HERE'S WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT ....

Cabaret Hotline Online is an independent website with more than 7,400 pages of news, information and stories on cabaret, owned and maintained by Stu Hamstra. CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE is not affiliated with any club or organization. It is totally supported through advertising and membership donations. This blog is an extension of the website and newsletter.

NOW IN OUR 26th YEAR OF PROMOTING THE ART & ARTISTS OF CABARET!

"His eye is on the sparrow...."

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

CABARET TONIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY FROM CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

CABARET TONIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY FROM CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE 
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!
http://www.cabarethotlineonline.com

NYC: ELAINE ST. GEORGE REPRISES TRIBUTE TO SONGWRITER STEVE GOODMAN

Steve Goodman, the Chicago-born folk music singer-songwriter whose promising career was cut short in 1984, is brought to life by 2013 MAC Hanson Award-winner Elaine St. George, in a loving tribute that began an extended run at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Wednesday April 30th all shows at 7:30 pm. She is accompanied by music director Ross Patterson on piano, Adam Armstrong on bass and Karen Waltuch on viola. Goodman is the composer of "City of New Orleans" (made famous by Arlo Guthrie and later by Willie Nelson); "Banana Republics" and "Woman Goin' Crazy on Caroline Street" (recorded by Jimmy Buffett). He also wrote numerous Chicago Cubs-inspired songs, including "Go, Cubs, Go" which is played after Cubs home wins. There is a $15 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

NYC: ROSEMARY ASHE - THE KILLER SOPRANO

West End favorite Rosemary Ashe will appear at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Wednesday, April 30th at 7:00 pm. Rosie has appeared in many West End productions including: Carlotta, the Prima Donna in the original cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Phantom of The Opera', Madame Thenardier in 'Les Miserables', Widow Corney in 'Oliver!', Felicia Gabriel in 'The Witches of Eastwick' (for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical, Miss Andrew, the nasty nanny in 'Mary Poppins', & Lottie Grady in 'When We Are Married' at The Garrick. She has recently been performing her one woman tribute to Ethel Merman: Call Me Merman, to great acclaim. She has also appeared with English National Opera, Opera North, Scottish Opera, Sadlers Wells Opera, Opera Northern Ireland & Carl Rosa in many different roles including Musetta in 'La Boheme', Helene in 'La Belle Helene', Frasquita in 'Carmen' & Despina in 'Cosi Fan Tutte' to name but a few. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

NYC: DOROTHY BISHOP AND THE DOZEN DIVAS SHOW

Dorothy Bishop brings her 'Dozen Divas Show to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM(34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Wednesday, April 30th at 9:30 pm. The show is directed by John Paolillo and written by Dorothy Bishop and James Jorden. A Yale trained soprano, Dorothy's incredible versatility and outrageous sense of humor landed her as a finalist on America's got Talent Season 4. She has headlined and emcee'd events all over the world including Soloist at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, First Broadway National Tour of Master Class (Starring Faye Dunaway) Her own headline act (Viva la Diva) on the world's top luxury liners - Queen Mary 2, Royal Caribbean, Regent Seven Seas, and is presently touring with her own musical comedy The Dozen Divas Show. She has played the ultra fabulous and top chic clubs of NYC including Broadway's New Klub Kazino and 42nd Streets hottest new nightclub - XL. There is a $15 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

NYC: GHOSTS OF LOVE - SONGS FROM THE REEL WORLD OF DAVID LYNCH

Lauren Fox & Ritt Henn proudly present their debut show "Ghosts of Love - Songs from the Reel World of David Lynch" at STAGE 72 (158 West 72nd Street, NYC - 212-362-2590) on Wednesday, April 30th at 7:00 pm. David Lynch has been an American film icon for over four decades. His highly stylized, surreal vision of the world, and especially relationships, has inspired so many filmmakers who followed. Lynch is a master at curating music for his soundtracks, making them as much a part of his films as the films, themselves. He has also written several stunning songs. Fox & Henn has taken these songs from David Lynch's soundtracks, along with dialogue extracted from his screenplays, and arranged them to tell a new story (using Lynch's dark, Film Noir style) of two people, haunted and tortured by love. Call for cover/minimum information.

NYC: MARK NADLER WITH RUNNIN' WILD: SONGS & SCANDALS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES

Award-winning entertainer Mark Nadler returns to 54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street, NYC - 646-476-3551) with his show "Runnin' Wild: Songs & Scandals of the Roaring Twenties'". Performances are on Sunday, April 27th at 9:30 pm; Wednesday, April 30th at 9:30 pm; Wednesday, May 7th at 9:30 pm and Wednesday, May 14th at 7:00 pm. Mark takes you on a tour of the sex, booze, drugs & even murder from the wildest decade of the 20th century. Mark Nadler starred in and co-wrote the off-Broadway Gershwin revue, American Rhapsody, which was nominated for a Drama Desk and two Lucille Lortel Awards and received the Manhattan Association Of Cabarets (MAC) Award for Outstanding Musical Revue. Additionally, he received the MAC award three years in a row for outstanding Musical Comedy Performer and in 1990 Mark was given the MAC award for his performance of five different interacting characters in his one man "Opera in Honky-Tonk", Red Light, co-written with Dawn Hampton. For his show, Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians), which he performed in New York's Algonquin Hotel, Firebird Supper Club and San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater, as well as the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in Australia, Mark was awarded the 2003 Bistro Award for "Continuing To Raise The Standards Of Cabaret Performance." This show was transformed into a full theatrical event entitled Russian On The Side, for which Mark Nadler received San Francisco's prestigious Bay Area Theatre Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. Mark's other critically acclaimed one-man shows are ...His Lovely Wife, Ira:Ira Gershwin with and without George; They Can't Take That Away From Me: a George Gershwin Celebration; Let's Misbehave: a Cole Porter Soiree; I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Songs of the Expatriates; Write Now: Songs by People Who Aren't Dead and Mark Nadler in a Nutshell.There is a $35-$45 cover plus a $25 food/drink minimum.

NYC: MAXINE LINEHAN: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY

After a sold out performance at BIRDLAND, actress/singer Maxine Linehan will next present a limited run of her solo show An American Journey, A universal story told through song, at TERMINUS RECORDING STUDIOS (723 Seventh Avenue, NYC). Performances are on Sundays & Wednesdays, April 27th through May 14th, all shows at 7:00 pm. For this event, Terminus will be converted into a "pop-up cabaret performance space". The theatrical concert was conceived for Maxine and is being directed by Scott Siegel, with musical direction by the award-winning Tracy Stark and decor by Christopher Studley. The Irish born Ms. Linehan, serves up a story that is both achingly personal and extraordinarily universal. In this one-hour performance, using a diverse catalogue of music that includes show tunes, country, and pop, she tells the story of leaving Ireland twelve years ago for life in America. Maxine taps into the shared experience of generation after generation of immigrants who have arrived in this country with big dreams and high hopes. Ticket price of $30 includes beverages, tax and gratuity and are available athttp://www.ovationtix.com .

copyright 2014 - See cabaret listings from all over the world at CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE