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Friday, February 26, 2016

TOMORROW NIGHT IN SMITH TOWN, NY: UNIQUE LONG ISLAND STORYTELLING SHOW FEATURES TRUE STORIES - WITH A TWIST - PLUS MUSIC - - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

TOMORROW NIGHT IN SMITH TOWN, NY: UNIQUE LONG ISLAND  STORYTELLING SHOW FEATURES TRUE STORIES - WITH A TWIST - PLUS MUSIC - - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

(mostly) TRUE THINGS, a monthly storytelling show that features true stories - with a twist - told live, without notes and the only one of its kind on Long Island, will have its next performance on Saturday February 27th, at 7:00 pm, at THE PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO (224 East Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY). The line-up of storytellers includes award-winning Long Island comic and writer Stevie GB, Moth Storytelling Grand Slam winner Tracey Segarra, and 2 gifted creative writing students from Sayville High School, Allison Pelletier and Loriann Capra. This show is an entirely unique entertainment experience that has stories told by accomplished storytellers and a game that involves the audience. All the stories except one include carefully-crafted deceptions, and the audience has an opportunity to question the storytellers, then vote for the person who told the unvarnished truth. Audience members who choose the correct person get a prize. Tickets are $10 online until 5:00 pm on the day of the show, available at http://www.mostlytruethings.com . Host/ creator Jude Treder-Wolff is storyteller, singer/ songwriter and writer/ performer who is an active in New York storytelling scene and performed solo cabaret shows at clubs in New York and around the country. She was featured onstage in the groundbreaking RISK! live storytelling show and podcast, and has told stories at The Moth in New York and Prose Of Pie in Tarrytown, NY. With musical director Wells Hanley she co-wrote the lyrics and music for the songs used to set up every stage of the game in (mostly) TRUE THINGS. Her solo show Crazytown was selected  for the 2013 Midtown International Theater Festival, the 2012 Chicago and San Francisco Fringe Festivals and was performed at Actors Theatre Workshop, Broadway Comedy Club and The Pit-The Peoples Improv in New York, at the Charles B. Wang Center at Stonybrook University on Long Island and The Conservatory NJ in Trenton, NJ. Tickets are $15 at the door (cash only).  Call 631-366-4265 for more information. Complete information is available at http://www.mostlytruethings.com.
 JUDE TREDER-WOLFF IS A MEMBER OF CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE 


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TOMORROW NIGHT IN NYC: HILLARY CONFIDENTIAL: A HEART TO HEART COCKTAIL CABARET - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


TOMORROW NIGHT IN NYC: HILLARY CONFIDENTIAL: A HEART TO HEART COCKTAIL CABARET - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

Kelley Karel presents 'Hillary Confidential: A Heart To Heart Cocktail Cabaret' at THE DUPLEX CABARET THEATRE (61 Christopher Street, NYC - 212-255-5438) on Saturday, February 27th at 4:30 pm. Imagine Hillary Clinton, alone in a hotel suite, with nothing but a baby grand, a little liquid encouragement and a Secret Service agent who just happens to play a mean piano. Hillary lets her hair down and gets to the heart of the matter in this funny and delightfully moving glimpse into how she really feels about the current state of affairs. Written by & starring acclaimed Hillary Clinton impersonator, Kelley Karel, featuring award winning Music Director, Jason Wynn, and directed by Broadway veteran, Chuck Karel. There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. ($20 cover if reserved in advance)

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CABARET WORKSHOP IN NYC: THE SINGING EXPERIENCE ACCEPTING ENROLLEES FOR MARCH WORKSHOP - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


CABARET WORKSHOP IN NYC: THE SINGING EXPERIENCE ACCEPTING ENROLLEES FOR MARCH WORKSHOP 
- AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

On March 16th, The Singing Experience workshop "Spring Fling!" will begin. When winter is over, you will want to sing like the birdies do in the spring! So join the March-April workshop of The Singing Experience and after 4 fun-filled rehearsals (on Wednesdays, March 16th, 23rd, 30th and April 6th) at STUDIO 353 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm, you will find yourself in the spotlight, microphone in hand standing on the stage of STAGE 72 (158 West 72nd Street, NYC - 212-362-2590 - http://stage72.com/ ) on Wednesday, April 13th. One week later on Wednesday, April 20th, there will be a DVD Viewing Party at the The Singing Experience offices to celebrate your success with the cast.(DVD of the show included in tuition). This is the 39th Anniversary Year of the renowned and Award Winning workshop. Classes fill up quickly and enrollment is limited, so reserve your place now and sing in the Spring! Visit the website at http//www.SingingExperience.com for the full schedule, info and registration. Remember that you can give the "Gift of Song" to that special someone in your life! Visit our Youtube Channel to see hundreds of fabulous TSE graduates of all ages and walks of life, singing their hearts out. See the videos at http://www.Youtube.com/SingingExperience . They also have a Cable TV Program in NYC on MNN - Sundays at 5:00 pm on Channel 56. Your "someday is now" and this workshop will make your dream come true and you will sing out fearlessly, confidently and show the world the "star" you really are!

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MONDAY, MARCH 28th in NYC - ROBIN'S NEST - A BENEFIT FOR HELPUSADOPT.ORG - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE -

MONDAY, MARCH 28th in NYC - ROBIN'S NEST - A BENEFIT FOR HELPUSADOPT.ORG 
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Celebrate new beginnings and the return of Spring! Join host and Helpusadopt.org board member Robin Westle, headliner Carole Demas, best known for creating the role of 'Sandy' in the original Broadway production of Grease, and co-star of the popular and wildly successful children's television show "The Magic Garden" and special guest stars Stephen Mitchell Brown of Broadway's Jekyll and Hyde, Leah Jennings (Metrostar finalist), Eva Kantor (Metrostar finalist, NY Cabaret Convention), Valerie Lemon, concert soloist for the late Marvin Hamlisch, and Sage Melcher (Great American Songbook HS and Academy Competition finalist) at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Monday, March 28th at 7:00 pm. This will be an unforgettable night of song and story to benefit Helpusadopt.org, a national non-profit 501(c)(3) financial assistance grant program providing qualified couples and individuals - regardless of race, ethnicity, marital status, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability - with grants of up to $15,000 towards their domestic, international, foster, or special needs adoption expenses. Adoption is expensive. Statistics say that an average adoption costs upwards of $30,000. The magnitude and uncertainty of these expenses is a significant obstacle standing in the way of permanent homes for the more than 150 million children around the globe who need parents. Through the generous contributions of donors, Helpusadopt.org is able to assist others in overcoming the financial obstacles they face when seeking to adopt. Helpusadopt.org's average grant is approximately $8,500 and since the organization's launch in 2007, Helpusadopt.org has helped to build more than 150 families by awarding over $1,300,000 in total adoption grants. For more information, please see their web site at Helpusadopt.org. There is a $25 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.

 PRODUCER ROBIN WESTLE IS A MEMBER OF CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE 
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SWEET LIFE - A NEW CD BY JIM SPEAKE

This recording had a long gestation, starting when Jim was born in Florence Alabama in1945. This was very close to the place where musical magic was to be made, the famous recording studios in Muscle Shoals. By coincidence, Percy Sledge was born in the same little town where his family and Jim lived, Leighton, Alabama. He had a major hit with his first recording in 1966, and the "Muscle Shoals Sound" was firmly established. Jim Speake had music in his life from an early age, because he sang along with his mother when she played the piano and sang. A track of his first recording session at four, can be found on Jim's first CD, "Jim Speake Sings My Generation." It was expected that he would go into the family business of farming. Instead, when Speake went to college, he earned degrees in Business Administration, University of Alabama and ultimately Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia. If he had followed my heart, he would have studied music. That was a road Jim did not take seriously until he moved to New York City in 2000. There, while studying acting and voice, Jim was lucky enough to meet some key people who have been vital to his development as a singer. At H.B. Studio, he met KT Sullivan. KT introduced Jim to Eric Michael Gillett. Eric Michael introduced him to Patrick DeGennaro. Patrick introduced him to Lennie Watts and Steven Ray Watkins. 2015 marked the tenth anniversary of his collaboration with these two talented men. Most of the arrangements on this recording were developed working with this same team. It is not a stretch to say thatSpeake would not have made this recording had he not met Lennie and Steven. He especially appreciates Lennie's support through this journey and also introducing him to Paul Rolnick.

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BARB JUNGR RELEASES NEW CD - "SHELTER FROM THE STORM" ON LINN RECORDS

A new CD "Shelter From the Storm, Songs of Hope for Troubled Times" by Barb Jungr, featuring legendary American contemporary jazz pianist, and Grammy Award winner, Laurence Hobgood, was released by Linn Records on February 19th. Orders for the CD are now being taken on iTunes at http://ow.ly/X6AjH and and on Amazon.com at http://ow.ly/X6zYBThis CD with Barb marks Laurence Hobgood's first major collaboration since Kurt Elling (with whom he worked for 20 years). Barb's new website is now up and running as well, http://www.barbjungr.co.uk, and it has videos of all the live shows, plus her latest videos, reviews and information on her upcoming tour and CD.

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NYC: HILLARY CONFIDENTIAL: A HEART TO HEART COCKTAIL CABARET

Kelley Karel presents 'Hillary Confidential: A Heart To Heart Cocktail Cabaret' at THE DUPLEX CABARET THEATRE (61 Christopher Street, NYC - 212-255-5438) on Saturday, February 27th at 4:30 pm. Imagine Hillary Clinton, alone in a hotel suite, with nothing but a baby grand, a little liquid encouragement and a Secret Service agent who just happens to play a mean piano. Hillary lets her hair down and gets to the heart of the matter in this funny and delightfully moving glimpse into how she really feels about the current state of affairs. Written by & starring acclaimed Hillary Clinton impersonator, Kelley Karel, featuring award winning Music Director, Jason Wynn, and directed by Broadway veteran, Chuck Karel. There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. ($20 cover if reserved in advance)

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SMITHTOWN, NY: UNIQUE LONG ISLAND  STORYTELLING SHOW FEATURES TRUE STORIES - WITH A TWIST - PLUS MUSIC

(mostly) TRUE THINGS, a monthly storytelling show that features true stories - with a twist - told live, without notes and the only one of its kind on Long Island, will have its next performance on Saturday February 27th, at 7:00 pm, at THE PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO (224 East Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY). The line-up of storytellers includes award-winning Long Island comic and writer Stevie GB, Moth Storytelling Grand Slam winner Tracey Segarra, and 2 gifted creative writing students from Sayville High School, Allison Pelletier and Loriann Capra. This show is an entirely unique entertainment experience that has stories told by accomplished storytellers and a game that involves the audience. All the stories except one include carefully-crafted deceptions, and the audience has an opportunity to question the storytellers, then vote for the person who told the unvarnished truth. Audience members who choose the correct person get a prize. Tickets are $10 online until 5:00 pm on the day of the show, available at http://www.mostlytruethings.com . Host/ creator Jude Treder-Wolff is storyteller, singer/ songwriter and writer/ performer who is an active in New York storytelling scene and performed solo cabaret shows at clubs in New York and around the country. She was featured onstage in the groundbreaking RISK! live storytelling show and podcast, and has told stories at The Moth in New York and Prose Of Pie in Tarrytown, NY. With musical director Wells Hanley she co-wrote the lyrics and music for the songs used to set up every stage of the game in (mostly) TRUE THINGS. Her solo show Crazytown was selected  for the 2013 Midtown International Theater Festival, the 2012 Chicago and San Francisco Fringe Festivals and was performed at Actors Theatre Workshop, Broadway Comedy Club and The Pit-The Peoples Improv in New York, at the Charles B. Wang Center at Stonybrook University on Long Island and The Conservatory NJ in Trenton, NJ. Tickets are $15 at the door (cash only).  Call 631-366-4265 for more information. Complete information is available at http://www.mostlytruethings.com.

 JUDE TREDER-WOLFF IS A MEMBER OF CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

NYC: ENCORE OF ROCHELLE AND PAUL CHAMLIN'S "LIFE IS... " AT DON'T TELL MAMA

Rochelle and Paul Chamlin will present a reprise of their acclaimed show "Life Is ...." at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Sunday, February 28th at 4:00 pm. "Life Is ..." is a tuneful, irreverent, and ultimately uplifting journey through life's many dimensions. This rich theme allows Paul and Rochelle to explore an eclectic range of songs that touch on everything from joy and optimism to romance, heartbreak, ambition, disappointment, determination, and resilience. The show is directed by the celebrated cabaret performer Teresa Fischer, and features Tom Hubbard on Bass. There is a $15 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

 ROCHELLE AND PAUL CHAMLIN ARE MEMBERS OF CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

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NYC: JEFF MACAULEY MWAH! THE DINAH SHORE SHOW - ONE MWAH! TIME

Cabaret Life Productions presents cabaret veteran Jeff MacAuley at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Tuesday, March 1st at 7:00 pm. MacAuley, who over the past few years has scored with two highly praised shows paying tribute to songwriter Norman Gimbel and composer Henry Mancini, is bringing back his 1998 Backstage Bistro Award Winner for "Outstanding Theme Show" - MWAH! THE DINAH SHORE SHOW - during the month of the legendary singer and TV show host's 100th birthday. Daryl Kojak will be on piano. Macauley's Dinah Shore tribute debuted in 1997 at EightyEights in New York's Greenwich Village and had a long run before moving to Los Angeles' Cinegrill at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. "MWAH!" is an affectionate and humorous look at the life and career of Dinah Shore as seen through the eyes of one of her most ardent fans, someone who sat transfixed in front of his TV during the 1970s watching the "Dinah!" show almost daily. Macauley presents many of Dinah's 92 pop chart hits, ranging from million selling songs to lesser-known standards. One of cabaret's best raconteurs, Macauley offers entertaining and informative tidbits about Dinah's professional and personal life in this fun, slightly skewed, but always warm look at the life and career of one of this country's less examined pop icons. There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

 JEFF MACAULEY IS A MEMBER OF CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

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NYC: BABY JANE DEXTER ENCORES HER ACCLAIMED "IT'S PERSONAL!"

The new reigning Grande Dame of Cabaret, Baby Jane Dexter, returns to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) reprises her Fall, 2015 show, "It's Personal!", on Saturdays March 5th, 19th, 26th, and Sunday March 20th - all are matinee shows at 4:00 pm. The recipient of seven major MAC Awards, two Nightlife Awards, and two Back Stage Bistro Awards, Baby Jane has performed at an endless array of major venues throughout the country, including Reno Sweeney, The Ballroom, Eighty Eight's, Blues Alley, The Kennedy Center and Weill Recital Hall. As she did last year, Baby Jane dedicates "It's Personal!" to Julie Wilson, who died in April 2015. Baby Jane unwraps songs from such legends as Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee and Cole Porter, as well as John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney, and other wonderful tunesmiths like Felix Cavalierre, and Billy Roy. There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

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NYC: CAROL SHEDLIN: ROMANCE IN THE DARK

Carol Shedlin returns to DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) with her brand-new cabaret show, Romance in the Dark, for four performances in April - on Thursday, April 7th; Tuesday, April 12th; Monday, April 18th and Tuesday, April 21st - all shows at 7:00 pm. Carol presents her swinging, sexy evening of sizzling tunes that will draw you into a world of late-night dancing and romancing. Join Carol for her memories of floating across the floor under the glittering lights of spinning mirror balls - coupled with the songs that made her fall in love with the dream of singing under the glow of a soft, pink spotlight. Celebrating more than twenty years of "impeccable musical taste," Romance in the Dark continues Carol's tradition of creating magical cabaret evenings featuring an intriguing song list, mixing favorite standards with rarities just waiting to be discovered. Jon Delfin is Musical Director at the piano with Boots Maleson on bass. Aaron Morishita directs. There is a $12 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

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NYC: CD RELEASE EVENT FOR 'SWEET LIFE' - A NEW CD BY JIM SPEAKE

Jim Speake will celebrate the release of his latest CD - "SWEET LIFE" at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Tuesday, April 12th at 7:00 pm and Saturday, April 16th at 4:00 pm. The show is Directed by Lennie Watts with Musical Direction by Steven Ray Watkins and the SRW Band. Jim will be performing all of the songs from the new recording. This recording had a long gestation, starting when Jim was born in Florence Alabama in1945. This was very close to the place where musical magic was to be made, the famous recording studios in Muscle Shoals. By coincidence, Percy Sledge was born in the same little town where his family and Jim lived, Leighton, Alabama. He had a major hit with his first recording in 1966, and the "Muscle Shoals Sound" was firmly established. Jim Speake had music in his life from an early age, because he sang along with his mother when she played the piano and sang. A track of his first recording session at four, can be found on Jim's first CD, "Jim Speake Sings My Generation." It was expected that he would go into the family business of farming. Instead, when Speake went to college, he earned degrees in Business Administration, University of Alabama and ultimately Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia. If he had followed my heart, he would have studied music. That was a road Jim did not take seriously until he moved to New York City in 2000. There, while studying acting and voice, Jim was lucky enough to meet some key people who have been vital to his development as a singer. At H.B. Studio, he met KT Sullivan. KT introduced Jim to Eric Michael Gillett. Eric Michael introduced him to Patrick DeGennaro. Patrick introduced him to Lennie Watts and Steven Ray Watkins. 2015 marked the tenth anniversary of his collaboration with these two talented men. Most of the arrangements on this recording were developed working with this same team. It is not a stretch to say thatSpeake would not have made this recording had he not met Lennie and Steven. He especially appreciates Lennie's support through this journey and also introducing him to Paul Rolnick. There is a $15 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.

 JIM SPEAKE IS A MEMBER OF CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

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DUNELLEN, NJ: PEACHES AND CRIME BRING THEATRE AND MUSIC BACK TO RADIO THEATER
You Choose The Action Murder Mystery Before Live Audience

For years, the all-original Vaudeville variety musical act Peaches and Crime has been bringing a revival of a vibrant, varied, and unpredictable stage art for to stages across New York and beyond. But on Saturday, April 23rd at 9:00 pm, Peaches and Crime will bring their special brand of macabre music and wit to ROXY & DUKEIS ROADHOUSE (745 Bound Brook Road, Dunellen, NJ - 732-529-4464) reviving yet another neglected American art form - a live radio play, fresh from its premier at Manhattan's exclusive FEINSTEINS/54 BELOW cabaret. For decades, live radio drama and comedy broadcasts were the American public's principle and most easily-available form of home entertainment. Before television became practical but after the movies drove many Vaudevillians away from successful touring stage careers, radio brought the country's greatest performers into the homes of the public while leaving space for the listener's visual imagination to work. The comedies were invariably performed before a live audience, with the actors holding scripts and wearing street clothes, but nonetheless bringing their characters to life with the energy of live theatre. Aware that in Dunellen their primary listenership will be sitting in front of them rather than listening at home, Peaches and Crime have added an audience participation element to the proceedings, pausing the play at several key points to allow the audience to decide which choices characters will make and what course the action will take. There is a $12 cover in advance ($20 cash cover at door) - available at https://www.showclix.com/event/peaches-and-crime

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NYC: THE SINGING EXPERIENCE ACCEPTING ENROLEES FOR MARCH WORKSHOP

On March 16th, The Singing Experience workshop "Spring Fling!" will begin. When winter is over, you will want to sing like the birdies do in the spring! So join the March-April workshop of The Singing Experience and after 4 fun-filled rehearsals (on Wednesdays, March 16th, 23rd, 30th and April 6th) at STUDIO 353 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm, you will find yourself in the spotlight, microphone in hand standing on the stage of STAGE 72 (158 West 72nd Street, NYC - 212-362-2590 - http://stage72.com/ ) on Wednesday, April 13th. One week later on Wednesday, April 20th, there will be a DVD Viewing Party at the The Singing Experience offices to celebrate your success with the cast.(DVD of the show included in tuition). This is the 39th Anniversary Year of the renowned and Award Winning workshop. Classes fill up quickly and enrollment is limited, so reserve your place now and sing in the Spring! Visit the website at http//www.SingingExperience.com for the full schedule, info and registration. Remember that you can give the "Gift of Song" to that special someone in your life! Visit our Youtube Channel to see hundreds of fabulous TSE graduates of all ages and walks of life, singing their hearts out. See the videos at http://www.Youtube.com/SingingExperience . They also have a Cable TV Program in NYC on MNN - Sundays at 5:00 pm on Channel 56. Your "someday is now" and this workshop will make your dream come true and you will sing out fearlessly, confidently and show the world the "star" you really are!

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Cabaret Performers and Venues often give back to the communities that support them - through special BENEFIT EVENTS. CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE will use this section of the home page to regularly spotlight and promote those benefit events we feel are special. You are invited to submit your cabaret benefit for us to consider for this special section. See requirements for press releases at Rules for Press Releases - Text format only - no PDFs or jpgs please. Send via email to stuhamstra@svhamstra.com - ALL LISTINGS ARE FREE!


ROBIN'S NEST - A BENEFIT FOR HELPUSADOPT.ORG 

Celebrate new beginnings and the return of Spring! Join host and Helpusadopt.org board member Robin Westle, headliner Carole Demas, best known for creating the role of 'Sandy' in the original Broadway production of Grease, and co-star of the popular and wildly successful children's television show "The Magic Garden" and special guest stars Stephen Mitchell Brown of Broadway's Jekyll and Hyde, Leah Jennings (Metrostar finalist), Eva Kantor (Metrostar finalist, NY Cabaret Convention), Valerie Lemon, concert soloist for the late Marvin Hamlisch, and Sage Melcher (Great American Songbook HS and Academy Competition finalist) at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Monday, March 28th at 7:00 pm. This will be an unforgettable night of song and story to benefit Helpusadopt.org, a national non-profit 501(c)(3) financial assistance grant program providing qualified couples and individuals - regardless of race, ethnicity, marital status, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability - with grants of up to $15,000 towards their domestic, international, foster, or special needs adoption expenses. Adoption is expensive. Statistics say that an average adoption costs upwards of $30,000. The magnitude and uncertainty of these expenses is a significant obstacle standing in the way of permanent homes for the more than 150 million children around the globe who need parents. Through the generous contributions of donors, Helpusadopt.org is able to assist others in overcoming the financial obstacles they face when seeking to adopt. Helpusadopt.org's average grant is approximately $8,500 and since the organization's launch in 2007, Helpusadopt.org has helped to build more than 150 families by awarding over $1,300,000 in total adoption grants. For more information, please see their web site at Helpusadopt.org. There is a $25 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.

 PRODUCER ROBIN WESTLE IS A MEMBER OF CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE 
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SEATTLE: SEATTLE'S MARCH IS CABARET MONTH 2016 ANNOUNCED!
Pacific Northwest Cabaret Association with special funding by Brian Silkworth & Bill Colter and in cooperation with EGAN'S IN BALLARD JAMHOUSE (1707 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA - 206-789-1621) presents Seattle's March is Cabaret Month 2016 festival with events every Friday & Saturday in March! Presented by drag chanteuse Arnaldo!, the Seattle festival debuted in 2008 at Julia's On Broadway. In 2011, the Seattle festival expanded into its current venue at Egan's Ballard Jam House, where it ran in 2015 every weekend in March, featuring an exhilarating variety of West Coast performers. Sponsored by local arts patrons Brian Silkworth & Bill Colter, Seattle's March Is Cabaret Month 2016 promises to build on last year's success. Seattle's March Is Cabaret Month Festival is produced by the PNWCA (Pacific Northwest Cabaret Association - http://profile.myspace.com/pnwcabaret ) a coalition of performers and producers who seek to promote the cabaret performers and cabaret venues of the Pacific Northwest by cultivating an appreciation of cabaret and expanding its audience. PNWCA was founded in 2006 by Arnaldo!, who credits the inspiration to his 2005 attendance at The International Cabaret Workshop & Conference at Yale University, where he met then artistic director Erv Raible and came under Raible's mentorship. Performers scheduled to take part include Angie Louise, Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse, Arwen Dewey, Carolyn Magoon, Charles Crowley, Delilah Beaucoup, Gretchen Rumbaugh, Helene Smart, Jerome Elliott, Joanne Klein, Kate Loitz, Kim Maguire, Miz LaWanda Dupree, Linda Kosut, Nora Michaels, The Sirens Of Swing, and Victor Janusz. As with all live entertainment events, cast subject to change without notice. Click HERE for full festival schedule - every Friday and Saturday in March !!!


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CABARET EVENTS IN LONDON FOR TONIGHT FROM CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

CABARET EVENTS IN LONDON FOR TONIGHT FROM CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
Here are today's cabaret events as listed on the home page of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE! 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!
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LONDON: THE CRAZY COQS PRESENTS LILIANE MONTEVECCHI

Liliane Montevecchi performs at THE CRAZY COQS AT BRASSERIE ZEDEL (20 Sherwood St, Piccadilly, London W1F 7ED - 020 7734 4888) on Tuesday, February 23rd through Saturday, Ferbruary 27th at 8:00 pm. Liliane Montevecchi's illustrious career began as a prima ballerina in Roland Petit's dance company, but Montevecchi is perhaps best known for her Tony Award and Drama Desk Award winning role in Tommy Tune's Nine, when she won the Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She then went on to earn a Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Grand Hotel. Later she appeared in films with Elvis Presley, Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire and Matthew McConaughey. She starred in musicals Irma La Douce, Gigi and Hello Dolly and La Plume de Ma Tante. Montevecchi has appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall and The Lincoln Center and toured internationally with her semi-autobiographical shows On the Boulevard and Back on the Boulevards. Call for reservations and cover/minimum information.

LONDON: CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE & THE BUBBLY BOYS LATE NIGHT JAZZ

Fancy yourself a flapper? Want to get 'dress up like a million dollar trouper'? Busting to show off your Black Bottom? Charleston like Clara Bow and drink champagne like Gatsby? Well come and join the party. Champagne Charlie and The Bubbly Boys perform at THE CRAZY COQS AT BRASSERIE ZEDEL (20 Sherwood St, Piccadilly, London W1F 7ED - 020 7734 4888) on Friday, February 26th, at 10:30 pm as part of the club's Late Night Swing Series. to keep the roaring 20, roaring! A crack team of handsome sharply dressed musicians that will give you the thrilling live sound of the jazz age, the time of Art Deco and the speakeasy, playing hot tunes at 78rpm. Now that's fast! With music from Gershwin, Porter, Berlin to name but a few. Songs like, Puttin' On The Ritz, Running Wild, Sweet Georgia Brown and our famous 12 minute Charleston dance-off-mega-mix! Can you last? Whether you know the steps or just want to jig about to the charm of this timeless music we know you'll find it as infectious as we do. Let yourself go with wild, raucous gay abandon! There is plenty for everyone with audience participation, a tap dance from Charlie, sing-a-longs, surprise costumes and of course, plenty of time for you to dance. Charlie will get thing off to a real swing and you will be screaming for more 'CHAMPAGNE' long after the party is over. Call for reservations and cover/minimum information.



OTHER AREA CABARET VENUES - NO PRESS RELEASES RECEIVED (MAY BE CLOSED OR PRESENTING NON-CABARET EVENTS):
THE PHEASANTRY (152-154 King's Road, London SW3 4UT - 08456 027 017)

BATTERSEA BARGE (Riverside Walk, Nine Elms Lane, London - 020 7498 004)

RONNIE SCOTT'S JAZZ CLUB (47 Frith Street, Soho, London, W1D 4HT - 44 (0)20 7439 0747)

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

HOTLINE CD RELEASE NEWS - BARB JUNGR RELEASES NEW CD - "SHELTER FROM THE STORM" ON LINN RECORDS - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


HOTLINE CD RELEASE NEWS - BARB JUNGR RELEASES NEW CD - "SHELTER FROM THE STORM" ON LINN RECORDS - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

A new CD "Shelter From the Storm, Songs of Hope for Troubled Times" by Barb Jungr, featuring legendary American contemporary jazz pianist, and Grammy Award winner, Laurence Hobgood, was released by Linn Records on February 19th. Orders for the CD are now being taken on iTunes at http://ow.ly/X6AjH and and on Amazon.com at http://ow.ly/X6zYBThis CD with Barb marks Laurence Hobgood's first major collaboration since Kurt Elling (with whom he worked for 20 years). Barb's new website is now up and running as well, http://www.barbjungr.co.uk, and it has videos of all the live shows, plus her latest videos, reviews and information on her upcoming tour and CD.

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HOTLINE CD RELEASE NEWS: SWEET LIFE - A NEW CD BY JIM SPEAKE - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

HOTLINE CD RELEASE NEWS: SWEET LIFE - A NEW CD BY JIM SPEAKE - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

This recording had a long gestation, starting when Jim was born in Florence Alabama in1945. This was very close to the place where musical magic was to be made, the famous recording studios in Muscle Shoals. By coincidence, Percy Sledge was born in the same little town where his family and Jim lived, Leighton, Alabama. He had a major hit with his first recording in 1966, and the "Muscle Shoals Sound" was firmly established. Jim Speake had music in his life from an early age, because he sang along with his mother when she played the piano and sang. A track of his first recording session at four, can be found on Jim's first CD, "Jim Speake Sings My Generation." It was expected that he would go into the family business of farming. Instead, when Speake went to college, he earned degrees in Business Administration, University of Alabama and ultimately Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia. If he had followed my heart, he would have studied music. That was a road Jim did not take seriously until he moved to New York City in 2000. There, while studying acting and voice, Jim was lucky enough to meet some key people who have been vital to his development as a singer. At H.B. Studio, he met KT Sullivan. KT introduced Jim to Eric Michael Gillett. Eric Michael introduced him to Patrick DeGennaro. Patrick introduced him to Lennie Watts and Steven Ray Watkins. 2015 marked the tenth anniversary of his collaboration with these two talented men. Most of the arrangements on this recording were developed working with this same team. It is not a stretch to say thatSpeake would not have made this recording had he not met Lennie and Steven. He especially appreciates Lennie's support through this journey and also introducing him to Paul Rolnick.

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APRIL 23rd in DUNELLEN, NJ: PEACHES AND CRIME BRING THEATRE AND MUSIC BACK TO RADIO THEATER - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

APRIL 23rd in DUNELLEN, NJ: PEACHES AND CRIME BRING THEATRE AND MUSIC BACK TO RADIO THEATER - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
You Choose The Action Murder Mystery Before Live Audience

For years, the all-original Vaudeville variety musical act Peaches and Crime has been bringing a revival of a vibrant, varied, and unpredictable stage art for to stages across New York and beyond. But on Saturday, April 23rd at 9:00 pm, Peaches and Crime will bring their special brand of macabre music and wit to ROXY & DUKEIS ROADHOUSE (745 Bound Brook Road, Dunellen, NJ - 732-529-4464) reviving yet another neglected American art form - a live radio play, fresh from its premier at Manhattan's exclusive FEINSTEINS/54 BELOW cabaret. For decades, live radio drama and comedy broadcasts were the American public's principle and most easily-available form of home entertainment. Before television became practical but after the movies drove many Vaudevillians away from successful touring stage careers, radio brought the country's greatest performers into the homes of the public while leaving space for the listener's visual imagination to work. The comedies were invariably performed before a live audience, with the actors holding scripts and wearing street clothes, but nonetheless bringing their characters to life with the energy of live theatre. Aware that in Dunellen their primary listenership will be sitting in front of them rather than listening at home, Peaches and Crime have added an audience participation element to the proceedings, pausing the play at several key points to allow the audience to decide which choices characters will make and what course the action will take. There is a $12 cover in advance ($20 cash cover at door) - available at https://www.showclix.com/event/peaches-and-crime

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2 SHOWS IN APRIL IN NYC: CD RELEASE EVENT FOR 'SWEET LIFE' - A NEW CD BY JIM SPEAKE - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


2 SHOWS IN APRIL IN NYC: CD RELEASE EVENT FOR 'SWEET LIFE' - A NEW CD BY JIM SPEAKE - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

Jim Speake will celebrate the release of his latest CD - "SWEET LIFE" at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Tuesday, April 12th at 7:00 pm and Saturday, April 16th at 4:00 pm. The show is Directed by Lennie Watts with Musical Direction by Steven Ray Watkins and the SRW Band. Jim will be performing all of the songs from the new recording. This recording had a long gestation, starting when Jim was born in Florence Alabama in1945. This was very close to the place where musical magic was to be made, the famous recording studios in Muscle Shoals. By coincidence, Percy Sledge was born in the same little town where his family and Jim lived, Leighton, Alabama. He had a major hit with his first recording in 1966, and the "Muscle Shoals Sound" was firmly established. Jim Speake had music in his life from an early age, because he sang along with his mother when she played the piano and sang. A track of his first recording session at four, can be found on Jim's first CD, "Jim Speake Sings My Generation." It was expected that he would go into the family business of farming. Instead, when Speake went to college, he earned degrees in Business Administration, University of Alabama and ultimately Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia. If he had followed my heart, he would have studied music. That was a road Jim did not take seriously until he moved to New York City in 2000. There, while studying acting and voice, Jim was lucky enough to meet some key people who have been vital to his development as a singer. At H.B. Studio, he met KT Sullivan. KT introduced Jim to Eric Michael Gillett. Eric Michael introduced him to Patrick DeGennaro. Patrick introduced him to Lennie Watts and Steven Ray Watkins. 2015 marked the tenth anniversary of his collaboration with these two talented men. Most of the arrangements on this recording were developed working with this same team. It is not a stretch to say thatSpeake would not have made this recording had he not met Lennie and Steven. He especially appreciates Lennie's support through this journey and also introducing him to Paul Rolnick. There is a $15 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.

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4 SHOWS IN APRIL IN NYC: CAROL SHEDLIN: ROMANCE IN THE DARK - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

4 SHOWS IN APRIL IN NYC: CAROL SHEDLIN: ROMANCE IN THE DARK - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

Carol Shedlin returns to DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) with her brand-new cabaret show, Romance in the Dark, for four performances in April - on Thursday, April 7th; Tuesday, April 12th; Monday, April 18th and Tuesday, April 21st - all shows at 7:00 pm. Carol presents her swinging, sexy evening of sizzling tunes that will draw you into a world of late-night dancing and romancing. Join Carol for her memories of floating across the floor under the glittering lights of spinning mirror balls - coupled with the songs that made her fall in love with the dream of singing under the glow of a soft, pink spotlight. Celebrating more than twenty years of "impeccable musical taste," Romance in the Dark continues Carol's tradition of creating magical cabaret evenings featuring an intriguing song list, mixing favorite standards with rarities just waiting to be discovered. Jon Delfin is Musical Director at the piano with Boots Maleson on bass. Aaron Morishita directs. There is a $12 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

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4 SHOWS IN MARCH IN NYC: BABY JANE DEXTER ENCORES HER ACCLAIMED "IT'S PERSONAL!" - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


4 SHOWS IN MARCH IN NYC: BABY JANE DEXTER ENCORES HER ACCLAIMED "IT'S PERSONAL!" - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

The new reigning Grande Dame of Cabaret, Baby Jane Dexter, returns to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) reprises her Fall, 2015 show, "It's Personal!", on Saturdays March 5th, 19th, 26th, and Sunday March 20th - all are matinee shows at 4:00 pm. The recipient of seven major MAC Awards, two Nightlife Awards, and two Back Stage Bistro Awards, Baby Jane has performed at an endless array of major venues throughout the country, including Reno Sweeney, The Ballroom, Eighty Eight's, Blues Alley, The Kennedy Center and Weill Recital Hall. As she did last year, Baby Jane dedicates "It's Personal!" to Julie Wilson, who died in April 2015. Baby Jane unwraps songs from such legends as Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee and Cole Porter, as well as John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney, and other wonderful tunesmiths like Felix Cavalierre, and Billy Roy. There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

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MONDAY IN NYC: JEFF MACAULEY MWAH! THE DINAH SHORE SHOW - ONE MWAH! TIME - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


MONDAY IN NYC: JEFF MACAULEY MWAH! THE DINAH SHORE SHOW - ONE MWAH! TIME - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

Cabaret Life Productions presents cabaret veteran Jeff MacAuley at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Tuesday, March 1st at 7:00 pm. MacAuley, who over the past few years has scored with two highly praised shows paying tribute to songwriter Norman Gimbel and composer Henry Mancini, is bringing back his 1998 Backstage Bistro Award Winner for "Outstanding Theme Show" - MWAH! THE DINAH SHORE SHOW - during the month of the legendary singer and TV show host's 100th birthday. Daryl Kojak will be on piano. Macauley's Dinah Shore tribute debuted in 1997 at EightyEights in New York's Greenwich Village and had a long run before moving to Los Angeles' Cinegrill at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. "MWAH!" is an affectionate and humorous look at the life and career of Dinah Shore as seen through the eyes of one of her most ardent fans, someone who sat transfixed in front of his TV during the 1970s watching the "Dinah!" show almost daily. Macauley presents many of Dinah's 92 pop chart hits, ranging from million selling songs to lesser-known standards. One of cabaret's best raconteurs, Macauley offers entertaining and informative tidbits about Dinah's professional and personal life in this fun, slightly skewed, but always warm look at the life and career of one of this country's less examined pop icons. There is a $25 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

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