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THURSDAY -
MAY 15th
NEW
YORK CITY: DAVID PELLEGRENE'S CABARET FEVER THURSDAYS
AT UNCLE CHARLIE'S
*** CABARET OPEN MIC EVENT ***
Piano
bar host, vocalist and recording artist David Pellegrene holds a special
"Cabaret Fever" event on Thursday nights, at 8:00 pm, after which there
is open-mic piano-bar until whenever at UNCLE CHARLIE'S (139 East 45th
Street 2nd Floor, NYC - 212-661-9097 - http://www.unclecharliesnyc.com/
). There is never a cover charge - just plenty of fun and song. David
is at the piano here Thursdays with "Cabaret Fever" at 8:00 pm and Fridays
through Sundays starting around 9:00 pm. *** SUPER SIDE-BAR ADVERTISER ***
NEW
YORK CITY: SETH'S BROADWAY CHATTERBOX WITH GUEST
BOYD GAINES
*** FEATURED BENEFIT EVENT ***
2007
MAC BOD AWARD WINNER Seth Rudetsky's BROADWAY CHATTERBOX at DON'T TELL
MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788 - http://www.donttellmama.com/
) is usually presented on Thursdays at 6:00 pm. The guest for Seth's
show for May 15th is Boyd Gaines currently appearing on Broadway as
Herbie in GYPSY. Seth's weekly interview show always features stars,
soon-to-be stars and folks behind the scenes of the musical theater
stage - for just a $10 cover - 2-drink minimum. Best of all, all proceeds
from the cover go to BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS (http://www.bcefa.org/
)! For details, see: http://www.sethsbroadwaychatterbox/
.
Jane
Scheckter will reprise her warmly received show, "From This Moment On",
a musical tribute to Lena Horne, who is 90 this year, at THE MUSIC BOX
at BROADWAY BABY BISTRO & PIANO LOUNGE (318 West 53rd Street, NYC -
212-757-5808 - http://www.broadwaybabybistro.com/
). Final performances is scheduled for Thursday, May 15th - at 7:00
pm. The show features songs associated with the legendary Lena over
her six decade career, from one of her earliest recordings, "As Long
As I Live" all the way through to newer numbers such as "I'll Always
Leave the Door A Little Open" by Richard Rodney Bennett, Johnny Mandel
and Frank Underwood. Other well known songs from Lena's repertoire will
include "New Fangled Tango", "Push De Button", "Believe in Yourself"
and "Lady is A Tramp". Musical director Tedd Firth will be at the piano
on the 7th & 13th, with Andy Ezrin at the piano on the 14th & 15th.
Steve La Spina will be on bass and Peter Grant on drums. There is a
$20 cover plus a $15 food/drink minimum.
$15 cover for members of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE.
NEW
YORK CITY: THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ SERIES AT BARGEMUSIC
Imagine jazz at a truly unique New York City location
with charm, history and spectacular water views. The venue is BARGEMUSIC
(Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NY - 718-624-2083 - http://www.bargemusic.org/
), a floating concert hall located at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Scheduled for Thursday nights at 8:00 pm are: May 15th: Ken Peplowski,
Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone and Greg Cohen, Bass; May 22nd: Dayna Stephens,
Tenor Saxophone Dahveed Behroozi, Piano Gary Wang, Bass Tim Bulkley,
Drums; May 29th: Liz Magnus, Piano. Tickets are $35.
NEW
YORK CITY: "GRACE NOTES: A SINGERS' SOIREE" AT MAMA'S MONTHLY
GRACE
NOTES - a Singers' Soiree, hosted by Grace Cosgrove, is to be held monthly
at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788 - http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/
) with the first show scheduled for Thursday, May 15th at 6:30 pm. Joining
Grace for this opening show are Eric Michael Gillett, Valerie Lemon,
Olivia Stevens, Raissa Katona Bennett and Wendy Russell. This will be
an on-going lab for top-notch singers. It will be a place for great
singers to perform, to try out new material, and to expand their audiences.
Each show will also introduce a newcomer. With her background as a singer,
producer, music contractor, and currently, as an editor for a prime
time television show at a major network, Grace hopes to use that experience
to create an evening of top-drawer and tasteful entertainment each month.
There is a $15 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. *** BANNER ADVERTISER ***
SOUTH
AFRICA: LATE HARVEST WITH ANNALIE HERBST & TRIUM 3
Annalie Herbst
& Trium 3 appear in "Late Harvest" on Thursday, May 15th at 7:00 pm
at VILLA PASCAL (28 Van Der Westhuizen Street. Durbanville, Capetown,
SA - Tel: 021-9752566 / 0825694147 - http://www.freewebs.com/villapascal
). The show is a musical journey starting with the minstrels of the
Elizabethan age, to romantic France to enjoy wistful folk songs and
chanson, then a little bit of Portugal and remembering the alambras
in Spain. Dance to the czardas in Hungary-wild and free, then a farm
in rural Africa and finish in Ireland - the land of poetry and song.
Annalie is accompanied by the dynamic Trium 3 (violin, guitar and flute).
Call for cover/minimum information.
NEW
YORK CITY: JACK KLEINSINGER PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH DAVE BRUBECK
Jack Kleinsinger
presents "Highlights In JAZZ," New York's Longest Running Jazz Concert
Series on Thursday, May 15th at 8:00 pm at THE TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER (199 Chambers Street, NYC - 212-220-1460 - http://www.tribecapac.org/
). The show is "An Evening With Dave Brubeck" featuring Bobby Militello,
alto sax & flute; Michael Moore, bass; Randy Jones, drums. Tickets are
$30.
NEW
YORK CITY: CANDELLA IN A TRIBUTE TO MEXICAN &
LATIN-AMERICAN COMPOSERS
Lee Candella presents "Sabor a Mi" at THE WEST BANK
CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909
- http://www.westbankcafe.com/
) on Thursday, May 15th at 7:00 pm. The concert is a collection of songs
that had their origins in Spanish and later were hits with new lyrics
in English. The show is also a tribute to the artists who helped popularize
these songs. Lee serves as the major conceptionalist for this evening
as well as, making his debut at the Laurie Beechman. This will be a
great evening filled with romance and passion that only latin music
can bring. There is a $15 cover plus a $15 food/drink minimum.
NEW
YORK CITY: "ELEANOR REISSA SINGS ENGLISH" AT METROPOLITAN ROOM
The Tony-nominated
director, singer and actress Eleanor Reissa presents her first solo
show entirely in English when she premieres "Eleanor Reissa Sings English"
at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440 -
http://www.metropolitanroom.com/
). The show will be presented on Thursdays, May 15th at 7:30 pm and
May 22nd at 10:00 pm. Indulging her twin obsessions of Yiddish and English,
the Brooklyn-born Reissa has straddled the English/Yiddish speaking
worlds in the theatre for years - from directing John Galsworthy and
J.M. Barrie at the Mint Theater to starring in the much-lauded Folksbiene
Yiddish Theatre production of Isaac Bashevis Singer's "Yentl" in 2002.
Her critically acclaimed one-woman show "Hip Heymish and Hot," seen
at Merkin Hall and the John Houseman Theatre Off-Broadway, continues
to tour, and she just finished directing "How To Succeed In Business
Without Really Trying" at the White Plains Performing Arts Center, running
through May 11. She is joined by Jeff Klitz on piano, Ray Kilday on
bass, and Warren Odze on drums, none of whom speaks Yiddish. There is
a $20 cover plus a $15 minimum.
ST.
LOUIS: THE CABARET AT SAVOR CLOSES SPRING SEASON WITH PAULA WEST
Jazz
vocalist Paula West comes to CABARET AT SAVOR (4356 Lindell, St. Louis,
MO - 314-531-0220 - http://www.Savor-stl.com/
) through Saturday, May 17th, all shows at 8:30 pm (additional show
on Saturday at 6:30 pm). Her repertoire extends from Irving Berlin to
Cole Porter to Hank Williams to Oscar Brown to Bob Dylan to Celtic traditional
to Keith Richards and she puts her stamp on whatever she touches. She
is joined by music director George Mesterhazy with his trio. There is
a $40 plus a $12 food/drink minimum.
HOLLYWOOD:
IRENE KICKS OFF NEW SERIES WITH HOST OF STARS
Irene Soderberg is back - and kicks off a new series
of weekly shows at ELEVEN RESTAURANT & NIGHTCLUB (8811 Santa Monica
Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA - 310-855-0800 - http://www.eleven.la/
) to start in June, with a special party on Thursday, May 15th from
7:00 to 10:00 pm. Already scheduled to appear are some of the brightest
LA-area stars like Clay Adkins, Marion Ramsey, Momma, Ingenue, Paul
Bradford, Leslie Carrera, and other friends - all coming out to sing
for Irene! Call for cover/minimum information.
PHILADELPHIA
: ERIC COMSTOCK & BARBARA FASANO AT MORGAN'S
CABARET
The
award-winning duo of Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano are presenting
their show "Let's Fall In Love ~ Celebrating Harold Arlen" at MORGAN'S
CABARET at the PRINCE MUSIC THEATER (1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
PA - 215-569-9700 - http://www.princemusictheater.org/
) through Sunday, May 18th. Call for cover/minimum information.
LONG
RUNNING SHOWS
NEW
YORK CITY: MICHAEL FEINSTEIN CELEBRATES ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN
THROUGH MAY 17th
FEINSTEIN'S
at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue, NYC - 212-339-4095 - http://www.feinsteinsattheregency.com/
) will continue the Spring 2008 season with a new show by the club's
founder Michael Feinstein through Saturday, May 17th. His new show will
celebrate the 50 year collaboration of the Oscar, Grammy and Golden
Globe winning lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The show will feature
Alan Bergman as special guest vocalist, in addition to nightly guest
stars. Feinstein will perform Bergman standards like "The Windmills
of Your Mind," "How Do You Keep The Music Playing" and "Where Do You
Start?," in addition to rarely heard songs from their catalog. Musical
director John Oddo leads an all-star quintet. The show will play the
following schedule for this engagement: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
shows are at 8:30 pm. On Fridays and Saturdays there are shows at 8:00
& 10:00 pm. There will be a special added show on Sunday, May 11th at
8:30 pm. All shows have a $100 cover with $125 premium seats and a $40
minimum.
SAN
FRANCISCO : ASHFORD & SIMPSON AT THE RAZZ ROOM IN MAY THROUGH
MAY 18th
Nickolas
Ashford and Valerie Simpson will perform at the RAZZ ROOM at THE HOTEL
NIKKO (222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA - 415-394-1189 - http://www.therrazzroom.com/
) Tuesdays through Sundays, through May 18th. Ashford & Simpson are
a successful husband and wife songwriting/production team, as well as
being recording artists in their own right. This performing and songwriting
team met in the choir of Harlem's White Rock Baptist Church. After having
recorded unsuccessfully as a duo, they joined another aspiring artist
Jo "Joshie" Armstead at the Scepter/Wand label where their compositions
were recorded by Ronnie Milsap "Never Had It So Good", Maxine Brown
"One Step At A Time", as well as the Shirelles and Chuck Jackson. Call
for show times and cover/minimum information.
NEW
YORK CITY: ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S "TELL ME ON A SUNDAY" SUNDAYS
THROUGH MAY 18th
The TONY award
winning one-woman-musical TELL ME ON A SUNDAY" will be performed every
Sunday through May 18th at 7:00 pm at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN
THEATER (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909 - http://www.westbankcafe.com/
). Back on the New York Stage after 22 years, the show tells the story
of Emma, a young British woman, who moves to New York City in search
of adventure, success and of course love. The show includes such classic
songs as Tell me on a Sunday, Unexpected Song and Capped Teeth and Caesar
Salad. A tour de force for the performer, the Broadway production opened
in 1985 winning Bernadette Peters a Tony Award for her portrayal of
Emma. The Alloy Theater Company's (http://alloytheater.org/
) production stars 2007 MAC award nominee Maxine Linehan.
NEW
ORLEANS : RICKY GRAHAM IN NEW REVUE AT LE CHAT NOIR THROUGH MAY
25th
Ricky Graham
stars in his new show THE RENEW REVUE! at LE CHAT NOIR (715 St. Charles
Avenue, New Orleans, LA - 504-581-5812 - http://www.cabaretlechatnoir.com/
) on Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 6:00 pm, through
May 25th. It is a a brand new original cabaret show starring Ricky Graham
and friends Sean Patterson, Yvette Hargis and Amanda Zirkenbach with
musical director, Jefferson Turner in which they take a very funny look
(with music and song) at New Orleans' struggle back to life. This company
of actors laughs through it all and you're in on the joke. his new musical-comedy
revue pokes fun at our favorite new topic - the recovery (and lack of!)
in the Crescent City. Expect to hear songs about the Insectarium, Ray
Nagin, Ed Blakely, Sidney Torres IV, The Road Home, post-Katrina cough,
"Chocolate City," and fighting over territory at the Endymion parade.
Tickets $32 and include a $5 bar credit.
NEW
YORK CITY: MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS, JR. MAKE CAFE CARLYLE
DEBUT THROUGH MAY 31st
THE
CAFE CARLYLE (35 East 76th Street, NYC - 212-744-1600 - http://www.thecarlyle.com/entertainment.cfm
) is pleased welcome the multiple Grammy-Award winning husband and wife
singing team of Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. in a limited engagement
through May 31st. Known worldwide as the lead singers and two-thirds
of the legendary '60s & '70s pop group "The 5th Dimension," the dynamic
duo will perform many of their best known and familiar songs like ""Up,
Up & Away," "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In," "Wedding Bell Blues," "One
Less Bell To Answer" and "Stoned Soul Picnic," as well as their number
one hit "You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be in My Show)," which earned
them the Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group. Having
entertained audiences during the past 40 years through their live performances
and their many recordings, McCoo and Davis are making their Cafe Carlyle
debut in this special engagement. The performance schedule is as follows:
Tuesday through Saturday at 8:45 pm with late shows on Friday & Saturday
at 10:45 pm. Cover/minimum charges vary - call for information.
NEW
YORK CITY: KAREN AKERS RETURNS WITH ALL NEW SHOW THROUGH JUNE
14th
Karen
Akers, international chanteuse and cabaret star, returns for her ninth
consecutive spring engagement at the legendary THE ALGONQUIN OAK ROOM
(59 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-419-9331 - http://www.algonquinhotel.com/nav_oakroom_cabaret.html
) through Saturday, June 14th. Ms. Akers will present an all-new show
entitled Move On. Fresh from the triumph of last spring's critically-acclaimed
engagement of Simply Styne (which has just been released on DRG Records),
this new program is a wry and sophisticated, rueful yet hopeful look
at the universal challenge of starting over. Ms. Akers will be accompanied
on piano by her longtime musical director Don Rebic. The evening is
directed by Eric Michael Gillett who directed last year's Simply Styne.
Performances are Tuesdays through Saturdays at 9:00 pm with late shows
on Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30 pm. There is a $65 music charge for
all shows plus a $30 minimum. At the early shows on Fridays and Saturdays,
there is a $70 prix-fixe dinner charge.
NEW
YORK CITY: MAGIC AT MIDNIGHT AT THE METROPOLITAN ROOM SATURDAYS
THROUGH JULY 26th
Award
winning magician and world-renowned sleight of hand artist, Eric DeCamps,
returns to the New York performance scene with his show, Eric DeCamps
Pure Magic - A Performance of Contemporary Conjuring at THE METROPOLITAN
ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440 - http://www.metropolitanroom.com/
) on Saturdays running every Saturday through July. His intimate style
of conjuring makes audiences an integral part of the presentation. Mr.
DeCamps has been amazing audiences for more than 30 years and has been
voted Magician of the Year by The Society of American Magicians and
is the second person in the 105 year history of the organization to
receive the prestigious Gold Medal of Excellence for Close Up Magic.
There is a $25 cover plus a $15 minimum.
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Piano
bar host, vocalist and recording artist David Pellegrene holds a special
"Cabaret Fever" event on Thursday nights, at 8:00 pm, after which there
is open-mic piano-bar until whenever at UNCLE CHARLIE'S (139 East 45th
Street 2nd Floor, NYC - 212-661-9097 - 
2007
MAC BOD AWARD WINNER Seth Rudetsky's BROADWAY CHATTERBOX at DON'T TELL
MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788 - 
Jane
Scheckter will reprise her warmly received show, "From This Moment On",
a musical tribute to Lena Horne, who is 90 this year, at THE MUSIC BOX
at BROADWAY BABY BISTRO & PIANO LOUNGE (318 West 53rd Street, NYC -
212-757-5808 - 
GRACE
NOTES - a Singers' Soiree, hosted by Grace Cosgrove, is to be held monthly
at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788 - 
Jazz
vocalist Paula West comes to CABARET AT SAVOR (4356 Lindell, St. Louis,
MO - 314-531-0220 - 
The
award-winning duo of Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano are presenting
their show "Let's Fall In Love ~ Celebrating Harold Arlen" at MORGAN'S
CABARET at the PRINCE MUSIC THEATER (1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
PA - 215-569-9700 - 
FEINSTEIN'S
at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue, NYC - 212-339-4095 - 
Nickolas
Ashford and Valerie Simpson will perform at the RAZZ ROOM at THE HOTEL
NIKKO (222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA - 415-394-1189 - 
THE
CAFE CARLYLE (35 East 76th Street, NYC - 212-744-1600 - 
Karen
Akers, international chanteuse and cabaret star, returns for her ninth
consecutive spring engagement at the legendary THE ALGONQUIN OAK ROOM
(59 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-419-9331 - 
Award
winning magician and world-renowned sleight of hand artist, Eric DeCamps,
returns to the New York performance scene with his show, Eric DeCamps
Pure Magic - A Performance of Contemporary Conjuring at THE METROPOLITAN
ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440 - 
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