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Monday, March 7, 2016

CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE CABARET PICK OF THE DAY

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CABARET PICK OF THE DAY

Here is today's CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE CABARET PICK OF THE DAY taken from press releases received! Each day we try to choose one or two events that we feel are the best of the best. 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!

NYC: "JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, RINGO ... AND DICK" - JOHN BUCCHINO IN CONCERT CABARET EVENT IN A JAZZ CLUB!
A MARCH IS CABARET MONTH EVENT

The Broadway at Birdland concert series presents the return of pianist/ composer John Bucchino in "John, Paul, George, Ringo... and Dick - Solo Piano Improvisations on the Music of The Beatles and Richard Rodgers" at  BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Monday, March 7th, at 7:00 pm. The concert will feature solo piano improvisations of songs from John's first instrumental CD, "On Richard Rodgers' Piano" and his new CD "BEATLES Reimagined." John will share fresh, inventive, one-time-only versions of these beloved songs created in the moment, as well as anecdotes about their history and insights into his pianistic process. Best known for his award-winning songwriting, John Bucchino is also a unique and accomplished pianist. Previously presented in Melbourne and London, this will be the first performance of this concert in the U.S. as well as the official CD release concert for "BEATLES Reimagined." John Bucchino's songs have been performed and recorded by renowned pop (Art Garfunkel, Judy Collins), theatre (Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald), cabaret (Barbara Cook, Michael Feinstein),and classical (Yo-Yo Ma, Deborah Voight, Nathan Gunn), artists as well as The Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in venues including Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, The Hollywood Bowl, The Kennedy Center, The Sydney Opera House, London's O2 Arena and The White House. Among his honors are two Drama Desk nominations, The Johnny Mercer Songwriter Award, The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, The Jonathan Larson Award, The Kleban Award, The Los Angeles Ovation Award (for the revue IT'S ONLY LIFE), The DVD Premiere Award (for the song "Better Than I"),and the first annual Fred Ebb Award. He has written music and lyrics for the Broadway musical ACATERED AFFAIR (nominated for 12 Drama Desk Awards, and winner of the New York Drama League Award for Best Musical, with a book by Harvey Fierstein), as well as the musicals URBAN MYTHS, LAVENDER GIRL, the new Danish musical ESAURA, the revue IT'S ONLY LIFE, and the Dreamworks animated film JOSEPH, KING OF DREAMS, and wrote the lyrics for the children's musical SIMEON'S GIFT with a book by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton and music by Ian Fraser. Some recordings of his work are: GRATEFUL, THE SONGS OF JOHN BUCCHINO (with companion songbook),SOLITUDE LESSONS, the Australian release DAVID CAMPBELL SINGS JOHN BUCCHINO which reached number one on the Australian jazz chart, the PS Classics releases of the cast albums of IT'S ONLY LIFE (with companion songbook) and A CATEREDAFFAIR, and two recordings of solo piano improvisations: ON RICHARD RODGERS'PIANO (performed on the composer's own Steinway), and BEATLES REIMAGINED. As part of their Julie Andrews Collection, Harper Collins published a children's book, based on John's song, called "Grateful, A Song of Giving Thanks" which was awarded the Parents' Choice Gold Award. There is a $30 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.



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