SIMON
The Losers Lounge is back with at JOE'S PUB at THE PUBLIC THEATRE (425 Lafayette Street, NYC - 212-967-7555)! They are presenting "Linda Ronstadt vs. Carly Simon" Thursday through Saturday, April 3rd at 7:00 pm; 4th at 7:00 & 9:30 pm; and the 5th at 1:00, 6:30 & 9:00 pm. They will entertain with all of the incredible songs, great performances, irreverent antics and special guests that you can only find at The Losers Lounge. Losers's Lounge was started by session keyboardist Joe Mcginty (Psychedelic Furs, The Ramones, Ryan Adams) and psycho-cabaret singer Nick Danger. Originally a piano singalong night at The Pink Pony Cafe on Ludlow Street in lower Manhattan, The Loser's debuted at The Fez Nightclub with A Tribute To Burt Bacharach. House band The Kustard Kings joined the show in june 1994 for The Mancini Tribute and have been the backup band ever since. In any given show, The Kings backup over 20 different singers culled from the always exploding NYC music scene. Since 1993, The Losers Lounge has performed nearly 300 shows honoring 50 different artists, from ABBA to THE ZOMBIES, sometimes with the honorees present: Lee Hazlewood, Paul Williams and Denny Doherty (of The Mamas & Papas) all enthusiastically attended their own tribute nights. Sometimes famous people stop by to sing (Nellie Mckay, the late Joey Ramone, Andy Richter, Parker Posey, Debby Harry, Fred Armisen, J Mascis and They Might Be Giants) but it's the talented group of regulars that consistently bring the house down. After 10 years of sold out shows at Fez, Losers Lounge now packs 'em in regularly at JOE'S PUB. There is a $25 cover.
NYC: MARQUES-STINSON-O'FARRILL TRIO AT BIRDLAND
The Marques-Stinson-O'Farrill Trio will perform at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Thursday, April 3rd at 6:00 pm. Walter Ashford Stinson is a bassist/composer from Ithaca, NY. Beginning the study of upright bass at the age of 10 and growing up with a mother who would sing and play jazz standards at the piano, Walter was exposed to a diverse range of music from a young age. He was also fortunate to study with some unsung heroes of the New York City jazz scene, namely bassist Bernie Upson and drummer George Reed. Walter has also studied privately with Nicholas Walker, John Clayton, Doug Weiss, Scott Colley, Larry Grenadier, and Todd Coolman and has performed with Hubert Laws, Rufus Reid, Antonio Hart, Chris Potter, and Arturo O'Farrill. Albert Marques Borrell graduated in 2008 from the prestigious Conservatory of "El Liceo" in Barcelona. In Spain, Marques performed with Perico Sambeat, Marc Miralta and other respected musicians. In Paris, the European capital of jazz, Marques played with the renowned Pierre Perchaud and Rimi Vignolo, culminating in a one-year stint as pianist in the quartet of legendary American minimalist drummer Leon Parker. Zack O'Farrill is a young multiracial, multicultural, multimusical drummer (percussionist) and composer from Brooklyn, NY. He grew up surrounded by jazz, Afro-Latin, and classical music, his parents are both musicians, and his grandfather, Chico O'Farrill was one of the pioneers of Afro-Cuban Jazz, but his parents in their leisure time would listen to Steely Dan, Indian classical music, Prince, Stevie Wonder, sing along to all the classic funk and Motown bands, and a fair share of classic rock (they can still sing along to every Beatles song together). On his own, Zack has explored the worlds of hip-hop, electronic music, ethnic music from around the world, 20th century classical music, singer-songwriters, and many other sounds. There is a $20 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
NYC: REGINA CARTER'S "SOUTHERN COMFORT" CD RELEASE
Regina Carter will celebrate her "Southern Comfort" CD Release at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Tuesday through Saturday, April 1st through 5th with shows at 8:30 & 11:00 pm. As the most recent in a long line of important and eclectic Jazz artists from Detroit (including Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Burrell, Barry Harris, cousin James Carter and others) Carter continues her musical journey through history with her Sony Music Master Works Debut, "Southern Comfort," in which she investigates her family history and explores the folk tunes her paternal grandfather, a coalminer, would have heard as he toiled in Alabama. The expanded project includes a blend of folk songs and spirituals, serving as Carter's interpretation of her roots through modern jazz.There is a $40 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
NYC: ROY HARGROVE AT THE BLUE NOTE
Trumpeter Roy Hargrove will perform at THE BLUE NOTE (131 West 3rd Street, NYC - 212-475-8592) on Tuesday through Sunday, April 1st through 6th with shows at 8:00 & 10:30 pm. At 36, Hargrove has firmly established himself as among the premier players in jazz and beyond. Ever-stretching into more challenging and colorful ways to flex his musical chops, Hargrove has left indelible imprints in a vast array of artful settings. During his tenure on the Verve label alone, he has recorded an album with a hand-picked collection of the world's greatest tenor saxophonists (With the Tenors of Our Time), an album of standards with strings (Moment to Moment) and, in 2003, introduced his own hip hop/jazz collective The RH Factor with the groundbreaking CD Hard Groove (swiftly followed by the limited edition EP, Strength). Hargrove has also won Grammy• Awards for two vastly different projects. In 1997, Roy's Cuban-based band Crisol (including piano legend Jesus "Chucho" Valdes and wonder drummer Horatio "El Negro" Hernandez) won the Best Latin Jazz Performance Grammy for the album Habana. And in 2002, Hargrove, Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker won Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group, for their three-way collaboration Directions in Music. There is a $20-$35 cover.
NYC: UHADI: ALL-STARS OF JOHANNESBURG JAZZ
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