FEATURED CABARET ORGANIZATION EVENT IN NYC: ANNOUNCING: 1ST INTERNATIONAL CABARET FESTIVAL AND CABARET HALL OF FAME GALA
CABARET SCENES MAGAZINE will present THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CABARET FESTIVAL, Wednesday through Sunday, February 17th through 21st, 2016, with dozens of performers at clubs across NYC, coming together to celebrate the unique art of cabaret. An opening night Gala will be hosted at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Wednesday, February 17th at 7:00 pm, to kick off the Festival as well as celebrate the newly-formed CABARET HALL OF FAME, with a ceremony inducting the following performers: Barbara Carroll, Andrea Marcovicci, Marilyn Maye and Steve Ross, as well as the late Nancy LaMott, Bobby Short, Jan Wallman and Julie Wilson. Gala Performers include: Anita Gillette as well as by Hall of Fame inductees Barbara Carroll, Andrea Marcovicci and Steve Ross. Clubs participating in the inaugural 2016 International Cabaret Festival are: Don't Tell Mama, The Duplex, Feinstein's/54 Below, Iridium, Joe's Pub, Metropolitan Room and The Triad. The Cabaret Hall of Fame is the brainchild of Bernie Furshpan and Joseph Macchia of Metropolitan Room. The goal of the Cabaret Hall of Fame is to preserve the history and contributions of those who have established and fulfilled the promise of live entertainment in a cabaret setting, and have brought joy to millions over the many years of its existence. In the works, as well, are the establishment of a cabaret archive at the Library of Congress and a traveling display of memorabilia of all things cabaret. For additional information about the Cabaret Hall of Fame contact Bernard Furshpan at 212-206-0440 or email Bernie@metropolitanroom.comFor additional information about the 2016 International Cabaret Festival, contact by email: festival@cabaretscenes.org
For the gala, there is a $24 cover (rising to $45 after February 1st) plus a 2-drink minimum. Reserve online at http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=229370&cart
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David Friedman, author of "The Thought Exchange", has announced the release of his latest bool "The Healing Power of Negative Thoughts and Uncomfortable Sensations" now available on Amazon.com. In his revelatory new book, David Friedman, author of the best selling book THE THOUGHT EXCHANGE - OVERCOMING OUR RESISTANCE TO LIVING A SENSATIONAL LIFE, looks directly at our "NEGATIVE" thoughts and "UNCOMFORTABLE" sensations and reveals them not as things to be feared or ignored, but rather as messages from our past, tools we can use to heal any long-avoided traumas that may arise when we try to "think positive." How many times in the course of our New Thought studies have we heard phrases such as "Think POSITIVE", "CANCEL those NEGATIVE thoughts" and "Don't think NEGATIVE thoughts or NEGATIVE things will happen!" And how many times, as students and seekers of health and happiness, have we found ourselves unable to stay with that "Think Positive" philosophy and ended up thinking, "There's something wrong with me, I'm just not doing it right." Could it be that by trying to get rid of our "NEGATIVE" thoughts and "UNCOMFORTABLE" sensations, we are, in fact, suppressing, ignoring and avoiding one of the greatest tools we have for healing and living a full life? To order your paperback, audio or Kindle copy, visit the following link: 
A fixture in New York's performing world in clubs here and gone, (Tavern-On-The-Green, Eighty-Eights, Don't Tell Mama, Danny's Skylight Room, Barney's Mad 61, JanWallman's, Royal Roost, Palsson's, the Fives, Panache etc.), Cynthia returned to a singing career in the 80's after 10 years and 100 shows as founder/ producer of the Impossible Ragtime Theatre (IRT). Crane has performed Cabaret Concerts in French at the American Embassy on the Place de la Concorde and the Musee de Montmartre in Paris, played Helen Morgan at the Russian Tea Room, sung for the Dutch Treat Club, the National Arts Club, the Players and the Friars. Nominee for the Mabel Mercer Foundation's first Mabel Mercer Award, Crane performed at the very first Cabaret Convention at Manhattan's The Town Hall and at three of the subsequent Conventions. She is recipient of BackStage's Bistro Award for Outstanding Vocalist. A native New Yorker, she kicked off her performing career working in nightclubs and cabaret rooms up and down the east coast, appearing with the last of New England's "big bands" as well as performing in stock, off-Broadway and for the USO abroad. With Ted Story, George Ferencz and Pam Mitchell, she co-founded and co-produced The Impossible Ragtime Theatre (IRT), which came to be regarded as one of New York's most acclaimed Off-Off Broadway theatres, producing over one hundred plays, a cabaret series entitled "In One" and building four different stages. Now she has released her latest CD - "Cynthia Loves Sinatra" - along with her Musical Director/ Arranger Mike Renzi, and featuring Mike Renzi, Jay Leonhart, Steve Laspina, Grady Tate, Ronnie Zito, Jay Berliner, Glen Drewes, Houston Person, Bill Easley, And Wayne Andre. For more information about this fabulous lady - and to purchase her CDs, see 
CYNTHIA CRANE IS A MEMBER OF CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE 
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