NYC: CYNTHIA KAPLAN & NANCY GILES: THE NEW JACK PARR SHOW TONIGHT
Humorist and CBS Morning Show commentator Nancy Giles and author and comedian Cynthia Kaplan are returning to THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Monday, October 25th at 7:00 pm with "The New Jack Parr Show". This live talk/variety show, modeled, sort of, after the late Jack Paar's classic television program will feature Kaplan & Giles' hilarious take on current events, plenty of comedy, probably some songs and special guests - comics, musicians, writers - most of whom will be more famous than Kaplan or Giles, but that's life. There is a $10 cover plus a $15 food/drink minimum.
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Shepley Metcalf premieres "Something Irresistible: Shepley Metcalf Sings Fran Landesman" on Sunday October 24th at 7:00 pm at
Valerie Lemon returns to 
Nightlife, Bistro and MAC Award winning artist Gretchen Reinhagen and her all-girl band return to 
Beloved cabaret veteran Kevin McMullan brings his highly anticipated new show TWIST OF FATE to THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Saturday, October 23rd at 4:00 pm and Thursday, October 28th at 9:30 pm. TWIST OF FATE is a whimsical, funny, moving and magical evening's exploration of Fortune, Fate, Love, Life, Death, The Afterlife and Reincarnation - all presented through storytelling and gorgeous music ranging from Broadway and Swing to contemporary and alternative Rock classics from the likes of Styx, kd lang and Olivia Newton-John. Multiple award-winners Miles Phillips (Director) and Mark Janas (Music Director) oversee an ambitious whirlwind of a show that unveils McMullan at the center of a six piece Gypsy Jazz Band and a dazzling assortment of Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves. There is a $20 cover plus a $15 food/drink minimum.
Singer Parker Scott joins with Dylan Bandy, Lauren Frankovich and Dathan B.Williams in Operatically Speaking, a new cabaret experience at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Monday, October 25th at 7:00 pm & Sunday October 31st at 3:00 pm. This is opera on an intimate scale, blurring the line between stage, concert and cabaret. The performances are fueled with passion and honesty, and humor. The music comes from the worlds of opera, operetta and Broadway, featuring the works of Beethoven, Bernstein, Bizet, Copland, Gordon, Handel, Lalo, Lehar, Monteverdi, Rimsky-Korsakov and Sondheim. Individually, the cast has performed in venues in New York from Carnegie Hall to Broadway to Off-Off Broadway and has also appeared throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Conductor Peter Szep is the music director. Audrey Saint-Gil will be at the piano. The show is directed by Gerry Geddes and Mr. Williams. There is a $15 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. 
ScoBar Entertainment & BUG: OUT: MUSIC present Broadway's Longest Running Nightclub Act, Terese Genecco & her "little big band" at IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB (1650 Broadway, NYC - 212-582-2121). Next performance is on Tuesday, October 26th with different shows at 8:00 & 10:00 pm. Genecco will continue to headline at the club on the Last Tuesday of every month with Grammy, Tony, and Emmy-Winning performers as her guest stars. This month's guest is Broadway star Karen Mason (Mamma Mia, Hairspray, Sunset Boulevard.) Genecco's 8-piece band features Barry Levitt on piano, Kenny Lavender on trumpet, Joe Abba on drums, Mayra Casales on Latin Percussion, Tom Hubbard on bass, Sean Harkness on guitar, Cliff Lyons on tenor sax, Mark Miller on trombone, and also featuring (as schedules permit) Grammy winners Lew Soloff (Blood Sweat & Tears) on trumpet and Skip Ward (Steve Martin's "The Crow") on bass and Grammy nominee ("Liza's At The Palace") Michael Berkowitz on drums. There is a $25 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum. $15 cover for members of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
The incredible JOAN JAFFE Sings Funny...Part II returns to DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788) on Wednesdays, October 27th & November 3rd at 7:30 pm. A 2010 MAC Award Nominee and veteran of Broadway, Off-Broadway, tours, films and TV, she has received critical acclaim from the press for her show. Joan has won tremendous praise from her family and raves from the press for her new CD JOAN JAFFE SINGS FUNNY... Along with some surprises, the show will focus on mostly real fun songs and banter with 3 outstanding comic songs written by award winning songwriter Francesca Blumenthal, plus songs by Alan Arkin and Murray Grand - and some sassy rarities that only Joan could pull off. Multi- award winner Jerry Scott (who just won his eighth MAC Award) is musical director/co-director for this show. He is also on piano and is the arranger/musical director on Joan's album. There is a $15 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.
Jazz vocalist and pianist Tish Oney brings her new show, "Jazz Seasons," to THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440) on Saturday, October 30th at 9:30 pm. Tish brings together a program of songs celebrating the four seasons of the year (as well as seasons of our lives) and delivers them in the straight-ahead, classic jazz tradition. Selections include original works as well as treasures by the most beloved writers of the Great American Songbook, contemporary jazz and music theatre. Oney's latest CD, "Dear Peg," earned international recognition in WHLI Radio's Top 50 Releases of 2009. A nationally-acclaimed singer/songwriter, Oney earned The Diane Warren Award in 2005 and was featured with Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Patti Austin and Take 6 in the 2007 PBS broadcast tribute to Ella Fitzgerald in Los Angeles. There is a $20 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. 
Stearns Matthews will present his latest solo cabaret show, "this will be ..." at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909) on Saturdays, October 30th and November 6th, both performances at 4:00 pm. The show features direction by 2010 MAC Award winner Lennie Watts and musical direction by multiple award winner Steven Ray Watkins. "this will be ..." is the narrative of Stearns' current "quarter-life crisis" and features songs drawn from a variety of genres: "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash, "Dancing Girls" by Nik Kershaw, "Are You Sure?" by Willie Nelson, "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy, "One Way Ticket" by Bruce Hart and Stephen Lawrence, and "If You Really Knew Me" by Carole Bayer-Sager and Marvin Hamlisch. Stearns was a 2009 MAC Award nominee for his solo show, "I Was Here". Stearns holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College. In 2009, he presented a critically acclaimed duet show, "50 Years Experience ... 25 Years in the Making." with long-time friend and collaborator Megan Candio. There is a $15 cover plus a $15 food/drink minimum. 
Hilary Feldman will debut her new show, HOLLYWOOD & BROADWAY: A FINE ROMANCE at 
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The Gary Negbaur Group will be playing a mix of blues, jazz, and what-have-you on Friday, October 22nd from 8:00 to midnight at
Award winning Seattle based Arnaldo, Drag Chanteuse, will perform "C'est Si Bon! - a tribute to Eartha Kitt" on Friday, October 22nd at 7:00 pm at
The CD Release Party of Susan Winter's 2010 MAC award winning CD, "Love rolls on ... LIVE!" will be held at