CABARET NEWS & GOSSIP - HERE & THERE FROM THE CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE NEWSLETTER
Here are a few items about cabaret and cabaret performers gleaned from the latest issues of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE!
Comic/singer Joan Jaffe is moving her new show "Funnier Than Ever" out of cabaret to The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre of the Abingdon Theatre Complex (312 West 36th Street, NYC - 866-811-4111) on Sunday, April 12th at 7:00 pm. She is joined mbt musical director Matt Baker with Adam Kabak on bass. She will be singing songs by Burton Lane, Leslie Bricusse, Murray Grand, John Myer, Al Hoffman, and more. Tickets are $25. She promises to move the show to a real cabaret space soon.
Vickie Phillips will take her show out of a cabaret room to a library space on Sunday, April 26th at 1:00 pm. The place to be is THE SPRINGFIELD DOWNTOWN LIBRARY (220 State Street, Springfield, MA - 413-263-6828) as part of their Spring Concert Series. Musical director is Michael Rheault. Free admission.
Jazz Vocalist/ Instrumentalist Daryl Sherman is back in Tokyo, Japan where she will be performing every night at THE TABLEAUX LOUNGE (Sunroser Daikanyama B1, Shibuya, Japan 150-0033 - +81 3 5489 2202 ) through May 30th, with special shows on April 7th & 28th to salute jazz stars Billie Holiday and Blossom Dearie.
Broadway and cabaret star Karen Mason joins a host of MAC and Bistro Award-winning artists singing to benefit the special needs children of PS177Q, to be held at THE ROBIN SUE WARD SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN (56-37 188th Street Fresh Meadows, NY) on Saturday, April 25th. Other first-time performers at this benefit, now in its sixth year, are Karen Oberlin, Marcus Simeone and Susan Winter. Returning this year are 2015 Bistro Award Winner, Marissa Mulder and long-time NYC cabaret favorite Phyllis Pastore. The cast is completed by returning performers Tom Gamblin, master of ceremonies Warren Schein, and Robert Gino, a PS177Q therapist who is the driving force behind this event, which has raised over $60,000 to date. Tracy Stark is musical director with Marco Brehm on bass. The night also includes a raffle with prizes including tickets to Disney's Aladdin on Broadway, a champagne sunset cruise on a 47-foot sailboat yacht a music basket including signed CDs from the evening's performers plus many more raffle baskets. Tickets are $20 and can be reserved by calling the school at 718-357-4650. 
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