CABARET EVENTS FOR NEW YORK CITY FOR TONIGHT 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!
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NYC: KAI HOFFMAN: HOT ROCKIN' DIVA!
With her feet firmly fixed in 1950s nostalgia, Kai Hoffman comes to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Wednesday, April 29th at 9:30 pm direct from Ronnie Scott's in London with her brand new show Hot Rockin' Diva! With a selection of Kai's favourite songs from the Hot Rockin' Divas of early fifties rhythm and blues, swing, rock and roll and country, this is Kai's personal tribute to ladies like Big Mama Thornton, Rosemary Clooney, Ruth Brown, Patsy Cline and more. With her own inimitable style, Kai brings you a fun-filled show with a dash of exotica and just a peppering of kitsch, with great rockin' tunes, beautiful slow numbers and Kai's own originals - taking you on an interactive cabaret journey with the gals who made rock and roll, before the phrase was even coined. With an on-going residency at Ronnie Scott's in London, now in it's seventh year, Massachusetts-native Kai Hoffman has travelled the world, with shows ranging from the Blue Note Milano to the Elgar Room of the Royal Albert Hall, with the Sheraton Hotel Bangladesh and the European Jazz Expo in between! A cabaret compere, jazz singer, rock and roll diva and recording artist, with three studio albums under her belt, Kai also has a bit of a cheeky side: think Mae West meets Marilyn Monroe meets that very strict high school Latin teacher that you kind-of always had a crush on! Kai has been featured in countless magazine articles and radio, including Time Out London, The Stage, Classic Car Magazine, BBC Radio & Jazz FM. There is a $17.50 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
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NYC: DIRTY LITTLE SONGS RETURNS TO THE BEECHMAN
Award-winning theater and cabaret performers Eric Michael Gillett (Sweet Smell of Success, The Frogs, Kiss Me, Kate), Carolyn Montgomery-Forant (MAC/Bistro/Nightlife Awards), Sidney Myer (MAC/Bistro/Mabel Mercer Award-winner, Grandma Sylvia's Funeral) & Drama Desk nominee Jay Rogers (Whoop-Dee-Doo, When Pigs Fly) join forces to present an evening of sly songs with titillating tunes & lascivious lyrics from the present to days of yore at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Wednesday, April 29th at 7:30 pm. Sondheim, Flanders & Swann, Coward & Porter mixed with just a dash of Tom Lehrer, Pete Townshend & Ray Jessel performed with a wink & a nudge by four of cabaret's funniest & most prolific performers. There is a $20 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum. CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE MEMBER EVENT
Powerhouse vocalist Tanya Moberly returns to DON'T TELL MAMA(343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) with her new show series "Songs I Feel Like Singing", with four different shows with four different musical directors, with remaining shows on Friday, April 17th at 7:00 pm and Wednesday, April 29th at 9:30 pm accompanied by Steven Ray Watkins featuring songs by: Betty, Toni Childs, Paula Cole, Dan Fogelberg, Indigo Girls, Billy Joel, Carole King and Annie Lennox. . There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. $20 cover for members of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE. CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE MEMBER EVENT
NYC: G'DAY BROADWAY! THE MUSIC OF MATTHEW LEE ROBINSON
America's newest Australian import, composer/lyricist Matthew Lee Robinson, brings a sensational line up of Broadway artists to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) for one night only, Wednesday April 29th at 7:00 pm. Performing selections from across his new musicals, the evening features Tony Nominee Tony Sheldon (PRISCILLA; QUEEN OF THE DESERT, EVER AFTER), Donna Vivino (WICKED, LES MISERABLES), Tracy McDowell (RENT, MOTOWN), Tim Young (NEXT TO NORMAL), Brad Greer (ALTAR BOYZ), Anne Fraser Thomas (HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS), Alison Cusano (A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN), Dave Thomas Brown (HEATHERS) and Crystal Mosser (9 TO 5). Directed by David Alpert (IF/THEN, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, THE BEST MAN) and musically directed by Matthew Lee Robinson, the evening is produced by Rich Martino. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
NYC: BEN RIMALOWER: PATTI ISSUES TONIGHT
Patti Issues will be performed by Ben Rimalower at THE DUPLEX CABARET THEATRE (61 Christopher Street, NYC - 212-255-5438 - ) on Wednesday, April 29th at 7:00 pm. Patti Issues mark's Rimalower's debut as a playwright and performer, after serving as the director of numerous Off-Broadway plays, concerts and all-star benefits (and blogging for the Huffington Post). With a mix of comic irreverence, stark candor and show-biz bravado, Patti Issues poignantly explores the challenges facing LGBT parents and children while shining unique light on gay men's time-old obsessions with divas. When Ben Rimalower was eight years old, his father came out of the closet and embarked on a drug-fueled tear that left his family in tatters. Amid the chaos of his young life, Ben found comfort - like so many gay boys before him and after - in musical theater, and specifically in the transportive voice of Broadway star Patti LuPone. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
NYC: QUINCY JONES PRESENTS GURRUMUL
SUBCULTURE NYC (45 Bleaker Street, NYC), in association with Quincy Jones Productions, presents a special concert with Indigenous Australian artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu on Wednesday, April 29th at 8:00 pm. The concert will be the first collaboration between the venue and QJP. Born blind, Gurrumul grew up as a member of the Gumatj clan on Elcho Island, off the coast of tropical North East Arnhemland. His fragile but powerfully emotive voice has affected the public in a way no other artist has done in his native country. The debut album 'Gurrumul' has sold half a million copies worldwide, reaching Triple Platinum in Australia. A deeply traditional man with the voice of an angel singing of his love of country (Wiyathul, Galiku), his deep spiritual connection with the land (Djarimirri, Marrandil), the death of his father (Bapa), the difficulties of being born blind - which he sings in a mixture of local language and English (Gurrumul History) - and the importance to his life of continuity and his ancestors. The backing is sparse and simple. Gurrumul has performed for The Queen of England, The Prince of Wales, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, US President Barack Obama, Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary of Denmark, in addition to being one of only two Australian performers at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace, confirming this multi ARIA award-winning musician's place as an international star, capable of transcending cultural boundaries. This unique Aboriginal man sings songs about identity, spirit and connection with the land, its elements and the ancestral beings he is related to. His high tenor voice and aura-like persona creates emotion, compassion and a feeling of peacefulness and longing with audiences around the world. There is a $25 cover.
NYC: JENNIFER SHEEHAN IN "STARDUST: A NIGHT IN THE COSMOS"
54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street, NYC - 646-476-3551) presents the multi-award winning performer Jennifer Sheehan in "STARDUST: A Night in the Cosmos" opening on Thursday, April 23rd at 9:30 pm, with additional performances on Wednesday, April 29th; Saturday, May 9th; and Wednesdsay, May 20th, all shows at 9:30 pm. "STARDUST: A Night in the Cosmos" is a show that goes where no show has gone before, traversing a wide spectrum of great songs and stories that trace our life-long love affair with the magnificent and mysterious night sky! Music from artists as diverse as Duke Ellington, David Bowie, Kurt Weill, Sergio Mendes, Joni Mitchell, Harry Warren, Pink Martini and others evoke the many emotions we feel over a lifetime of looking up at the moon and the stars. The show ventures even farther - out into the stars - with songs and stories about amazing discoveries and adventures now taking place in outer space! Ms. Sheehan's stellar quartet includes music director and pianist James Followell, Steven Bargonetti on guitar, Jered Egan on bass and Dan Gross on percussion. Jennifer Sheehan starred in the premiere episode of the new WNET/WLIW (PBS) TV series, "66th and Broadway," which aired throughout February 2015. Ms. Sheehan has performed for audiences from coast to coast and in the UK, including Carnegie Hall, as the guest of Michael Feinstein, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Her critically acclaimed shows have entertained audiences at Cafe Carlyle, Feinstein's, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, the Savannah Music Festival, Ely Cathedral (U.K.), the Historic Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, The Royal Room in Palm Beach, the Juilliard in Aiken Festival, and many other concert venues and private clubs around the country. In October, Ms. Sheehan received the Donald F. Smith Award, named for the late highly esteemed founder of the Mabel Mercer Foundation and the New York Cabaret Convention. The first-ever recipient of the Johnny Mercer Foundation's "Margaret Whiting Award" and the first-ever winner of the "Noel Coward Foundation Competition Award," she also received the Dorothy Loudon Foundation's "Dorothy Loudon Award." Previously, she received the "Julie Wilson Award" for outstanding interpretation of the Great American Songbook. Ms. Sheehan is a graduate of The Juilliard School. There is a $25-$65 cover plus a $25 food/drink minimum. CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE MEMBER EVENT
NYC: BOB DIPIERO: MADE IN TENNESSEE SONGWRITER SERIES
Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall-of-Famer Bob DiPiero hosts the Made In Tennessee Songwriter Series at JOE'S PUB at THE PUBLIC THEATRE (425 Lafayette Street, NYC - 212-967-7555 ) on Wednesday, April 29th with performances at 7:00 & 9:30 pm. Hear the stories behind the hits that have been "Made in Tennessee" by the songwriters who call The Volunteer State their home. Every show is an unscripted, unpredictable and unique opportunity to hear these songwriters perform their songs that have been recorded by Carrie Underwood, Brooks and Dunn, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Montgomery Gentry, Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney, The Pistol Annies, among others. There is a $35-$40 cover.
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