CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE BLOG: 10/28/12

Saturday, November 3, 2012

MW: FROM SINATRA TO COHEN: SEXY SONGS OF THE LOUNGE ERA

MW: FROM SINATRA TO COHEN: SEXY SONGS OF THE LOUNGE ERA

THE CABARET AT THE COLUMBIA CLUB (121 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN - 317-275-1169) presents Todd Murray in "From Sinatra to Cohen: Sexy Songs of the Lounge Era" on Friday & Saturday, November 2nd & 3rd at 8:00 pm. Before the age of electrified amplification, songs had to be sung loudly in order to be heard. The introduction of the microphone led to a new, intimate style of performing which became known as crooning. Todd Murray follows the history of crooning, beginning in the 1920's through today. With lush popular ballads, swing, Latin beat, and lyricists such as Berlin, Porter, Lerner/Lowe, Hal David, and Leonard Cohen, Murray demonstrates that all popular music has its roots in crooning. There is a $35-$45-$55 cover plus a $12 food/drink minimum.

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NE: AMERICA CLASSICS IN ELECTION YEAR CONCERT CELEBRATING THE 50 STATES

NE: AMERICA CLASSICS IN ELECTION YEAR CONCERT CELEBRATING THE 50 STATES

American Classics continues their popular series of election year concerts with the 2012 installment, Swing States (and the Others), a non-partisan election year tour of the fifty states. Performances are Friday, November 2nd at 7:30 pm at the FOLLEN COMMUNITY CHURCH (755 Massachusetts Avenue, East Lexington, MA - 781-861-7689) and Sunday, November 4th at 3:00 pm at the PICKMAN CONCERT HALL of the Longy School of Music, (27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA - 617-254-1125). The program will feature songs about states from Broadway and Hollywood, along with some official state songs. In the non-partisan spirit, songs representing the birth and home states of the four candidates will be highlighted in the program. The musical tour guides are Eric Bronner, Joei Marshall Perry, Carolina Musica, Peter Miller, Cynthia Mork, and Benjamin Sears, with Bradford Conner on piano. Master of Ceremonies is Peter Carey, and the group will be joined by guitarist Buffie Groves and Barry Low on accordion for the Sunday performance. Tickets are $25 and $20 for students and seniors; to order tickets call 617-254-1125 or online athttp://www.amclass.org/ .

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NYS: THE PATRIOTIC AND POLITICAL SONGS OF GERSHWIN

NYS: THE PATRIOTIC AND POLITICAL SONGS OF GERSHWIN

Broadway veteran singer/actor Bill Carmichael returns to The MAINSTAGE AT FORT SALEM THEATER (11 East Broadway, Salem, NY - 518-854-9200) on Saturday, November 3rd at 8:00 pm. This year, for his annual musical visit, he is piggy-backing on the presidential election as he sings patriotic, political, and protest songs penned by George and Ira Gershwin. Carmichael began his career in the original New York cast of the ever-changing satirical revue, Forbidden Broadway, and went on to appear on the Great White Way in Cats, Peter Pan, Ragtime, Les Miserables, and the original cast of the Abba hit, Mamma Mia! Creating cabarets since 2009 with Fort Salem's artistic director, Jay Kerr, the pair has reprised the Salem shows at the Vergennes (VT) Opera House to sell-out crowds. This past summer, Carmichael co-starred on Fort Salem's Mainstage in Significant Others. Carmichael emphasizes that the Fort Salem show will be light and non-partisan in nature. Interspersed among the patriotic and political, songs will include "Our Love Is Here to Stay," "Embraceable You," "Nice Work If You Can Get It," and "A Foggy Day." The $25 ticket includes a $6 credit toward coffee and dessert catered by Norene and Fred's of Salem. Because seating is limited, reservations are strongly suggested.

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NYC: MICHAEL CERVERIS AND LOOSE CATTLE

NYC: MICHAEL CERVERIS AND LOOSE CATTLE

54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street, NYC - 646-476-3551) presents Broadway's own Michael Cerveris for two very special performances only, featuring him and his band, the magnificent Loose Cattle on Friday & Saturday, November 2nd & 3rd at 11:00 pm. Broadway was introduced to Michael in The Who's Tommy. Since then, audiences have embraced him in leading roles in Titanic, Assassins, Sweeney Todd, Lovemusik and, among others, his current Tony-winning performance as Juan Peron in Evita. Join us after the curtain comes down on Broadway for two intimate performances from one of the Great White Way's best! There is a $25-$35 cover plus a $25 food/drink minimum.

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NYC: CHRIS BARRETT IN CONCERT SATURDAYS THROUGH DECEMBER

NYC: CHRIS BARRETT IN CONCERT SATURDAYS THROUGH DECEMBER

Great news for lovers of the traditional piano bar experience! One of the best in the business, Chris Barrett, is back behind a NYC piano on a regular basis! Starting on Saturday, September 22nd and running every Saturday night through the rest of the year, Chris can be found entertaining young and old atSAN MARTIN RESTAURANT (143 East 49th Street, NYC - 212-832-0888) between 8:00 & 10:30 pm. Chris Barrett's performances are in the tradition of the great late-night boites of a fondly remembered era, when the likes of Hugh Shannon, Bobby Short, and Buddy Barnes manned the keyboard. There is a $10 music charge.

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

SF: BETTY BUCKLEY IN "AH MEN! THE BOYS OF BROADWAY"

SF: BETTY BUCKLEY IN "AH MEN! THE BOYS OF BROADWAY"

RRAZZ ROOM at THE HOTEL NIKKO (222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA - 415-394-1189) presents the return of Tony Award-winning singer and actress Betty Buckley from Tuesday through Friday, October 30th through November 2nd at 8:00 pm; Saturday, November 3rd at 7:00 & 9:30 pm; Sunday, November 4th at 7:00 pm. This special one-week engagement marks the Bay Area debut of her show "Ah Men! The Boys of Broadway," based on her new CD. Buckley will perform men's songs from Broadway shows that she has always wanted to sing, including numbers from Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Pippin, Mame and La Cage Aux Folles. Buckley was selected as a 2012 Inductee into the Theatre Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater. She won a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. She received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a musical for her performance as Hesione in Triumph Of Love, and an Olivier Award nomination for her interpretation of Norma Desmond in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, which she repeated to more rave reviews on Broadway. Her other Broadway credits include 1776, Pippin, Song And Dance, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood and Carrie. Off-Broadway credits include Lincoln Center's Elegies, the original NYSF production of Edwin Drood, White's Lies, The Eros Trilogy and Juno Swans. Regional credits include Gypsy, Threepenny Opera, Camino Real and Buffalo Gal. She starred in the London production of Promises, Promises. There is a $45-$60 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

CHI: JULIA MERCHANT SINGS "GET OUT THE MAP" AT DAVENPORT'S

CHI: JULIA MERCHANT SINGS "GET OUT THE MAP" AT DAVENPORT'S

Julia Merchant returns to DAVENPORT'S (1383 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL - 773-278-1830) on Thursdays, November 1st & 8th and Saturday, November 10th at 8:00 pm with a very special new show, "Get Out the Map". With the music of Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt, Grateful Dead, Rihanna, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, and more, Get Out the Map traces the different ways we find our destination, become who we want to be, and the places we visit in between. Special guest is Heather Brandon-DeSouza. There is a $15 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

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NYC: MELISSA ERRICO AT 54 BELOW

NYC: MELISSA ERRICO AT 54 BELOW

Melissa Errico will perform at 54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street, NYC - 646-476-3551) on Tuesday through Saturday, October 30th through November 3rd at 8:30 pm. The beauty, intelligence, charisma and singular silver voice of Melissa Errico has been wowing audiences since she was plucked out of Yale to star in the first national touring company of Les Miserables. Since then, Broadway has embraced her in My Fair Lady (Eliza, 1993 revival), High Society, Amour (Tony nomination) and, most recently, Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Kennedy Center audiences applauded her performance as Dot opposite Raul Esparza's George in Sunday in the Park with George. Having sung throughout the world in some of the most prestigious concert halls, and having released three critically-heralded CDs, Blue Like That, Lullabies and Wildflowers and A Legrand Affair (produced by Phil Ramone), Melissa will be lighting up 54 Below this Fall with a brand new evening of tales and tunes right before she starts rehearsals for the first New York revival of Stephen Sondheim's Passion! Directed by Richard Jay-Alexander, Musical Direction by John Oddo. There is a $30-$40 cover plus a $25 food/drink minimum.

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NYC: FEINSTEIN'S PRESENTS TAMARA TUNIE "YES, I SING!"

NYC: FEINSTEIN'S PRESENTS TAMARA TUNIE "YES, I SING!"

FEINSTEIN'S at the Regency Hotel(540 Park Avenue, NYC - 212-339-4095) will present a special concert engagement of television and film star Tamara Tunie Tuesday through Saturday, October 30th through November 3rd at 8:00 pm. The show will feature Musical Direction by Mike Renzi, acclaimed for his work with Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Mel Torme, Blossom Dearie and more. Her engagement - which coincides with the release of her new film, Flight, opposite Denzel Washington - will be run for one week only. After she participated in a well-received concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center in May, performing the music of Cy Colman opposite such luminaries as James Naughton and Michele Lee, Tamara was inspired to return to singing. Tamara has been singing her entire life, including early appearances at Upstairs at Greenstreet and Steve McGraw's early in her career, before film and TV took over. After making it big in movies and TV and then bringing home a Tony Award as a producer for Spring Awakening on Broadway, many people forgot or never knew that her roots were in musical theatre. She is often asked, "Do you sing?" She is answering that question with this evening of re -imagined show tunes and jazz standards entitled "Yes, I Sing!". Perhaps best known as "Medical Examiner Melinda Warner" on NBC's long-running top-rated series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," Ms. Tunie has had many other memorable roles in film and television, including "Jackie Heath" opposite Charlize Theron and Al Pacino in The Devil's Advocate, "Leslie Christos" opposite Al Pacino in City Hall, "Sheila" opposite Samuel L. Jackson in The Caveman's Valentine (for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award), "Jessica Griffin" in the hugely popular CBS Daytime Drama "As The World Turns," and the villainous "Alberta Green" on Season 1 of the hit series, "24." There is a $30-$50 cover plus a $25 food/drink minimum.

NYC: "THE BROADWAY BALLYHOO" WEEKLY REVUE FROM SCOTT SIEGEL

NYC: "THE BROADWAY BALLYHOO" WEEKLY REVUE FROM SCOTT SIEGEL

FEINSTEIN'S at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue, NYC - 212-339-4095) presents "THE BROADWAY BALLYHOO," a weekly show now in it's 11th month, produced, created and hosted by Scott Siegel in an open-ended run on Thursdays at 11:00 pm. Jesse Kissel serves as Musical Director. THE BROADWAY HOOTENANY will offer approximately four different stars each week who will sing Broadway's greatest songs. Featured performers for Thursday, November 1st are Jeremy Kushnier (Jersey Boys, Jesus Christ Superstar); Jenny Lee Stern (Forbidden Broadway); Bob Stillman (2X Tony Nominee); Kristen Beth Williams (Nice Work If You Can Get It). There is a $15-$25 cover plus a 1-drink minimum.

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Saturday, November 3, 2012

Thursday, November 1, 2012