Elaine
St. George in "Ain't We Got Fun?" at Don't Tell Mama in October
Elaine
St. George, whose cabaret show "The Girl That I Marry" was named a
"Critic's Pick" by Time Out NY, returns to the cabaret stage with
a new show, "Ain't We Got Fun?: a love story about looking for work"
- at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788 - http://www.donttellmama.com/)
on Tuesday, October 8th at 7:30 pm; Thursday, October 17th at 9:00
pm; and Sunday, October 27th at 4:30 pm. The musical director of "Ain't
We Got Fun?" is Tedd Firth, an accomplished pianist (Time Out NY called
him "extraordinary") who has played for jazz singer Carol Sloane and
countless cabaret artists. There is no cover charge for the show.
Instead, Ms. St. George asks that audience members bring non-perishable
canned food or a monetary donation for the Food Bank For New York
City, Food For Survival. The club's 2-drink minimum still applies.
Offstage, Ms. St. George
is a writer. When her "day job" took a hit when the economy crumbled,
Elaine started looking for work, like tens of thousands of other people
in the New York area. And she soon realized that in many ways, looking
for a job was just like dating and looking for love. Following that
logic, "Ain't We Got Fun?" combines love songs by the likes of Harold
Arlen, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Arthur Schwartz,
and Charles Strouse with humorous selections from the 1920s through
2000.
Instead of paying a cover
charge for her show, food and/or monetary donation will be accepted
for The Food Bank For New York City, which provides the food for over
200,000 meals every day to New Yorkers in need through more than 1,000
nonprofit community programs. It was founded in 1983 to coordinate
the procurement and distribution of food donations from manufacturers,
wholesalers, retailers and government agencies to organizations providing
free food to the hungry. A member of America's Second Harvest, it
is now the largest food bank and one of the largest distributors of
free fresh produce in the country. (For more information, see http://www.foodforsurvival.org/)
Ms. St. George's CD "Just
Around the Corner: Songs of Love and Longing from the 1930s" is for
sale at http://www.amazon.com/
and will be available for purchase at all performances. Samples of
the CD may be heard at http://www.elainestgeorge.com/.
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