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Saturday, March 26, 2016

BREAKING - NYC: THE SIXTH ANNUAL "NIGHT OF A THOUSAND JUDYS" AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL


BREAKING - NYC: THE SIXTH ANNUAL "NIGHT OF A THOUSAND JUDYS" AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL

The sixth annual "Night Of A Thousand Judys" the Pride concert to benefit The Ali Forney Center presented by The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, will take place at the MERKIN CONCERT HALL at the KAUFMAN CENTER (129 West 67th Street, NYC - 212-501-3330) on Monday, June 6th. "Night Of A Thousand Judys" will honor the iconic Judy Garland with special skits, tributes and songs from her legendary career as movie star, recording artist and stage performer. There will be a pre-show VIP reception at 6:30 pm and the performance at 8:00 pm. The evening is written and hosted by Justin Sayre and directed by Peter James Cook. Lance Horne serves as the event's music supervisor. "Night Of A Thousand Judys" is produced by Dan Fortune and Adam J. Rosen, with Dan Fortune serving as executive producer. Special guests will be announced. "Night Of A Thousand Judys" is a special presentation of The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedy/ variety show known for a signature blend of outrageous comedy, politics, culture and everything in between. The Meeting* is currently enjoying a successful monthly run at Joe's Pub, which hosted the first "Night of a Thousand Judys" in 2011. The Ali Forney Center is the nation's largest and most comprehensive organization dedicated to homeless LGBT youth. AFC's goal is to provide them with the support and services they need to escape the streets and begin to live healthy and independent lives. Tickets are $45 (Balcony), $60 (Regular), $75 (Prime), $100 (VIP) and $500 (Ruby Slipper VIP). The $100 seats include a VIP pre-show reception at 6:30 PM, a deluxe gift bag and preferred seating. The $500 seats include a ticket to Rufus Wainwright at Carnegie Hall, in addition to a gift bag, premium seating and an exclusive poster signed by the cast. Tickets are on sale now at http://www.KauffmanMusicCenter.org/


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BREAKING: SAN FRANCISCO, CA: MICHAEL FEINSTEIN RETURNS TO FEINSTEIN'S TO CELEBRATE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING LYRICISTS ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN

BREAKING: SAN FRANCISCO, CA: MICHAEL FEINSTEIN RETURNS TO FEINSTEIN'S TO CELEBRATE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING LYRICISTS ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN

Two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy Award-nominated Michael Feinstein returns to FEINSTEIN'S AT THE NIKKO (222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA - 866-663-1063) for five performances only on Wednesday through Sunday, May 18th through 22nd with a special celebration of Academy Award-winning lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Considered one of the premier interpreters of American standards, Feinstein will perform some of the Bergman's greatest songs, including "The Way We Were," "Nice N' Easy," "A Piece of Sky," "How Do You Keep the Music Playing," among others. Alan Bergman will join Feinstein onstage nightly through the engagement. Michael Feinstein, Ambassador of the Great American Songbook, has built a dazzling career over the last three decades bringing the music of the Great American songbook to the world. From recordings that have earned him five Grammy Award nominations to his Emmy nominated PBS-TV specials, his acclaimed NPR series and concerts spanning the globe - in addition to his appearances at iconic venues such as The White House, Buckingham Palace, Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House - his work as an educator and archivist define Feinstein as one of the most important musical forces of our time. The performance schedule is as follows: Wednesday, May 18th at 7:00 pm; Thursday, May 19th at 8:00 pm; Friday, May 20th at 8:00 pm; Saturday, May 21st at 7:00 pm; and Sunday, May 22nd at 3:00 pm. There is an $80-$95 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.


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BREAKING: NYC: KIM DAVID SMITH - DEJVOODOO KABARETT AT PANGEA, NYC!BREAKING: NYC: KIM DAVID SMITH - DEJVOODOO KABARETT AT PANGEA, NYC!

BREAKING: NYC: KIM DAVID SMITH - DEJVOODOO KABARETT AT PANGEA, NYC!

Kim David Smith will present a brand new Monday night musical salon, "Dejavoodoo Kabarett," premiering on May 2nd at NYC's premier intimate nightspot, PANGEA(178 Second Avenue, NYC - 212-995-0900). Musically directed by Tracy Stark, Dejavoodoo Kabarett conjures the glitter, doom, and decadence of 1920s Berlin, and features special musical guests from the worlds of opera, cabaret, pop, and beyond. Kim will emcee between selections from his own catalogue of transformed musical gems by Hollaender, Weill, Spoliansky, Kylie Minogue, the Supremes, and myriad unexpected others. Australian Kim David Smith is a Helpmann Award nominated singer and cabaret performer, known for his Weimar-era inspired works that juxtapose authentic musical material with stylistic takes on current popular tunes. His electro-pop albums Nova, Supernova, and cabaret EP, The Tease, are available worldwide on iTunes and Amazon. His cabaret programs, Stargazing (directed by Michael Rader), Nova Noir, Misfit and Morphium have performed regularly in New York City at Cafe Sabarsky at the Neue Galerie, Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, the Due Theatre at DMAC, and Bard Spiegeltent at Bard College, while also touring Australia - presented at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, The Festival of Voices, The Brisbane Cabaret Festival, Slide Cabaret Festival, The Ballarat Cabaret Festival, Chapel Off Chapel, the National Gallery of Victoria, and Smith's cabaret birthplace, the Butterfly Club. Additional dates are Mondays, May 9th, 16th & 23rd - all shows at 9:30 pm. There is a $25 cash cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum. ($20 cover with advance reservation via website).


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

HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT 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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HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENTS in APRIL & MAY IN NYC: MADELAINE WARREN AT DON'T TELL MAMA - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENTS in APRIL & MAY IN N
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Madelaine Warren presents her show "Moving Forward by Looking Backward at the Great American Songbook" at DON'T TELL MAMA(343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Mondays, April 18th & 25th at 7:00 pm, and Sunday, May 1st at 3:00 pm. Following a career on the diverse stages of opera, resort hotels, luxury cruises, concerts, and worldwide corporate events, Madelaine Warren is now dedicating her talents to the cabaret stage. With expert guidance from director Barry Kleinbort, music director/arranger Christopher Denny, and Bob Renino on bass, Madelaine presents an exciting line-up of celebrated standards, during which Madelaine reflects on how she is finally ready to sing a Frank Sinatra song (and other amusing anecdotes). Songwriters represented include Arlen, Rodgers, Porter, Jobim, Mercer, Coleman, Comden and Green, Kern, Bernstein, Lennon and McCartney. There is a $15 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

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HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT APRIL 12TH & 16TH IN NYC: CD RELEASE EVENT FOR 'SWEET LIFE' - A NEW CD BY JIM SPEAKE - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT APRIL 12TH & 16TH 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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HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT - 3 SHOWS IN APRIL IN NYC: CAROL SHEDLIN: ROMANCE IN THE DARK- AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT - 3 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 Thursday, 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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HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT APRIL 2nd & 8th IN NYC: HILLARY CONFIDENTIAL: A HEART TO HEART COCKTAIL CABARET - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT APRIL 2nd & 8th IN NYC: HILLARY CONFIDENTIAL: A HEART TO HEART COCKTAIL CABARET - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

Kelley Karel returns to THE DUPLEX CABARET THEATRE (61 Christopher Street, NYC - 212-255-5438) with her show 'Hillary Confidential: A Heart To Heart Cocktail Cabaret' after two sold-out performances in February. Performances are on Saturday, April 2nd at 4:30 pm, and Friday, April 8th at 7:00 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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HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT MARCH 31st IN NYC: JENNIFER ROBERTS RETURNS TO MANHATTAN FOR A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO BROADWAY LEGEND SHELDON HARNICK - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT MARCH 31st IN NYC: JENNIFER ROBERTS RETURNS TO MANHATTAN FOR A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO BROADWAY LEGEND SHELDON HARNICK - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
A MARCH IS CABARET MONTH EVENT

Singer Jennifer Roberts will toast the 92nd birthday of legendary Broadway lyricist and composer Sheldon Harnick with a tribute show at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Thursday, March 31st at 10:30 pm (NOTE TIME) celebrating his impressive body of work. Jennifer will be joined by musical director Tedd Firth and bassist Tom Hubbard. Directed by Lance Roberts with technical direction by Jason Ellis, the show will feature hits from Harnick's greatest and most-popular shows, including Fiddler On The Roof and She Loves Me, both currently on Broadway. Jennifer also promises "several hidden gems" of rarely/if ever heard songs by the three-time Tony Award winner, with arrangements in varied styles, "jazz-infused, a little blues and more." Jennifer, a popular "Don't Tell Mama" draw, whose regional credits include Sarah Brown opposite Broadway leading man Tom Wopat in Guys and Dolls, is known for her heartfelt, entertaining and exhilarating shows that highlight her wide vocal range. Jennifer Roberts: She Loves ... Sheldon! reunites the singer with her favorite collaborator Tedd Firth, the New York- based accompanist, jazz pianist and composer named by Stephen Holden of the New York Times as "the most gifted, stylistically far-ranging musical director on the New York nightclub scene." Jennifer is also thrilled to be joined by All Night Strut director and Broadway stage veteran Lance Roberts, currently appearing in The Robber Bridegroom at the Roundabout Theater, as well as bassist Tom Hubbard, and technical director Jason Ellis. Jennifer has appeared as Guenevere in Camelot, directed by Tod Booth, and in both the soprano and alto roles in several versions of The All Night Strut, directed by Fran Charnas. She boasts numerous radio and television commercials, as well as film and television appearances. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

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HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT FRIDAY APRIL 1st IN NYC: "THE MAN OF A MILLION NAMES" AL TULANE RETURNS TO DON'T TELL MAMA - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE

HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT FRIDAY APRIL 1st  IN NYC: "THE MAN OF A MILLION NAMES" AL TULANE RETURNS TO DON'T TELL MAMA - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
MEMBER DISCOUNT - $5 OFF THE COVER

Following two sold out performances at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788), Al Tulane returns with an encore presentation of 'Act of A Lifetime - Cheaper Than Therapy' on Friday, April 1st at 10:00 pm. Al will be joined on stage by Jay Rogers, recently seen in the Off-Broadway revival of Once Upon A Mattress. By day, he's known as Mr. Tulin in the hallowed halls of the renowned Trinity School on the Upper West Side, where he teaches performing arts and directs musicals. But by night, he's Al Tulane, "The Man of a Million Names," who wows audiences with his performances in places such as Manhattan's Le Cirque, Daniel, and The Four Seasons, as well as Palm Beach and Bel-Air all the way to Athens and Cap d'Antibes. Both sides of this versatile performer can be seen onstage in Act of a Lifetime - Cheaper Than Therapy. Accompanied by music director Christopher Howatt, Al will regale audiences with stories and anecdotes from his career as an actor and performer, drawing on standards from the stage and screen to tell his story. Alan Tulin and his alter ego Al Tulane: The Man of a Million Names were bitten by the Broadway Bug in the early 60's and have been bugging Broadway ever since! Fueled by a desire to perform, Al sang and danced his way through Emerson College, Summer Stock, Regional Theatre and Atlantic City until he landed in the window of the Landmark stationary store on the corner of 44th and Madison as emcee host of a mid-day variety show! In 1980 Al took a detour to Cairo where he headlined for six months at the Holiday Inn Pyramids Hotel in Giza while perfecting his camel riding skills. Numerous television appearances on the PBS series "In the Life" and off Broadway runs in the Drama Desk Award-winning musical Howard Crabtree's Whoop-Dee-Doo and Tony 'n Tina's Wedding followed. For more than twenty years Al has also been directing musicals as a member of the Performing Arts Department at Manhattan's Trinity School. There is a $10 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. $5 cover for members of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE.

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HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT FRIDAY - APRIL 1st IN NYC: JACKIE DRAPER - MOONLIGHT PROPAGANDA - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT FRIDAY - APRIL 1st  IN 
NYC: JACKIE DRAPER - MOONLIGHT PROPAGANDA 
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In Jackie Draper's new show - "Moonlight Propaganda" will be presented at  THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Friday, April 1 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, April 3rd at 4:00 pm. Moonlight Propaganda features songs in English, French, and Italian, illumine themes of moonlit, mesmeric magic and how to recognize and avoid its pitfalls or fall happily headlong under its spell. Musical guides include composers and lyricists Johnny Mandel, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Harry Warren, Harry Revel, Mack Gordon, The Gershwins, Michel Legrand, Lorraine Feather, Matt Malneck, Sammy Cahn, Gus Kahn, Vernon Duke, Mel Brooks, Benny Carter, McCoy Tyner, Henry Mancini, and Johnny Mercer. Jackie's musical team includes Music Director Gregory Toroian at the piano; Ritt Henn on bass; Robbyn Tongue on woodwinds. Special appearances by two dapper dancers: Franklin Ayala, Milo Saidl. Kimberly Vaughn directs. There is an $18 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.

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HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT MONDAY 3/27 IN NYC: ROBIN'S NEST - A BENEFIT FOR HELPUSADOPT.ORG - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE - FEATURED CABARET BENEFIT EVENT


HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT MONDAY 3/27 IN NYC: ROBIN'S NEST - A BENEFIT FOR HELPUSADOPT.ORG  - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE - FEATURED CABARET BENEFIT EVENT
A MARCH IS CABARET MONTH EVENT

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.

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HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT TONIGHT IN PORT WASHINGTON, NY: (MOSTLY) TRUE THINGS STORYTELLING SHOW RETURNS - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT TONIGHT IN PORT WASHINGTON, NY: (MOSTLY) TRUE THINGS STORYTELLING SHOW RETURNS - 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, returns to THE DOLPHIN BOOKSHOP AND CAFE(199 Main Street, Port Washington, NY - 516-767-2650) on Saturday, March 26th. This show is an entirely unique entertainment experience that includes hilarious and heartful stories as well as 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. Storytellers includes Mary Theresa Archbold, whose story "Our Normal" was on NPR"s Moth Radio Hour and was interviewed in NPR's This American Life episode titled "In Plain Sight;" Long Island comic Stevie Gb, a stand-up comic and writer who is a regular in the Long Island Comedy Festival and performs with headliners all over the east coast; Robin Bady, who performs all over the world, offers storytelling shows in her Brooklyn home and was awarded the 2012 JJ Reneax Emerging Artist Grant; Shaun Eli Breitbart, a comedian and writer who performs in theaters and clubs all over the country and has sold jokes to Jay Leno. Host/ creator Jude Treder-Wolff is storyteller/ singer/ songwriter and writer/ performer who is an active in New York storytelling scene. She offers Transfor! mative Storytelling workshops as well as private coaching sessions, 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. There is a $15 cover.
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HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT TONIGHT IN NYC: LIZA LIVE! WITH RICK SKYE - FINAL SHOW OF SERIES - CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE CABARET PICK OF THE DAY!


HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT TONIGHT IN NYC: LIZA LIVE! WITH RICK SKYE - FINAL SHOW OF SERIES - CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE CABARET PICK OF THE DAY!

New York's multi-award-winning Rick Skye is performing his internationally acclaimed show, "LIZA LIVE!"  one more time at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Saturday, March 26th, at 8:00 pm. Musical Direction is by Ricky Ritzel. Winner of the Award for "Best Achievement in Performance" at the 2007 Dublin Theatre Festival, the 2006 MAC Award (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) for Best Impersonator and the BACK STAGE BISTRO AWARD, Broadway veteran Rick Skye has taken various incarnations of "LIZA LIVE!", from New York to Chicago, the Edinburgh Festival, a "sold-out" season in Covent Garden, the Apollo Theatre in London's West End, The Dublin Theatre Festival and many regional theater's in the US. Displaying Liza's physical and vocal mannerisms along with a smashing voice, Rick has created an outrageous show, a non-stop production number tracing Liza's legendary career. His razor sharp parodies of such diverse songs as "Mein Herr" and "Sara Lee", have left audiences weak from laughter. Along with a pair of unquestionably alluring legs, this "tribute with a twist" includes a "new" Charles Aznavour song, Liza's concert version of "The Single Ladies Song", a "Happy Endings" production number and a tribute to "one of her famous parents". Rick Skye is a multi-award winning performer who has enjoyed success both on Broadway and the West End. Training with the Joffrey Ballet and the famed Stella Adler, Rick toured the US with Ann Reinking and Sandy Duncan in "The American Dance Machine Show" and in the Kennedy Center Production of "Miss Liberty". He acted with Dorothy Louden in a role written especially for him by Paul Zindel in "Danny and Della". He did a stint on "All My Children" and appeared in the film "The Cater Waiter" starring David Drake. His friendship with Neil Sedaka led to his writing and starring in "The Flip Side of Neil Sedaka" (the tribute with a twist), which got him nominated as 'Best Newcomer' by The Manhattan Association of Cabarets. His revue, "MaCabaret - a tabloid fable" ran for nine months in New York, followed by his hit show "A Slice O' Minnelli" which has enjoyed successful seasons at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End, The Dublin and Edinburgh Festivals, and from cities New York to Chicago. Critics called it "Masterful ... Astonishing ... Brilliant and it has earned him a MAC Award for Best Impersonation - 2006, the "Best Achievement in Performance" Award at the 2007 Dublin Theatre Festival and the Terrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2008, he created a new revue entitled "The War of the Mama Roses - the Ultimate Audition for GYPSY" starring some of the world's foremost impersonators and which enjoyed a successful run in New York. He co-starred with Steven Brinberg (Simply Barbra) in the London production of "Barbra and Liza LIVE!" and toured with it to the Dublin Gay Theater Festival. He then toured with "Liza LIVE!" playing the New Players Theater in London and many spots in England concluding in Brighton. He joined forces with the legendary "Madame" of "Wayland Flowers and Madame" fame and toured the U.S. with "It's Madame with an E!" which he wrote and starred in. The duo played Resorts International in Atlantic City, the Suncoast Casino in Las Vegas, The RRAZZ Room in San Francisco as well as Feinstein's at the Regency in New York City. He was a contributing writer and performer of "Bawdy! - Off Broadway's Biggest Little Vaudeville" and most recently finished a record breaking Five Year run in the acclaimed revue "Judy and Liza Together Again", which he starred in alongside Tommy Femia and for which they received a MAC Award for "Best Duo" in 2012. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

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HOTLINE MEMBER CABARET EVENT TONIGHT IN NYC: BABY JANE DEXTER ENCORES HER ACCLAIMED "IT'S PERSONAL!" - AS ADVERTISED IN CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE - LAST CHANCE TO SEE THIS SHOW! TODAY AT 4 PM!

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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!", final show on Saturday March 26th 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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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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NYC: JACKIE DRAPER - MOONLIGHT PROPAGANDA

In Jackie Draper's new show - "Moonlight Propaganda" will be presented at  THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Friday, April 1 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, April 3rd at 4:00 pm. Moonlight Propaganda features songs in English, French, and Italian, illumine themes of moonlit, mesmeric magic and how to recognize and avoid its pitfalls or fall happily headlong under its spell. Musical guides include composers and lyricists Johnny Mandel, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Harry Warren, Harry Revel, Mack Gordon, The Gershwins, Michel Legrand, Lorraine Feather, Matt Malneck, Sammy Cahn, Gus Kahn, Vernon Duke, Mel Brooks, Benny Carter, McCoy Tyner, Henry Mancini, and Johnny Mercer. Jackie's musical team includes Music Director Gregory Toroian at the piano; Ritt Henn on bass; Robbyn Tongue on woodwinds. Special appearances by two dapper dancers: Franklin Ayala, Milo Saidl. Kimberly Vaughn directs. There is an $18 cover plus a $20 food/drink minimum.

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NYC: "THE MAN OF A MILLION NAMES" AL TULANE RETURNS TO DON'T TELL MAMA
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Following two sold out performances at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788), Al Tulane returns with an encore presentation of 'Act of A Lifetime - Cheaper Than Therapy' on Friday, April 1st at 10:00 pm. Al will be joined on stage by Jay Rogers, recently seen in the Off-Broadway revival of Once Upon A Mattress. By day, he's known as Mr. Tulin in the hallowed halls of the renowned Trinity School on the Upper West Side, where he teaches performing arts and directs musicals. But by night, he's Al Tulane, "The Man of a Million Names," who wows audiences with his performances in places such as Manhattan's Le Cirque, Daniel, and The Four Seasons, as well as Palm Beach and Bel-Air all the way to Athens and Cap d'Antibes. Both sides of this versatile performer can be seen onstage in Act of a Lifetime - Cheaper Than Therapy. Accompanied by music director Christopher Howatt, Al will regale audiences with stories and anecdotes from his career as an actor and performer, drawing on standards from the stage and screen to tell his story. Alan Tulin and his alter ego Al Tulane: The Man of a Million Names were bitten by the Broadway Bug in the early 60's and have been bugging Broadway ever since! Fueled by a desire to perform, Al sang and danced his way through Emerson College, Summer Stock, Regional Theatre and Atlantic City until he landed in the window of the Landmark stationary store on the corner of 44th and Madison as emcee host of a mid-day variety show! In 1980 Al took a detour to Cairo where he headlined for six months at the Holiday Inn Pyramids Hotel in Giza while perfecting his camel riding skills. Numerous television appearances on the PBS series "In the Life" and off Broadway runs in the Drama Desk Award-winning musical Howard Crabtree's Whoop-Dee-Doo and Tony 'n Tina's Wedding followed. For more than twenty years Al has also been directing musicals as a member of the Performing Arts Department at Manhattan's Trinity School. There is a $10 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. $5 cover for members of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE.

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NYC: JENNIFER ROBERTS RETURNS TO MANHATTAN FOR A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO BROADWAY LEGEND SHELDON HARNICK
A MARCH IS CABARET MONTH EVENT

Singer Jennifer Roberts will toast the 92nd birthday of legendary Broadway lyricist and composer Sheldon Harnick with a tribute show at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Thursday, March 31st at 10:30 pm (NOTE TIME) celebrating his impressive body of work. Jennifer will be joined by musical director Tedd Firth and bassist Tom Hubbard. Directed by Lance Roberts with technical direction by Jason Ellis, the show will feature hits from Harnick's greatest and most-popular shows, including Fiddler On The Roof and She Loves Me, both currently on Broadway. Jennifer also promises "several hidden gems" of rarely/if ever heard songs by the three-time Tony Award winner, with arrangements in varied styles, "jazz-infused, a little blues and more." Jennifer, a popular "Don't Tell Mama" draw, whose regional credits include Sarah Brown opposite Broadway leading man Tom Wopat in Guys and Dolls, is known for her heartfelt, entertaining and exhilarating shows that highlight her wide vocal range. Jennifer Roberts: She Loves ... Sheldon! reunites the singer with her favorite collaborator Tedd Firth, the New York- based accompanist, jazz pianist and composer named by Stephen Holden of the New York Times as "the most gifted, stylistically far-ranging musical director on the New York nightclub scene." Jennifer is also thrilled to be joined by All Night Strut director and Broadway stage veteran Lance Roberts, currently appearing in The Robber Bridegroom at the Roundabout Theater, as well as bassist Tom Hubbard, and technical director Jason Ellis. Jennifer has appeared as Guenevere in Camelot, directed by Tod Booth, and in both the soprano and alto roles in several versions of The All Night Strut, directed by Fran Charnas. She boasts numerous radio and television commercials, as well as film and television appearances. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

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NYC: HILLARY CONFIDENTIAL: A HEART TO HEART COCKTAIL CABARET

Kelley Karel returns to THE DUPLEX CABARET THEATRE (61 Christopher Street, NYC - 212-255-5438) with her show 'Hillary Confidential: A Heart To Heart Cocktail Cabaret' after two sold-out performances in February. Performances are on Saturday, April 2nd at 4:30 pm, and Friday, April 8th at 7:00 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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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 Thursday, 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.

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NYC: MADELAINE WARREN AT DON'T TELL MAMA

Madelaine Warren presents her show "Moving Forward by Looking Backward at the Great American Songbook" at DON'T TELL MAMA(343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Mondays, April 18th & 25th at 7:00 pm, and Sunday, May 1st at 3:00 pm. Following a career on the diverse stages of opera, resort hotels, luxury cruises, concerts, and worldwide corporate events, Madelaine Warren is now dedicating her talents to the cabaret stage. With expert guidance from director Barry Kleinbort, music director/arranger Christopher Denny, and Bob Renino on bass, Madelaine presents an exciting line-up of celebrated standards, during which Madelaine reflects on how she is finally ready to sing a Frank Sinatra song (and other amusing anecdotes). Songwriters represented include Arlen, Rodgers, Porter, Jobim, Mercer, Coleman, Comden and Green, Kern, Bernstein, Lennon and McCartney. There is a $15 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

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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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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!


NYC: ROBIN'S NEST - A BENEFIT FOR HELPUSADOPT.ORG 
A MARCH IS CABARET MONTH EVENT

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.

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Here is today's CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE CABARET PICK OF THE DAY taken from press releases received! Each day we try to choose one or two events that we feel are the best of the best. 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!


NYC: LIZA LIVE! WITH RICK SKYE - FINAL SHOW OF SERIES

New York's multi-award-winning Rick Skye is performing his internationally acclaimed show, "LIZA LIVE!"  one more time at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Saturday, March 26th, at 8:00 pm. Musical Direction is by Ricky Ritzel. Winner of the Award for "Best Achievement in Performance" at the 2007 Dublin Theatre Festival, the 2006 MAC Award (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) for Best Impersonator and the BACK STAGE BISTRO AWARD, Broadway veteran Rick Skye has taken various incarnations of "LIZA LIVE!", from New York to Chicago, the Edinburgh Festival, a "sold-out" season in Covent Garden, the Apollo Theatre in London's West End, The Dublin Theatre Festival and many regional theater's in the US. Displaying Liza's physical and vocal mannerisms along with a smashing voice, Rick has created an outrageous show, a non-stop production number tracing Liza's legendary career. His razor sharp parodies of such diverse songs as "Mein Herr" and "Sara Lee", have left audiences weak from laughter. Along with a pair of unquestionably alluring legs, this "tribute with a twist" includes a "new" Charles Aznavour song, Liza's concert version of "The Single Ladies Song", a "Happy Endings" production number and a tribute to "one of her famous parents". Rick Skye is a multi-award winning performer who has enjoyed success both on Broadway and the West End. Training with the Joffrey Ballet and the famed Stella Adler, Rick toured the US with Ann Reinking and Sandy Duncan in "The American Dance Machine Show" and in the Kennedy Center Production of "Miss Liberty". He acted with Dorothy Louden in a role written especially for him by Paul Zindel in "Danny and Della". He did a stint on "All My Children" and appeared in the film "The Cater Waiter" starring David Drake. His friendship with Neil Sedaka led to his writing and starring in "The Flip Side of Neil Sedaka" (the tribute with a twist), which got him nominated as 'Best Newcomer' by The Manhattan Association of Cabarets. His revue, "MaCabaret - a tabloid fable" ran for nine months in New York, followed by his hit show "A Slice O' Minnelli" which has enjoyed successful seasons at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End, The Dublin and Edinburgh Festivals, and from cities New York to Chicago. Critics called it "Masterful ... Astonishing ... Brilliant and it has earned him a MAC Award for Best Impersonation - 2006, the "Best Achievement in Performance" Award at the 2007 Dublin Theatre Festival and the Terrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2008, he created a new revue entitled "The War of the Mama Roses - the Ultimate Audition for GYPSY" starring some of the world's foremost impersonators and which enjoyed a successful run in New York. He co-starred with Steven Brinberg (Simply Barbra) in the London production of "Barbra and Liza LIVE!" and toured with it to the Dublin Gay Theater Festival. He then toured with "Liza LIVE!" playing the New Players Theater in London and many spots in England concluding in Brighton. He joined forces with the legendary "Madame" of "Wayland Flowers and Madame" fame and toured the U.S. with "It's Madame with an E!" which he wrote and starred in. The duo played Resorts International in Atlantic City, the Suncoast Casino in Las Vegas, The RRAZZ Room in San Francisco as well as Feinstein's at the Regency in New York City. He was a contributing writer and performer of "Bawdy! - Off Broadway's Biggest Little Vaudeville" and most recently finished a record breaking Five Year run in the acclaimed revue "Judy and Liza Together Again", which he starred in alongside Tommy Femia and for which they received a MAC Award for "Best Duo" in 2012. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
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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: LIZA LIVE! WITH RICK SKYE - FINAL SHOW OF SERIES

New York's multi-award-winning Rick Skye is performing his internationally acclaimed show, "LIZA LIVE!"  one more time at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Saturday, March 26th, at 8:00 pm. Musical Direction is by Ricky Ritzel. Winner of the Award for "Best Achievement in Performance" at the 2007 Dublin Theatre Festival, the 2006 MAC Award (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) for Best Impersonator and the BACK STAGE BISTRO AWARD, Broadway veteran Rick Skye has taken various incarnations of "LIZA LIVE!", from New York to Chicago, the Edinburgh Festival, a "sold-out" season in Covent Garden, the Apollo Theatre in London's West End, The Dublin Theatre Festival and many regional theater's in the US. Displaying Liza's physical and vocal mannerisms along with a smashing voice, Rick has created an outrageous show, a non-stop production number tracing Liza's legendary career. His razor sharp parodies of such diverse songs as "Mein Herr" and "Sara Lee", have left audiences weak from laughter. Along with a pair of unquestionably alluring legs, this "tribute with a twist" includes a "new" Charles Aznavour song, Liza's concert version of "The Single Ladies Song", a "Happy Endings" production number and a tribute to "one of her famous parents". Rick Skye is a multi-award winning performer who has enjoyed success both on Broadway and the West End. Training with the Joffrey Ballet and the famed Stella Adler, Rick toured the US with Ann Reinking and Sandy Duncan in "The American Dance Machine Show" and in the Kennedy Center Production of "Miss Liberty". He acted with Dorothy Louden in a role written especially for him by Paul Zindel in "Danny and Della". He did a stint on "All My Children" and appeared in the film "The Cater Waiter" starring David Drake. His friendship with Neil Sedaka led to his writing and starring in "The Flip Side of Neil Sedaka" (the tribute with a twist), which got him nominated as 'Best Newcomer' by The Manhattan Association of Cabarets. His revue, "MaCabaret - a tabloid fable" ran for nine months in New York, followed by his hit show "A Slice O' Minnelli" which has enjoyed successful seasons at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End, The Dublin and Edinburgh Festivals, and from cities New York to Chicago. Critics called it "Masterful ... Astonishing ... Brilliant and it has earned him a MAC Award for Best Impersonation - 2006, the "Best Achievement in Performance" Award at the 2007 Dublin Theatre Festival and the Terrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2008, he created a new revue entitled "The War of the Mama Roses - the Ultimate Audition for GYPSY" starring some of the world's foremost impersonators and which enjoyed a successful run in New York. He co-starred with Steven Brinberg (Simply Barbra) in the London production of "Barbra and Liza LIVE!" and toured with it to the Dublin Gay Theater Festival. He then toured with "Liza LIVE!" playing the New Players Theater in London and many spots in England concluding in Brighton. He joined forces with the legendary "Madame" of "Wayland Flowers and Madame" fame and toured the U.S. with "It's Madame with an E!" which he wrote and starred in. The duo played Resorts International in Atlantic City, the Suncoast Casino in Las Vegas, The RRAZZ Room in San Francisco as well as Feinstein's at the Regency in New York City. He was a contributing writer and performer of "Bawdy! - Off Broadway's Biggest Little Vaudeville" and most recently finished a record breaking Five Year run in the acclaimed revue "Judy and Liza Together Again", which he starred in alongside Tommy Femia and for which they received a MAC Award for "Best Duo" in 2012. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

 RICK SKYE IS A MEMBER OF CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE 

PORT WASHINGTON, NY: (MOSTLY) TRUE THINGS STORYTELLING SHOW RETURNS

(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, returns to THE DOLPHIN BOOKSHOP AND CAFE(199 Main Street, Port Washington, NY - 516-767-2650) on Saturday, March 26th. This show is an entirely unique entertainment experience that includes hilarious and heartful stories as well as 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. Storytellers includes Mary Theresa Archbold, whose story "Our Normal" was on NPR"s Moth Radio Hour and was interviewed in NPR's This American Life episode titled "In Plain Sight;" Long Island comic Stevie Gb, a stand-up comic and writer who is a regular in the Long Island Comedy Festival and performs with headliners all over the east coast; Robin Bady, who performs all over the world, offers storytelling shows in her Brooklyn home and was awarded the 2012 JJ Reneax Emerging Artist Grant; Shaun Eli Breitbart, a comedian and writer who performs in theaters and clubs all over the country and has sold jokes to Jay Leno. Host/ creator Jude Treder-Wolff is storyteller/ singer/ songwriter and writer/ performer who is an active in New York storytelling scene. She offers Transfor! mative Storytelling workshops as well as private coaching sessions, 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. There is a $15 cover.

 JUDE TREDER-WOLFF IS A MEMBER OF CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE


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