WINTER
WARM - SONGS FOR THE SOLSTICE
Cabaret
vocalist Sophia Bilides, with Doug Hammer on piano, will celebrate
the season (if not the weather) with her new show, "Winter Warm: Songs
For The Solstice," on Friday, December 20th at 8:00 pm at The Blacksmith
House at the CAMBRIDGE CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION (56 Brattle Street,
Cambridge, MA - resv: 508-652-9834 - http://www.ccae.org/).
Tickets are $15.
Described as a winter
show for the chill-challenged, a holiday cabaret for the respite-ready,
and a solstice party for the daylight-deprived, the program will tackle
the cold of winter and the longest night of the year (technically
December 21) head on, with help from swinging American Songbook standards,
humorous contemporary pieces, and evocative folk songs. Rarely heard
gems by Irving Berlin ("When Winter Comes"), Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny
Mercer ("Santa Claus Came In The Spring"), Fran Landesman ("The Year
Turns Round"), and George Shearing will be complemented with newer,
satirical works by Cy Coleman ("Rio"), Jason Robert Brown ("Surabaya
Santa"), and David Friedman, as well as tunes by folk writers Lui
Collins ("January Thaw") and Gordon Lightfoot, plus the title song
by Burt Bacharach and a current-day sing-along by Boston-area songwriter
Dennis Livingston ("Brookline Wassail").
Sophia Bilides is a solo
cabaret performer, and the producer and host of the Boston Cabaret
Festival. In addition to her annual show at SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB (400
Soldiers Field Road, Allston, MA - 617-562-4111 - http://www.scullersjazz.com/),
Bilides has appeared at The Cabaret Connection, CLUB CAFE (209 Columbus
Avenue, Boston, MA - 617-536-0966 - http://www.clubcafe.com/),
THE ENCORE LOUNGE in the Tremont Hotel (275 Tremont Street, Boston,
MA - 617-426-1400), and the Ritz-Carlton. Bilides is currently developing
a show on the songs of lyricist Carolyn Leigh.
For information visit
http://www.SophiaBilides.com/.
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