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NYC: NEXT NY'S TOP DRAG QUEEN CONTEST AT THE MET
Seven NYC Drag Queens to fight it out on stage to be crowned 'NYC's Top Drag Queen' at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM(34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Mondays, at 7:00 pm. The six-week juried affair, hosted by the Metropolitan Room, continues for its fourth week, and through sheer talent and hopefully not a cat fight, NY's Top Drag Queen will be crowned on the finale show on Monday, May 4th, when the series will come to its ultimate climax. The seven remaining in the competition at this fourth week are Strawberry Fields, MargOh Channing, Tammy Speies. Leelee Heavenly, Louvel, Ruby Powers and Julia Beaumont The host the series for a second year is one of NYC's most famous Drag Queens, Holly Dae. Dae has been performing in NYC for the past seven years. She started her career back in Boston, and has since gone on to travel all over the US and European countries. Her quick tongue and witty comments have made her audiences laugh and cackle for years. Holly has won such awards as Entertainer of the year on Fire Island, Best Drag Queen by Get Out Magazine, Queen to Watch Out For in 2013 by Next Magazine, Best Drag show by The 2015 Glam Awards, First Runner Up at the National Miss'd America Pageant, and many more. Holly will keep these twelve vigorously pre-screened Drag Queens under control whilst they are judged by not only looks but by how well they sing and entertain. It will be a seemingly unending parade of new outfits, special guests, surprise guest judges and a mystery judge whose identity will only be revealed at the contests over-the-top finale. "New York's Next Top Drag Queen Contest" is produced by the Metropolitan Room and Joseph Macchia. The contest's permanent judges include Arsenio Amadas (Mr Eagle 2013), Frankie C. (columnist for Odyssey Magazine), and Macchia, the MAC and Bistro award-winning cabaret producer of "Cabaret Cares," "Broadway on 22nd Street" and "Boys Night Out." The mystery judge will remain "closeted" until the very end. There is a $16 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
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NYC: THE TED & LO SHOW: "THIS MAY HURT A BIT"
The award-winning Ted & Lo Show, starring Lorinda Lisitza and Ted Stafford, returns to DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Monday, April 20th at 7:00 pm. "This May Hurt a Bit" is the title of both this second episode of The Ted & Lo Show and a Lisitza/Stafford original song featured in the set. As Lisitza sings "I'm gonna break you down," the duo begins a guided tour of evil and the human psyche. The songs search the minds of serial killers and doomed pop royalty for impulses and fears common to us all. "Hold on," sings Lisitza. When you get down to the heart of the matter, love is still stronger than hate. Truth and beauty reside in the shared experience of music. Ted & Lo deliver a one-two punch that will make you laugh and cry at the same time. This may hurt a bit. Lisitza & Ted Stafford met in 2011 and have been singing together ever since. Their tasty arrangements of well-known covers, obscure new music, and original compositions prove that one guitar, one harmonica, and two voices can sound as big as an arena rock band or as immediate as the listener's own conscience. There is a $10 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE MEMBER EVENT
NYC: STAGE TIME OPEN MIC AT THE MET
Performers are invited to get some Stage Time in front of other performers and some audience members In a relaxed, piano lounge environment at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Monday, April 20th at 9:30 pm with Maestro Yaz and Michael Lewis Mejia. Make sure to bring your sheet music and you can sing more than one song. There is no cover, just a 2-drink minimum.
NYC: sMOkeyTOWN: THE SONGS OF SMOKEY ROBINSON
In honor of Smokey Robinson's 75th birthday, Andrea Prestinario celebrates the co-founder of Motown and his historic songwriting canon at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Monday, April 20th at 7:00 pm. Featuring a five-piece folk/rock band, audiences can expect to hear favorites written for The Miracles, The Temptations, Mary Wells and more. A recent New York transplant from Chicago, Andrea is the recipient of a Joseph Jefferson Award for her work as "Violet" in Side Show (Bohemian Theatre Ensemble). Other credits include "Eliza" in Frank Galati's My Fair Lady (Asolo Repertory), "Louise" in Gypsy (Drury Lane Oakbrook), "Ariel" in Footloose (Theatre at the Center), "Thea" in Fiorello! (Timeline Theatre Company), "Daisy" in How Can You Run With A Shell on Your Back (Marriott Theatre) – a new musical by Alan Schmuckler and Mike Mahler, as well as work with Writers' Theatre, The Music Theatre Company, and Fox Valley Rep. A graduate of Ball State University in Musical Theatre, Andrea will attend The School at Steppenwolf this summer as a student of their 2012 Acting Residency. Screen credits include numerous commercials and publicity appearances on ABC and WGN. A frequent wedding and National Anthem singer, her voice has been heard at corporate events, cocktail hours, birthday celebrations, and even in the shower. A Chicago Cabaret Professionals Member, Andrea debuted her cabaret show "Normal? A Journey Through Songs" at Davenport's in the fall of 2007 and returned to premiere "Back Together Again" with her Side Show co-star, actress Vanessa Panerosa, in the spring of 2010. Musical direction by Ian Weinberger (Kinky Boots, Peter Pan Live). There is a $20 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.
NYC: ORDINARY DAYS A BENEFIT FOR THE AUTISMTHEATRE INITIATIVE
Ordinary Days, a musical by Adam Gwon, will be performed at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Monday April 20th at 9:30 pm, A Benefit for The AutismTheatre Initiative. Ordinary Days tells the story of four New Yorkers struggling to connect. Through honesty and humor, we follow the journey of a young couple and two new friends as the pieces of their lives start to make sense and come together in unexpected ways. With direction by John Michael Diresta and music direction by Chris Rayis, these performances will benefit the Autism Theatre Initiative, a program of the Theatre Development Fund, which makes theatre accessible to children and adults with autism and their families. Cast includes: Stacie Bono ( Avenue Q), Scott Guthrie, Eric Shorey and Natalie Neckyfarow. There is a $25 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.
NYC: THE CUTTING ROOM PRESENTS: BROADWAY CAMP TALENT SHOW
On Monday, April 20th at 7:30 pm, Camp Looking Glass is bringing together some of Broadway's biggest stars for a one night only, Broadway Camp Talent Show, sponsored by the Vineyard Theatre and AfterWork Theater Project, at THE CUTTING ROOM (44 East 32nd Street, NYC - 212-691-1900). The show will feature Broadway Barkada, Allison Case (Hair), Jerry Dixon (If/Then), Colin Donnell (Arrow, The Affair, Anything Goes), Kimberley Marable (Book of Mormon, Lion King), Michael Mitnick (composer, playwright), Patti Murin (Lysistrata Jones,Wicked), Julia Murney (Wicked, The Wild Party), Phoebe Strole (Spring Awakening, Glee), Dee Roscioli (Wicked's longest running Elphaba) and more! Raffle and Auction items will include Broadway tickets to The Heidi Chronicles and Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, two Full Season Memberships to the Vineyard Theatre and a signed script/photo from the cast of The New Girl. Camp Looking Glass is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing dreams to reality through the inclusion, acceptance and celebration of our special needs population. Camp Looking Glass provides an unparalleled year-round experience for children and young adults with Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities. All campers, including those in wheel chairs, get to swim for the first time, ride horses, go to prom, perform in plays, and be celebrated for who they are. This experience offers a life-changing opportunity and with your support we can continue to expand our Camp Looking Glass family. There is a $49-$99 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.
NYC: JASON ROBERT BROWN AT SUBCULTURE
A new concert series curated by the renowned Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, conductor, and director, Jason Robert Brown is being presented at SUBCULTURE NYC (45 Bleaker Street, NYC). Each unique performance will incorporate an eclectic mix of material, featuring music from throughout his acclaimed career, along with new works in development. This performance, on Monday, April 20th, will feature Tom Kitt (Next to Normal, If/Then), Kyle Dean Massey (Pippin, Wicked, Next to Normal), and Lindsay Mendez (Wicked, Godspell) with performances at 8:00 & 10:00 pm. The launch concert featured, for the first time on one stage, original cast members from every one of his New York productions, from 1995's SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD to this season's THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, including Kelli O'Hara, Steve Pasquale, Carolee Carmello, Jessica Molaskey, Lauren Kennedy, Betsy Wolfe, Graham Phillips, Allie Trimm and Aaron Simon Gross. You never know who's going to show up at upcoming performances. Jason Robert Brown is the ultimate multi-hyphenate – an equally skilled composer, lyricist, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, director and performer – best known for his dazzling scores to several of the most renowned musicals of his generation, including "The Bridges of Madison County," for which Jason received the 2014 Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Orchestrations, the recently revived "The Last Five Years", his debut song cycle "Songs for a New World", and the seminal "Parade", winner of the 1999 Best Score Tony. "Honeymoon In Vegas," starring Tony Danza and based on Andrew Bergman's film, began performances on Broadway on November 18th following a triumphant production the previous fall at Paper Mill Playhouse. A film version of Jason's epochal Off-Broadway musical "The Last Five Years" was released in early 2015, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan and directed by Richard LaGravenese, and a film of Jason's musical "13" is currently in development. Jason studied composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., with Samuel Adler, Christopher Rouse, and Joseph Schwantner. He lives with his wife, composer Georgia Stitt, and their daughters in New York City. There is a $50 cover.
NYC: "REEFER MADNESS REUNION CONCERT" AT 54 BELOW
54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street, NYC - 646-476-3551) presents a "Reefer Madness Reunion Concert," celebrating the 10th anniversary of the hit Showtime movie, on Monday, April 20th with performances at 7:00 & 9:30 pm. Reefer Madness tells the cautionary tale of Jimmy Harper, a "sweet-as-Shirley-Temple dipped-in-pudding" American teenager, who is viciously dragged into a downward spiral of sex, debauchery, and jazz music by the deadly drug assassin known as Marijuana. Reefer Madness features a book and score by Dan Studney and lyrics and book by Kevin Murphy. Starring original stage and movie cast members: Lori Alan (The Pee-Wee Herman Show), Christian Campbell (Tick, Tick... BOOM!), John Kassir (Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down), Harry S. Murphy (Blast from the Past, Evan Almighty), Amy Spanger (Rock of Ages, Chicago, The Wedding Singer), and Tony award nominee Robert Torti (Joseph ... Dreamcoat, Starlight Express),and also starring Andrew Aaron Berlin (A Christmas Story, the Musical), Saum Eskandani (Disaster!), Kristen Martin (Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark), Heather Parcells (Soul Doctor, A Chorus Line), Ryann Redmond (If/Then, Bring it On) and Lauren Molina (The Skivvies, Rock of Ages). "Reefer Madness Reunion Concert" is directed by Ilana Ransom Toeplitz, produced by Shoshana Feinstein with consulting producer Christian Campbell. There is a $42-$65 cover plus a $25 food/drink minimum.
NYC: MIGGUEL ANGGELO: LA CASA AZUL ALBUM RELEASE AT JOE'S PUB
Migguel Anggelo, a Brooklyn-based, Venezuelan-born dynamo known for his electric stage performances, will perform at JOE'S PUB at THE PUBLIC THEATRE (425 Lafayette Street, NYC - 212-967-7555) on Sunday, April 20th at 7:30 pm. Anggelo cut his teeth in the worlds of musical theater and opera and returns to Joe's Pub with his virtuosic band and a brand new kaleidoscope of vocal theatrics and poetic storytelling. Through his original compositions and reinterpretations of Latin, folk, pop, and opera works, and with themes touching upon art, history, immigration, homelessness and dictatorship, the artist paints the stories of larger-than-life characters that draw parallels between their passions and struggles and his own desires and dreams. This evening's performance will celebrate the release of Migguel's new album La Casa Azul, produced by Mau Quiros and mixed by Grammy winner Felipe Tichauer. Musical Direction by Mau Quiros in a new show directed by David Drake. There is a $20 cover.
NYC: CELISSE HENDERSON AT JOE'S PUB
Celisse Henderson returns to JOE'S PUB at THE PUBLIC THEATRE(425 Lafayette Street, NYC - 212-967-7555) on Monday, April 20th at 9:30 pm, after her engagement in Bridget Everett's Rock Bottom, with and evening of her own groundbreaking solo material. From songs of love and blues on the piano and guitar, to songs of joy on the ukulele, with some spoken word on the side, Celisse shares her gifts on multiple instruments and pairs it with her soulful vocals to create an evening of musical magic. She recently returned from an acclaimed tour Live from the Heartland with Matt Alber. She is also known for her work in the Broadway Revival of GODSPELL at Circle in The Square Theater and her work on The Electric Company. There is a $15 cover.
NYC: DINE & DANCE WITH VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS - NOW AT THE IGUANA
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks are back - and now will play every Monday & Tuesday night from 8:00 to 11:00 pm at at IGUANA'S VIP LOUNGE (240 West 54th Street, NYC - 212-765-5454). Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks is an eleven-piece band playing music of the 1920s & 30s for your dining and dancing pleasure. In 1976 Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks (originally known as the New Orleans Nighthawks) was formed. A big-band historian and collector, Giordano has more than 60,000 scores in his collection. There is a $15 cover (at the door) plus a $15 food drink minimum.
NYC: NATALIE DOUGLAS IN "HELLO DOLLY ... THE MUSIC OF DOLLY PARTON"
The Broadway at Birdland concert series presents the return of singer Natalie Douglas to the BIRDLAND(315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) stage on Monday, April 20th at 7:00 pm. Her show "Hello Dolly: The Music of Dolly Parton", is a celebration of the beloved singer, actor, and songwriter. Natalie Douglas, celebrated vocalist and host of the Sunday night Birdland Jazz Party, returns to the historic room in after a smashing NYC September debut & a triumphant weeklong run in London. Douglas brings back this popular program, in which she pays tribute to another notably buxom performer: the beloved singer, actor, songwriter and Broadway composer Dolly Parton. Featured music includes original Parton compositions like "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", and "I Just Might" from the Broadway musical 9 to 5, in addition to tunes Dolly creatively covered like Neil Young's "After The Gold Rush" and Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice." Natalie will be joined by her longtime Musical Director Mark Hartman (Broadway's Avenue Q, Sondheim on Sondheim) on piano, accordion and mandolin, and her talented band of Broadway All-Stars. Natalie Douglas, the seven-time MAC Award Winner, and Backstage Bistro Award Winner has garnered rave reviews for her unique blend of jazz, blues, standards, pop, folk and country music. Recent tributes include being awarded The 2014 Margaret Whiting Award onstage at Carnegie Hall from the Mabel Mercer Foundation and then in September 2014 Natalie's portrait was added to the legendary Birdland Jazz Club Wall of Fame. Her recent performances include concerts across the U.S. (Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Cafe Carlyle, and Jazz at Lincoln Center's Appel Room) and on three continents (NYC, Montenegro, Greece, Corsica, PuertoVallarta, London, Buenos Aires, Cancun & Germany). In November, Natalie enjoyed her third weeklong run in less than two years at her London concert home, The Crazy Coqs with her brand new critically acclaimed show, "Hello Dolly": The Music of Dolly Parton. As an actor, she has appeared in 18 editions of The A-train plays at the Neighborhood Playhouse, The Peter Sharp Theatre and New World Stages and in The People vs. Mona, by the writers of Pumpboys & Dinettes. Natalie made her feature debut in the horror film, "The Camera's Eye", appeared in the ABC series "Cupid", a national commercial for Disney's Broadway show, Mary Poppins, and can also be seen with her gorgeous husband, showing off the good education her parents paid for on The Discovery Channel's Cash Cab. There is a $30 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
NYC: JIM CARUSO'S "CAST PARTY" MONDAYS AT BIRDLANDFEATURED OPEN MIC EVENT
Every Monday night at 9:30 pm, Broadway impresario Jim Caruso hosts "Cast Party", a combination open-mic, networking event and party at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) during which the biggest stars on Broadway relax on their night off by performing their favorite songs in an informal setting. Cast Party is a mix of music, impromptu performance and cocktail party revelry, where showbiz superstars, stunning jazz talents and cabaret glitterati hit the stage alongside up-and-comers to serve up jaw-dropping music and general razzle-dazzle. It's the ultimate spot to mix and mingle with talented show folk and their fans. There is a $20 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
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