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Saturday, October 13, 2012

OCTOBER CABARET CELEBRATIONS START TONIGHT


OCTOBER CABARET CELEBRATIONS START ON THE 13th


THE EIGHTH ANNUAL BROADWAY CABARET FESTIVAL takes place at THE TOWN HALL (123 West 43rd Street, NYC - 212-997-1929) over three consecutive weeks in October, 2012. It begins on Saturday, October 13th at 8:00 pm with "Linda Eder: A New Life", and continues on Sunday, October 21st at 3:00 pm with "Broadway Originals!". The Festival concludes on Friday, October 26th at 8:00 pm with "The Best of Broadway by the Year!". The Broadway Cabaret Festival is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall. Performers for the festival include Linda Eder, Robert Cuccioli, Christiane Noll, Beth Leavel, Matt Cavenaugh, Tovah Feldshuh, Mandy Gonzalez, Chad Kimball, Christine Andreas, Stephen Derosa, Kerry O'malley, Alice Ripley, Lari White, Karen Ziemba, Noah Racey, Jeffry Denman, Scott Coulter, Christina Bianco, Carole J. Bufford with additional casting soon to be announced. Tickets for all three performances are $55, $50, and $45. Tickets are available now through TicketMaster, (800) 982-2787http://www.ticketmaster.com, or at The Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6:00 pm (except Sundays) at 212-840-2824.CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION:
CCP (Chicago Cabaret Professionals) present "Our Kind of Tune" on Sunday, October 14th at 7:00 pm (doors open at 5:45 pm) at THE PARK WEST (322 West Armitage, Chicago, IL - TKTS: 800-514-3849 -http://www.etix.com/ ). CCP will present three awards at the event: Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree will be Marilyn Maye; Gold Coast Award Honoree will be Spider Saloff; Special Recognition Award Honoree will be The Mabel Mercer Foundation and its founder, Donald Smith, accepted by Rick Meadows of the Foundation. The show will consist of 2 parts: A "Cocktail Hour" performance begins 6:15 pm with The Gala Performance at 7:00 pm. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION:
THE 23rd MABEL MERCER CABARET CONVENTION will be held Wednesday through Friday, October 17th through 19th atFREDERICK P. ROSE HALL (Columbus Circle, Broadway at 60th Street, NYC - CenterCharge: 212-721-6500). The annual New York City Cabaret Convention, conceived, launched, and brilliantly sustained for the past 23 seasons by The Mabel Mercer Foundation, will honor the founder of the organization, Donald F. Smith, who passed away in March 2012. Wednesday, October 17th: Gala Opening Night, hosted by KT Sullivan (named in April as the Foundation's Artistic Director). Includes the annual presentations of The Julie Wilson Award (to Shana Farr) and The Noel Coward Award (to Jeff Harnar). Thursday, October 18th: Salute to Cole Porter hosted by Andrea Marcovicci and Jeff Harnar. Friday, October 19th: Thanks for the Memory, hosted by Klea Blackhurst. Includes the presentation of the annual Mabel Mercer Award (to Christine Andreas) and the first annual Donald F. Smith Award (to Ms. Blackhurst). All three performances begin at 6:00 pm. Tickets priced at $100, $50, and $25 and available at Jazz At Lincoln Center's Rose Theatre box office or online athttp://www.jalc.org/ . CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION:

HOLIDAY CDs ON DISPLAY: Once again our special HOLIDAY CD page has been posted on the website from now through December 31st. This is the page where I display a large number of Cabaret CDs with a holiday theme with links to where they may be purchased. If you released a CD with such a theme, please check it out to make sure your's is included (I am posting last year's page to start and if your's is there but no longer available, let me know as well. The link is located on the opening page of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
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