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NYC: SHEPLEY METCALF: GOING PLACES - AT THE MET
Shepley Metcalf and Ron Roy return to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM(34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Wednesday, June 3rd at 7:00 pm with a new show, GOING PLACES, a tour from Rhode Island to the Riviera, and beyond, via song. The duo will take you from London to New York to New Orleans, and from heartache to hilarity, with music by Joni Mitchell, Johnny Mercer, Stephen Sondheim, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Cole Porter, and other terrific songwriters. GOING PLACES explores travel in all its guises, and journeys by plane, by train, and by automobile. Metcalf and Roy presented "The Songs of Fran Landesman + Simon Wallace" at the Metropolitan Room in 2010. The show earned favorable reviews, and as did their album of these songs. In 2013 Shepley released "The Songs of Laura Nyro," an 8-song album recorded live at the Metropolitan Room with Janice Friedman on piano, Jim Whitney on bass, and Willard Dyson on drums. And last fall Metcalf and Roy celebrated their new album, "Don't Bother to Knock," little-known gems unearthed from the Great American Songbook, at (where else?) the Metropolitan Room. Roy is on the faculty at The Boston Conservatory and at The Tuscany Project, a vocal workshop held each summer in Italy. He and Metcalf met at The Tuscany Project (she was a student), and the Boston-based duo have performed together since 2008. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
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NYC: ERIC COMSTOCK & BARBARA FASANO RETURN TO METROPOLITAN ROOM
The popular husband-and-wife pop-jazz duo Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano return to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) for a six-night major engagement on Tuesday & Thursday, June 2nd & 4th; Wednesday, June 3rd at 9:30 pm and Monday & Tuesday, June 8th & 9th at 7:00 pm. Their new show, "Shoulder Season," is a swinging summer cocktail of lazy days, blue skies, and exotic lands. Reflecting the duo's well-traveled view of the pop and jazz songbooks "Shoulder Season" (the phrase is borrowed from the travel industry to describe the off-peak times between high seasons) covers ample ground, everything from Sinatra to Strayhorn to Springsteen. A crackling combination of warmth, wit, swing and sensuality, this celebrated husband-and-wife team toasted their 10th wedding anniversary last August. Honored as vocalists, recording artists, and writers of their numerous performance pieces, they received an impressive three MAC Awards in one year, including Vocal Duo of the Year, Outstanding Female Vocalist and Record of the Year. Fasano's fourth CD, "Busy Being Free" drops this fall. Comstock, a 2015 Bistro Award winner, is the co-creator and star of the long-running Off-Broadway hit revue "Our Sinatra," and recently released his fourth CD, "bitter/sweet." Their many New York engagements include Carnegie Hall, The Appel Room and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Symphony Space, Feinstein's, The Carlyle, Birdland, Jazz at Kitano, and the 92nd Street Y's "Lyrics and Lyricists" series. Across the country, they headline at Caramoor; Cooperstown Music Festival; Arizona Jazz Festival; Guild Hall in East Hampton; Sheldon Concert Hall and Jazz at The Bistro in St. Louis; Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston; Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia, and The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach. They recently made their London debut at Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Z del. There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE MEMBER EVENT
NYC: MAKE YOUR OWN FUN WITH MARY FOSTER CONKLIN AND AMY ENGELHARDT
Mary Foster Conklin and Amy Engelhardt, two of New York City's most unique cabaret artists, will appear at THE DUPLEX CABARET THEATRE(61 Christopher Street, NYC - 212-255-5438) to make their own fun on Wednesday, June 3rd at 7:00 pm. Sprung from different dimensions of New Jersey's underbelly and proud members of a mutual admiration society, these unique storytellers finally will make good their long-standing threat to perform an evening together. Joining them will be John DiPinto on piano and accordion. The evening will run the gamut from soulful solos to daring duos and maybe even a twisted trio or two. There could even be a uke number, who can say? Amy Engelhardt spent 14 years in a lot of rental cars as the sole female writer/arranger and vocalist in Grammy-nominated, genre-busting vocal "band without instruments" The Bobs. Her solo CD, Not Gonna Be Pretty was hailed as the "unlikely and intriguing marriage of Nellie McKay and Meat Loaf." An award winning songwriter, Amy's cheeky rock score for 'Bastard Jones' (developed with a NAMT grant, workshopped last fall and off-off-Bway in 2016) was a Top 10 Finalist for the Richard Rodgers Award, the Eugene O'Neill Theater Conference and the Alec Baldwin Fellowship (the strangest trifecta ever). Amy is also the creator and Artistic Producer of TUNE IN TIME, New York's "Olympics of Musical Theatre," running monthly at the York. She currently splits her time between Los Angeles and New York. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE MEMBER EVENT
NYC: FIONA THOMPSON: TELL ME ON A WEDNESDAY
Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote a musical in the 80s about an Essex girl moving to NYC. This was the last musical he wrote for Fiona before she was born so she wants to share some of that with you in her show "Tell Me on a Wednesday" at THE DUPLEX CABARET THEATRE (61 Christopher Street, NYC - 212-255-5438) on Wednesday, June 3rd at 9:30 pm. There is an $8 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
NYC: SALTY BRINE - INSPIRED BY INSPIRED BY PINK FLOYD AND THE WIZARD OF OZ
Salty Brine's Spectacular Living Record Collection Cabaret Announces "Second Hand News", a new cabaret inspired by Inspired by Pink Floyd and The Wizard of Oz, as the next installment in his series. Salty Brine's Spectacular Living Record Collection Cabaret, performs on Wednesdays as part of Brine's residency at THE RED ROOM (85 East 4th Street, NYC - 212-787-0155), explores a different iconic album each month in a live cabaret setting. Dark Side of the Rainbow, inspired by by Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Harburg and Arlen's score to the MGM classic The Wizard of Oz, will run on Wednesdays, June 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th with doors opening at 7:30 pm and shows beginning at 8:00 pm. The Moon makes her star turn in this month's edition of Salty Brine's Spectacular Living Record Collection Cabaret! Planets and albums collide in an astronomical voyage through Pink Floyd's wild and wandering Dark Side of the Moon and Harburg and Arlen's heavenly score to the fantasy classic The Wizard of Oz. Dark Side of the Rainbow is directed by Dan Safer (Witness Relocation) with dramaturgy by James Monaco (Aaron/Marie) and arrangements by musician Heather Christian (The T.E.A.M.'s Mission Drift). The show features costume design by nightlife personality One-Half Nelson. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at www.thesaltiestbrine.com. There is also a 2-drink minimum.
NYC: THE VAUDEVILLIANS: BRINGING UP BABY
After selling out an often-extended Off-Broadway run in 2013 (which attracted the likes of Neil Patrick Harris, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Joan Rivers, RuPaul and SNL's Kate McKinnon), a national tour, a 3-month Australian tour (where she was nominated for the Aussie equivalent of a Tony Award), and a summer run in Provincetown, RuPaul's Drag Race favorite Jinkx Monsoon will return to New York with the World Premiere of THE VAUDEVILLIANS: BRINGING UP BABY, a new musical comedy co-starring composer and musician Major Scales. This limited engagement begins performances May 21st at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909). Performances are on Wednesday & Friday, June 3rd & 5th at 7:00 pm. Dr. Dan and Kitty Witless were put on ice in the Twenties, and had their entire music catalogue purloined by today's pop artists. Now the hottest act ever frozen alive is back again, with more swinging hits from their stolen songbook! There's only one problem: Kitty's "in a family way" and no one's quite sure where the kid came from. Can The Vaudevillians still put on a show while bringing up baby? Major Scales is the evil twin of Richard Andriessen, a musician, writer and performer based in Seattle. He has written everything from award-winning New York shows on the east coast to music for amateur adult films on the west. Jinkx Monsoon is the alter ego of Jerick Hoffer, who graduated with a degree in theatrical performance from Cornish College in Seattle. With ten years experience on stage, Hoffer is a seasoned Portland-born entertainer who has captured the attention of his native northwest region. As early as 2006, Hoffer appeared as the lead dancer in the world's largest drag queen chorus line, which made the Guinness Book of World Records. By 2012, he had advanced to roles in Seattle theaters, playing Moritz in "Spring Awakening" (produced by Balagan Theatre), Angel in "Rent" (produced by The 5th Avenue Theatre), and Hedwig in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (produced by Balagan Theatre and Seattle Theatre Group). In 2014 he was nominated for the Helpmann Award (alongside the likes of Cate Blanchett, Ivo Van Hove, Denis O'Hare and Baz Luhrmann), the Australian equivalent of a Tony, for his performanace in The Vaudevillians. There is a $25-$50 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.
NYC: FROM THE HIP AT THE BEECHMAN
From the Hip, an irreverent comedy with songs about glamorous Siamese twin lounge singers trying to make it in 1960s Hollywood will be presented at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Wednesday, June 3rd at 9:30 pm. The twins triumph over everything from ageism and addiction to a shared rectum! Written and Directed by Blair Fell with original songs by Maggie Moore, the cast features Amy Ziff, Susie Mosher, Maggie Moore, and Sean Kennin. There is a $20 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.
NYC: THE CUTTING ROOM PRESENTS: SAMIA
18 year old Samia is a New York singer-songwriter will appear at THE CUTTING ROOM (44 East 32nd Street, NYC - 212-691-1900) on Wednesday, June 3rd at 7:30 pm, Samia's style ranges from alternative pop/rock to r&b. Soon to release a debut album, she will be introducing a selection of new tunes with her band, SORRY, at her second Cutting Room NYC show. Samia has sold out shows at Joe's Pub, The Mint LA, 54 Below and more, and will be performing a variety of original work as well as covers of Sky Ferreira, Drake, and The Morning Benders. There is a $20 cover.
NYC: TURBINE ALBUM RELEASE PARTY FOR SHAKIN' OFF THE SHOCK FEATURING BIG RAILROAD
Turbine, a song-oriented jamband, deeply respected by its peers and the community will perform at THE CUTTING ROOM (44 East 32nd Street, NYC - 212-691-1900) on Wednesday, June 3rd at 9:30 pm. They are an established act that improvises ferociously and skillfully. The band has an unconventional musical history - changing instrumentation (the band began as a duo), and exploring different styles has made it hard to pigeonhole them. In a improv-centric scene they have put songwriting first. By taking this approach they have amassed a truly deep and varied catalogue of great material, all the while growing significantly as players. They have never backed away from their core beliefs that a song should stand the test of time and that an improvising band should take risks. The sound of the band has been consistent - it has always been based around Ryan Rightmire's unique experimental harmonica playing and Jeremy Hilliard's soulful, exploratory guitar and poetic songwriting. There is a $12 cover.
NYC: TURN THE BEAT AROUND: 54 BELOW CELEBRATES STUDIO 54
54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street, NYC - 646-476-3551) commemorates the glory - and the decadence - that was STUDIO 54 on Wednesday, June 3rd with performances at 7:00 & 9:30 pm. In the legendary club's heyday the guest list was a who's who from the world of entertainment - Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli, Halston, Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger, Diana Ross, Brooke Shields, John Travolta, Michael Jackson - and the music played kept them dancing all through the night. "Turn the Beat Around" will "Celebrate, Good Times" and salute Studio 54 from its opening night to the "Last Dance." 54 Below is even rolling out their dance floor for the occasion! Produced and directed by Scott Coulter the show features Cheryl Freeman (The Who's Tommy), Donna Vivino (Wicked, Saturday Night Fever), Mike Schwitter (Pippin), Blaine Krauss (The Lion King), Devin L. Roberts (Venice, The Lion King), Jessica Hendy (Radio City Spring Spectacular), Lennie Watts (MAC, Bistro Award winner), Willam Blake (Echoes of Etta), Tyce Green (54 Sings Chess), Mary Lane Haskell (54 Shares Cher), Brian Charles Rooney (Bedbugs, The Three Penny Opera), Susan Agin (Anything Goes: The Concert), Kelli Rabke (Les Miserables, Children of Eden), Will Porter (54 Sings The Act), and Justin Talkington (54 Sings Chess) and more. As with all live entertainment events, cast subject to change without notice. There is a $35-$75 cover plus a $25 food/drink minimum.
NYC: BABY DEE: I AM A STICK ALBUM RELEASE AT JOE'S PUB
One of the industry's most flamboyant musical discoveries of the last decade, Baby Dee, will perform at JOE'S PUB at THE PUBLIC THEATRE (425 Lafayette Street, NYC - 212-967-7555) on Wednesday, June 3rd at 9:30 pm. Baby Dee is an enchanting song writer, classically trained harpist, circus sideshow veteran, and transgender street legend. Her infectious cackle and extraordinary talent on piano, harp and accordion have caught her many musical admirers including Will Oldham, Matt Sweeney, Maxim Moston, and Andrew WK, all of whom have produced unique and magnificent albums for her. There is an $18 cover.
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