| Jazz and Cabaret Performance | | Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 1:04:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | Kudos to Ketchikan's First City Players and their 9th Annual Jazz and Cabaret events of this past weekend! Through the artistry and guidance of New York guests Anne Phillips, Bob Kindred, Paul Meyers and Matt Perry, our community, both performers and attendees, received a tremendous treat. I appreciated every performance, but a special highlight was the youth choir that performed on Sunday afternoon at Kayhi. This group was made up of well over 100 elementary and middle school students from six different schools in the community and they were spectacular! Their songs were filled with fun, energy, and the pure joy and pleasure of singing. In addition, their behavior as performers was exemplary. It was wonderful to see children joining together in such a positive manner and having an asset building experience they will always remember.... | |
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| | | New Voices Celebrates Second Anniversary with von Essen, Sapp and Lippa; Cody Hosts | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 7:02:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Monday Nights, New Voices cabaret series will celebrate its second anniversary with a Dec. 4 concert at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre. Jennifer Cody, who was recently seen in the Actors' Fund of America's benefit concert of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, will host the 7 PM concert. The evening will feature a mix of performers who have been part of the series' two-year run. Among those scheduled to perform are Max Von Essen, Nikki Renee Daniels, Marla Mindelle, Nicholas Dalton, Robb Sapp, Lauren Thomas, Katie Thompson, Jenna Leigh Green, Mamie Parris, Kate Pazakis, Sara Schmidt, Emily Drennan, Alison Cimmet, Tally Sessions, T.J. Mannix, Alena Watters, Ellyn Marsh, Joseph Hutcheson, Andrew Lippa, Brian Lowdermilk, Kait Kerrigan, Ryan Scott Oliver, Joe Iconis and Brad Alexander.... | |
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| | | Movie review: 'Shortbus' | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 11:03:19 PM by Blog57 Team | | For the hipper-than-thou characters of John Cameron Mitchell's sexual-ensemble drama, life in post-Sept. 11 New York City is "just like the '60s, only with less hope." The film follows a gaggle of bohemians who drop into the Shortbus, an erotic cabaret where musicians accompany the audience's orgiastic activities. Pursuing physical solutions to their existential problems are a sex therapist who has never crossed the finish line, so to speak; a gay couple looking to incorporate a third partner; a morose dominatrix, and a voyeur who begins butting into his exhibitionistic neighbor's life. The slender plot revolves around these depressed neurotics' relentless hedonism, while their lack of satisfaction is mirrored by a citywide blackout. Mitchell, who explored edgy sexual themes to better effect in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," offers more explicit intercourse in his sophomore effort, but less penetrating emotional insight.... | |
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| | | Coffee House Presents New Works by Bond, Butler and Maitner Sept. 28 | | Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 3:03:40 AM by Blog57 Team | | Coffee House, the new cabaret series presented at the Daryl Roth Theatre Complex's D-Lounge, continues Sept. 28 with an evening featuring excerpts from various new works. The 7 PM performance will boast new works by playwrights, poets, short story writers and/or essayists, including Phil Geoffrey Bond, Mark William Butler, Gail DeGirolamo, John Kearns and Rob Maitner. Each writer will present ten minutes worth of new material. Bond will present a portion of his play The Other Side of Darkness; Butler will offer his monologues with music "The Other Santa" and "Starring Me"; DeGirolamo will perform her solo piece Straight to the Top; Kearns will deliver some of his original poetry; and Maitner will offer an excerpt from The Misadventures of Robbie Maitner. Actors will include Richard Butler, Kristine Louis and Mark Janas.... | |
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| | | At 10, Fringe still features plenty of queer performance | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 1:09:34 AM by Blog57 Team | | Hundreds of avant-garde artists will gather in the City of Brotherly Love to perform in the annual Philly Fringe and Live Arts Festival, a two-in-one venue for raw performance art (Fringe) and work a little more cooked (Live Arts). The event, in its 10th year, runs through Sept. 16. Founded in 1997, the festivals were created to provide a home to dance performance, spoken word, theater and other art forms straying too far from the mainstream. And while the events have gained sponsorship and mainstream appeal over the years, they remain true to their independent spirit by defying convention and welcoming underground artists who raise skeptical eyebrows elsewhere. A host of GLBT performers are presenting work in the Fringe and Live Arts Festival, but no need to thumb through the splashy booklet.... | |
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| | | Rick's Cabaret adds third nightclub in San Antonio | | Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 11:09:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | Rick's Cabaret International Inc. is adding a third nightclub to its cache of cabarets in San Antonio. The publicly traded chain of adult nightclubs, through its subsidiary RCI Debit Services Inc., has completed the acquisition of Centerfolds Gentleman's Club in San Antonio. The former Centerfolds on Brewster Street will become an upscale Rick's Cabaret, featuring entertainers in a luxurious setting, the model the company uses at its existing Rick's Cabaret clubs in New York City, Houston, Charlotte and Minneapolis. Under terms of the transaction, the Rick's Cabaret (NASDAQ: RICK - News) subsidiaries are paying a total of $2.9 million for the club and an 18,000-square-foot building and accompanying real estate. Key former owners have entered into non-compete agreements. The Houston-based company posted revenue of $14.8 million in 2005.... | |
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| | | Murney, Testa, Callaway, Etc. Join Broadway Cabaret Fest | | Posted Friday, August 11, 2006 5:18:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | Drama Desk nominees Julia Murney and Nancy Anderson are the latest additions for the Jerome Kern Tribute concert, which marks the first night of Town Halls 2nd Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, while Tony nominees Liz Callaway and Mary Testa have been added to the roster for the Festivals final concert, "Broadway Originals!" The 3-day-long festival, which celebrates the best in cabaret and musical theater history, takes place October 20-22. On Friday, October 20 at 8:00 PM, the festival kicks off with "Music in the Air: A Tribute to Jerome Kern." Slated to perform: Tony nominee Stephen Bogardus, Tony nominee Rebecca Luker, Drama Desk nominees Julia Murney, Nancy Anderson, Leslie Kritzer and Michael Winther, Broadway stars Jack Noseworthy, Noah Racey and Nancy Lemenager and an assortment of leading artists from the stages of Broadway and cabaret, will pay tribute to the composer that wrote over 1,000 songs and 100 complete scores, including Showboat, Sweet Adeline, Roberta, Music is in the Air, Leave It to Jane and more.On Saturday, October 21 at 8:00 PM, two of Broadways leading ladies and the Tony-nominated stars of Side Show Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley get together for "Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley Sing Broadway." The duo will sing a wide range of musical theatre songs, from contemporary and classic shows from the Great White Way.... | |
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| | | George goes back to cabaret | | Posted Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:06:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | George Jones (left) is going back to his first love - cabaret. The deposed BBC Radio Ulster broadcaster and his beloved showband Clubsound are taking up a Sunday night residency in the Clarion Hotel in Carrickfergus. "The curtain goes up on Sunday, August 27, and we will be reviving the cabaret tradition that died in Northern Ireland in the 70s," said Jones today. "Our aim is to play the Clarion - formerly the Quality Hotel - the last Sabbath in every month, but judging by the response we will extend the run to other nights." Jones will be joined for the curtain-raiser by Clubsound stalwarts Barry Woods, Alan McCartney, Davy McKnight and Jimmy Black. "We packed the Waterfront Hall two years ago so there is still a great affection out there for Clubsound," declared George.... | |
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| | | Valarie Pettiford to Make New York Cabaret Debut, 7/19 | | Posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:02:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | Valarie Pettiford, Tony Award-nominee for Fosse, will make her NYC cabaret debut on Wednesday, July 19th, with shows at 7:30 pm and 10:30 pm at The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street, NYC)."Long recognized as among the fiercest of 'triple threats,' Pettiford worked under the legendary Bob Fosse in his final productions of Dancin' and Big Deal, and co-choreographed "Dancin Dan and his Shadows" from Fosse. In addition to performing on Broadway in Sophisticated Ladies, West Side Story and Grind, Pettiford has captured audiences on the big screen in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club, Sidney Lumet/Quincy Jones' The Wiz and Glitter, with Mariah Carey. Pettford's work continues into the homes of millions daily with daytime dramas such as NBC's 'Another World' and ABC's 'One Life to Live,' as well as her current prime time show, UPN's 'Half & Half.' Pettiford's latest endeavor is her first solo CD, 'Hear My Soul.' The debut CD moves between gems from her Broadway memories such as 'I Hear Music,' saucy takes on 'Them There Eyes' and 'Ain't He Sweet' plus a tasty sliver of Elllingtonia, 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore.' To more jazz-tinged pop material such as the torchy 'Where Do I Find Love,' written by her musical director Ron Abel and Chuck Steffan and a rendering of the Sinatra standard 'All The Way,'" state press notes.There is a $20 cover plus a 2 beverage minimum.... | |
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| | | Come to the Cabaret | | Posted Sunday, July 16, 2006 11:02:56 AM by Blog57 Team | | Like any good cabaret, "How to Handle a Woman" is a little bit naughty, full of great music and has way more than its fair share of attitude. The billing for the show says it all: "For lovers, cheaters, husbands, wives, artists, poets, bohemians, novices, and anyone who's ever loved, lost, laughed, screamed and gotten even." The show, produced and directed by Julianne Crofts Palma, features an ensemble cast of one man and about nine women, as well as jazz, blues and traditional cabaret musical numbers. Most of the actors are from the South Valley. "The show is modeled after traditional cabaret in that there really isn't a storyline," said Gilroy resident Sandra Marlowe, one of the performers. "It's more like artists coming together and poking fun at political and social situations.... | |
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