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NYC: MUSIC AND ART FOR CITY GREENS CONCERTS RETURN MAY 20TH
MUSIC AND ART FOR CITY GREENS presents Season 8 of Concerts to benefit Tudor City Greens. This free, outdoor concert series resumes on Wednesday, May 20th at 6:30 pm (Rain date: Thursday, May 21st at 6:30pm.) at TUDOR CITY GREENS PARK (enter at Tudor City Place between East 42nd and East 43rd Streets). This award winning series will once again feature professional performers from Broadway and the New York City cabaret, jazz, classical and opera scene. The May 20th concert will feature guest performances by:QVC Star and Bistro & Hanson Award Winner Meg Flather; Metropolitan Opera Singer Andrew Lebon; Bistro, MAC & Nightlife Award Winner Carolyn Montgomery-Forant; Bistro, MAC & Nightlife Award Winner Karen Oberlin; San Francisco Cabaret Competition Winner Carly Ozard and MAC Award Winner Colm ReillySeries Regulars return this year: Host Raissa Katona Bennett, Broadway's "Christine" in Phantom of the Opera and MAC & Bistro Award Winner; Bistro & Multiple MAC and Windham Hill Recording Artist Sean Harkness on Guitar; Bistro & Multiple MAC Award Winner Tanya Moberly on Vocals; MAC Award Nominated Recording Artist & Arranger Matt Scharfglass on Bass; Multiple MAC Award Winning Composer, Pianist & Musical Director Bill Zeffiro; Sound Design by Stuart J Allyn of A.D.R Studios; Additional Musical Direction will be provided by pianists JEff Cubeta, Ian Herman & Mark Janas. Music and Art for City Greens is a 501c3 non-profit, and all performers and support people generously donate their time and talent for these events. 100% of all donations given by attendees at this summer concert series are collected directly by the Tudor City Greens organization for the upkeep of these spaces.
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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" on Wednesday, May 20th 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: STING*CHRONICITY WITH ROSEMARY LOAR
STING*chronicity, with Rosemary Loar will be presented at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Wednesday, May 20th at 7:00 pm. The show offers a combination of monologues with a variety of musical arrangements of the music of the contemporary songwriter, Sting. The show is "set" in Madison Square Garden on the occasion of the final reunion concert of the iconic band, The Police, which was headed by Sting. STING*chronicity surveys the diverse audience, and their very varied interpretations of his music as the words of his songs are filtered by their unique lives and experiences. The show includes many of Sting's most popular and including "Message In A Bottle", "Moon Over Bourbon Street," "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," "Roxanne," "Every Breath You Take." as well as some lesser known songs, like "Ghost Story," a song from Sting's Broadway show, The Last Ship. Monologues were provided by some of New York's most impressive playwrights: Diana Amsterdam, Mike Folie, Matt Hoverman, Cheryl Stern, Robert W. Atwood and Rosemary Loar, plus a charming offering from 13 year old Mia Katz. Loar conceived, directed and starred in the popularThe Alternative Torch series at Symphony Space from 2004-2006. As a recording artist, she can be heard on Sting's soundtrack for the movie The Emperor's New Groove, the cast albums of Chess and Sunset Boulevard and on The Listening Library Series. Last year she release of her sixth album, When Harry Met The Duke, a tribute to Duke Ellington and Harold Arlen. Barry Kleinbort who recently received rave reviews for directing John Epperson: Show Trash off-Broadway is at the director's helm. Renowned jazz artist/pianist and arranger Frank Ponzio will serve as musical director and will be joined by jazz bassist Tom Hubbard. Ms. Loar's extensive musical theater credits include a critically acclaimed turn as Grizabella in Cats, Sunset Boulevard (with Glenn Close), The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (with John Larroquette in L.A. and Shuler Hensley at Madison Square Garden), You Can't Take It With You, and Chess, as well as Once Upon A Mattress with Sarah Jessica Parker. There is a $22.50 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
NYC: GROUPIES - THE MUSES BEHIND THE LEGENDS OF ROCK & ROLL WITH LAUREN FOX
Rock stars have always taken the spotlight, and the women in the wings have always loved and supported them. It's time for the girls to take center stage in 'Groupies - The Muses Behind the Legends of Rock & Roll', a tribute to the beauties who loved the music so much that they got as close to it as one possibly could performed by Lauren Fox on Wednesday, May 20th at 9:30 pm at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440). Lauren Fox celebrates the woman who started a sexual revolution ... and never looked back! The show features music by Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Waylon Jennings and more. Lauren is joined by musical director Jon Weber on piano; Peter Calo on acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin; and Ritt Henn on bass guitar. There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
NYC: ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD - NEW YORK CITY MASTER CHORALE
Following up on their sold-out performance last season, Thea Kano and the singers of the New York City Master Chorale return to THE DUPLEX CABARET THEATRE (61 Christopher Street, NYC - 212-255-5438) on Wednesday, May 20th with performances at 7:00 & 9:30 pm with a new show: "One More for the Road". There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
NYC: THE CUTTING ROOM PRESENTS: LEZCAB
THE CUTTING ROOM (44 East 32nd Street, NYC - 212-691-1900) presents LezCab on Wednesday, May 20th at 7:30 pm. LezCab is a non-profit theatre company devoted to creating an accurate and meaningful representation of queer women in musical theatre. Join LezCab for a concert of musical theatre through the years, with a queer lady spin, featuring Broadway's most influential out actresses. Performers include Haviland Stillwell (Les Miserables, Fiddler On The Roof), Kristian Espiritu (Here Lies Love), Caitlin Lee Reid (performing an exerpt from her one-woman show Lezzie With A Z), and more. There is a $20 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.
NYC: "SEARCH: PAUL CLAYTON" THE MAN WHO LOVED BOB DYLAN
STAGE 72 (158 West 72nd Street, NYC - 212-362-2590) presents the New York premiere of a new folk musical, 'Search: Paul Clayton, the Man Who Loved Bob Dylan', which features 14 classic folk songs, The show will play for 13 performances only from Wednesday, May 6th through Thursday, May 21st. Showtimes and days vary so check the STAGE 72 Website. 'Search: Paul Clayton' celebrates the true story in words and song of one of Bob Dylan's first musical mentors. Paul Clayton of New Bedford, Massachusetts was the most recorded young folk singer in America when Bobby Zimmerman arrived in 1961 Greenwich Village to begin his career as Bob Dylan. It was Paul who helped open the doors of the folk world to him. From 1961 to 1965 Paul taught Bob the tricks of the trade, while falling hopelessly in love with him. The show was conceived and written by Larry Mollin ("Beverly Hills 90210"), directed by Randal Myler (Tony Award nominee, It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues) with musical direction by Fred Mollin and is produced by Dan Whitten and TIGER Theatricals. "Search: Paul Clayton" will feature Peter Oyloe as Paul Clayton, Jared Weiss as Bob Dylan, Ereni Sevasti as Joan Baez, Jaime Babbitt as Carla Rotolo, Allan Harris as the Rev. Gary Davisand Michael Lanning as Dave Van Ronk. Call for cover/minimum information.
NYC: 54 SINGS THE SONGS OF CY COLEMAN
An unforgettable cabaret event, 'The Songs Of Cy Coleman' will be presented at 54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street, NYC - 646-476-3551) on Wednesday, May 20th at 7:00 pm. Directed & conceived by Will Nunziata, the show brings together three Broadway Leading Ladies who all originated roles on Broadway in a Cy Coleman show: Tony Award winner Randy Graff, Tony Award winner Cady Huffman, and Tony Award winner Lillias White. Fresh solo, duet, and trio arrangements of some of Cy's most beloved songs will include selections from his pop standards canon and film scores, as well as his musicals Wildcat, Little Me, Sweet Charity, Seesaw, I Love My Wife, On the Twentieth Century, Barnum, City of Angels, The Will Rogers Follies, and The Life. Songs include: "Witchcraft," "What You Don't Know About Women," "The Oldest Profession," "You Can Always Count on Me," "Nobody Does It Like Me," "Big Spender," "The Best is Yet to Come," "Those Hands," and many, many more. Musical Direction by Eugene Gwozdz (Piano) with Chris Reza on Reeds, Adam Neely on Bass, and Jeremy Yaddaw on Drums. There is a $45-$90 cover plus a $25 food/drink minimum.
NYC: OUR TIME: A GRADUATION MIXTAPE WITH PACE'S MUSICAL THEATER CLASS OF 2015
The Pace Performing Arts' Musical Theatre Class of 2015 toast the past four years of love, hard work and performance at 54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street, NYC - 646-476-3551) on Wednesday, May 20th at 11:30 pm as part of the club's Late Night Series. Featuring songs by their favorite musical theatre composers, 90s pop power ballads and high-octane medleys, these grads are ready to take their first steps into the real world with style, ferocity, and a little help from their friends. The Class of 2015 has flown the nest - and what better way to celebrate than to get together and turn up? There is a $20-$40 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.
NYC: ETHAN LIPTON & HIS ORCHESTRA AT JOE'S PUB
Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra play an edgy brand of jazz/ folk/ alternative nosh with a chewy singer-songwriter center at JOE'S PUB at THE PUBLIC THEATRE (425 Lafayette Street, NYC - 212-967-7555) on Wednesday, May 20th at 7:00 pm. With melancholy wit and a cockeyed worldview, sepia-toned frontman Lipton and band mates Eben Levy (guitar), Ian Riggs (bass) and Vito Dieterle (sax) deliver songs steeped in mixed-message sincerity and soul. The band has appeared at Celebrate Brooklyn, MASS MOCA, Bryant Park, the Camden Opera House, Tangier (LA), Vermont Arts Exchange, and has been featured on NPR and radio stations around the country. There is a $20 cover.
NYC: ANN LIV YOUNG: ELEKTRA CABARET AT JOE'S PUB
Ann Liv Young: Elektra Cabaret returns to JOE'S PUB at THE PUBLIC THEATRE (425 Lafayette Street, NYC - 212-967-7555) on Wednesdays, May 13th & 20th at 9:30 pm. Ann Liv Young's creations are essentially a reflection of her life, inspired by her experiences with her dancers, family, collaborators and passerby. The ultra-personal becomes the material she molds for performance. Young's mission is to create work that is honest in its inception, creation and execution. Her work combines text, music and choreography to build scenes that set up ideas, images and relationships and then destroy them. Young's text is explicitly sexual, emotional and blunt, but it is always delivered in a manner that is not. The overt drama of her work is subdued by the realness of this text. Her work exemplifies constant contrast in all its layers. Audiences are provoked and forced to examine their role in the presentation of dance and performance. They must determine their place as supporters, mockers, posers or subjects. There is a $15 cover.
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