CABARET EVENTS FOR NEW YORK CITY FOR TONIGHT FROM CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
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2014 Bistro Award winning Vickie Phillips returns to DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Wednesday, January 28th at 7:00 pm. Musical director is Gerry Dieffenbach, a singer, songwriter, pianist and musical director. He has twice received the Songwriters Guild of America President's Award, the Back Stage Bistro Award for Outstanding Musical Director, the Critics Choice Award for Outstanding Album of the Year for his CD of original songs, Well Informed. He has musical directed and accompanied numerous performers including Shauna Hicks, Georga Osborne, Christine Pedi, Darius de Haas, Karen Mason, Donny Osmond, Joely Fisher, Clint Holmes, Margaret Whiting, Petula Clark, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and Joan Rivers. According to Vickie Phillips, music is what feelings feel like. In her show,•MANY of the songs have been written by "friends" - actual friends like Sheldon Harnick and Gerry Dieffenbach, her musical director; others who have become like friends because of their music like Lieber and Stoller, Peter Allen, Craig Carnelia, Cryer and Ford, Maltby and Shire, Eric Blau, and Bob Ost; and she makes each song she sings her personal friend. This concert honors friends, to whom she will ever be musically grateful. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. $15 cover for members of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE.
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NYC: GEORGA OSBORNE IS "BACK" AT MAMA'S
Back Stage Bistro and MAC Award winning popular cabaret artist and comedienne Georga Osborne returns to the stage after a 10-year hiatus with a reprise of her brand new one-woman show, "back" at DON'T TELL MAMA(343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Wednesday, January 28th at 7:00 pm. Featuring an eclectic mix of music from Aretha to Winwood and Ahrens & Flaherty to Rodgers & Hammerstein, "back" is about being back on the cabaret stage, looking back, realizing we can't go back, and "Oh! My back!" The show is directed by Lennie Watts and Steven Ray Watkins provides musical direction. There may even be a special visit from 1960s-70s Pop Sensation (and Georga's pal and spirit guide), Mrs. Miller! Osborne is known for her tributes to Mrs. Miller and more recently for her appearances as Florence Foster Jenkins in "Souvenir: A Fantasy on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins" by Stephen Temperley. Georga Osborne has a Bistro Award for Outstanding Musical Comedy Performer as well as two MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets) Awards in the same category. The cross-over artist has appeared on Broadway in "Meet Me in St. Louis" and has toured extensively in multiple international tours of such productions as the Cameron Mackintosh/National Theatre of Great Britain's production of "My Fair Lady", "The Sound of Music" (with both Marie Osmond and Debby Boone) and "Hansel und Gretel" as the Knusperhexe with the Pittsburgh Opera Theater. In addition, she has sung back-up vocals for Bjork and dragged Renee Fleming across the stage at Carnegie Hall in "A Streetcar Named Desire." There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE MEMBER EVENT
NYC: RON DABNEY: "WHAT YOU NEED" AT THE MET
Ron Dabney and the Barry Levitt Quartet are returning to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM(34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) with his new show WHAT YOU NEED, on Wednesday, January 28th at 7:00 pm and Tuesday, March 24th at 7:00 pm. Ron will perform an evening of renewed interpretations of standards and jazz that you "just can't live without." There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
NYC: AN EVENING WITH DENNIS MCNEIL AND ED MARTEL
Dennis McNeil returns to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) along with his Music Director, Ed Martel for an evening of great music and song. Voted 2014 Irishman of the Year by the Los Angeles City Council, McNeil shows no limits to his repertoire of stories and song. After 26 successful shows opening for Jay Leno at the Comedy and Magic Club in Los Angeles this award winning duo of great entertainers has been getting rave reviews and standing ovations wherever they go, in fact two nights later McNeil and Martel will be performing at the United States Supreme Court. Having performed for 5 US Presidents, 6 Secretaries of State, 8 Supreme Court Justices, the President of Mexico and Princess of Monaco, Dennis is known for his golden voice and Irish charm. He has sung with the Grateful Dead, The Blue Man Group, Steve Miller, Michael Feinstein, Lionel Ritchie, David Foster, Jazz legend, Lalo Schifrin, legendary lyricist, Sammy Cahn, and Broadway Star, John Raitt just to name a few. There is a $22.50 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
NYC: 54 BELOW CELEBRATES THE RETURN OF CHRISTINE EBERSOLE
54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street, NYC - 646-476-3551 - ) celebrates the return engagement of two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole with her show 'Big Noise From Winnetka' on Wednesdays through Saturdays, January 21st through 24th and 28th through 31st, all shows at 7:00 pm. Here 54 Below appearance follows a sold out 2 week run of her new show=. Christine's show returns for 8 performances, with musical director Bette Sussman (Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Bette Midler) leading Christine's 4 piece band and vocalist Tabitha Fair. The concert features both classic and re-imagined Broadway hits, pop and jazz classics and anecdotes about growing up. Winner of two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical (42nd Street and Grey Gardens), Christine co-stars on the hit TBS series Sullivan & Son (now in it's 3rd season). Christine has starred in film (Wolf of Wall Street), television (Royal Pains) and has performed concerts in theaters and concert halls across the country, from The Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall to The Pasadena and Boston Pops. This past fall, Christine appeared in the PBS Television special "Michael Feinstein: Live from The Rainbow Room." Covers vary by night - see the 54 BELOW website - http://www.54below.com/ for details.
NYC: JOSH CANFIELD & REED KELLY: FROM BROADWAY TO SURVIVOR
They competed against one another on Survivor, but now the Broadway Boyfriends are back and joining forces to bring their talents to 54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street, NYC - 646-476-3551) on Wednesday, January 28th at 9:30 pm. Broadway Boyfriends Josh Canfield (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) and Reed Kelly (Spider-Man, The Addams Family, Wicked) recently left Broadway behind and took on their most challenging roles yet as the masterminding power couple in this season of CBS's Survivor: San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. Now they invite you to join them for an evening of Broadway tunes that have either lasted throughout the years or were "voted off the island"; perhaps some stories about what it was like trying to Survive on a hit reality TV show more cut-throat than a men's ensemble dressing room; but certainly and most importantly, an evening a fun, frivolity and a Broadway guest star or two! On the show, Josh and Reed had to get by on a diet of mostly rice and fish, but you'll get to enjoy the delicious menu of 54 Below while taking in this unique evening of entertainment. So light your torches and get your Survivor Buffs ready for this epic night of "survival and show-tunes" at 54 Below. Featuring special guests Krysta Rodriguez (First Date, "Smash"), Elizabeth Judd (Bare, Spider-Man), Tess Soltau (Far From Heaven, The Addams Family), and Lauren Zakrin (Rock of Ages, Legally Blonde). There is a $25-$50 cover plus a $25 food/drink minimum.
MATINEE CABARET/JAZZ EVENTS FOR THIS DATE
NYC: MIDTOWN JAZZ AT MIDDAY: ART LILLARD'S HEAVENLY BIG BAND
MIDTOWN JAZZ AT MIDDAY continues at ST. PETER'S CHURCH - SANCTUARY(619 Lexington Avenue, NYC - 212-935-2200) every Wednesday. Midday Jazz Midtown is an ongoing jazz program for the midtown community. Concerts take place in the Sanctuary of Saint Peter's Church and are presented by Midtown Arts Common in cooperation with Saint Peter's Church. Ronny Whyte is the producer. The show on Wednesday, January 28th features Art Lillard's Heavenly Big Band. Among the current wave of big bands on the scene today, Art Lillard's Heavenly Big Band is one of only a handful playing brand new music that's just as tuneful and fun to dance to as the music we now know as big-band standards, and just as exciting as those songs were when they first became hits in the '30's and '40's. Midday Jazz Midtown is a series produced by Ronny Whyte in partnership with Midtown Arts Common. Concerts are 1 hour long, and held on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. at Saint Peter's Church. A $10 donation is requested.
