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  • TANYA SINGS AMY ANI RICKI JONI WITH RITT

    TANYA SINGS AMY ANI RICKI JONI WITH RITT

    7:00 pm-8:00 pm
    Sep/Wed/2016
    Don't Tell Mama, West 46th Street, New York, NY, United States

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  • ALLIANCE FOR PEACE

    ALLIANCE FOR PEACE

    7:00 pm-9:00 pm
    Sep/Wed/2016
    15 Station Road, Wilton, CT, United States

    Location: Trackside, 15 Station Rd, Wilton, CT.
    Date: 09/07/2016
    Time: 07:30

    Wednesday, September 7 – 7:30 pm – ALLIANCE FOR PEACE – Trackside, 15 Station Rd, Wilton, CT.  Kenneth Gartman and I will be performing several songs of inspiration, in an event to bring all people together, sponsored by Pawel’s Children Foundation facilitated by Anna Raimondi and Father Adrian Santarelli.  Also featured will be Gospel singer, Adrienne Reedy and Guitarist/Singer Ricky Mitarotunda
    Please join people of all religions as we pray for peace and unity in the world today.  Father Adrian bring us a new “rosary” that can be recited by all who believe in God, or a higher power.  Fee: $25 for which each person will receive a beautiful strand of beads with which to pray.  A 10% donation will be made to Pawel’s Children. Please register by paying
    [email protected] via paypal.com
  • Bill Zeffiro & Jenna Esposito at La Rivista

    Bill Zeffiro & Jenna Esposito at La Rivista

    8:00 pm-11:59 pm
    Sep/Wed/2016
    La Rivista 313 West 46th Street, New York, NY, United States
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  • SALON

    SALON

    7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Sep/Sun/2016
    Etcetera Etcetera, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States

    SALON

    Location: Etcetera, Etcetera – 352 West 44th St, NYC 10036
    Date: 09/11/16
    Time: 07:00 to 10:00

    September 11, 2016
    Theme: It’s Better With A Partner
    Co-Host: Mark Watson

    www.markjanasthesalon.com

    Sign-Up Begins at 6:15pm SALON is a unique, Multiple Award Winning, Weekly Open Mic Event, created and hosted by Mark Janas that happens at Etcetera, Etcetera – 352 West 44th Street, NYC 10036 every Sunday. It is an ongoing open entertainment event in which singers, writers and musicians share their talent with each other and audience members. There is a $10 cash cover collected at the door and a $20 food/drink minimum (cash or credit) per person. (For more information about Etcetera, Etcetera’s delicious menu: www.etcetcnyc.com. A 20% gratuity is added to all checks.) There are no reservations; seating is on a first come/first served basis, Doors open and sign up begins at 6:15pm. The evening begins at 7:00, has a 15-minute break at 8:30 and ends promptly at 10:00. If you would like to sign up to perform, see one the evening’s ‘Etceterettes’ to fill out a card with your name, the name of your song, whether or not Mark will be playing for you and any upcoming events you’d like to promote. We do not present performers in order of sign-up, however, indicating requests as clearly and as early as possible as far as time restraints are concerned always makes everything much more possible.  ALWAYS BRING SEVERAL SONG SELECTIONS to avoid duplication. All types of material, on or off theme are always welcome at Salon. We enthusiastically welcome instrumentalists, poets, playwrights, essayists, comics, illusionists and performance artists. Please limit your selections to three or four minutes in length (including introductions). Please also bring clear, complete charts for Mark to read. Sitting on the piano is not allowed, nor is flash photography. Please turn off all noise making devices and give performers your undivided attention.

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  • Janice Hall Grand Illusions: The Music of Marlene Dietrich

    Janice Hall Grand Illusions: The Music of Marlene Dietrich

    7:00 pm-8:00 pm
    Sep/Tue/2016
    Metropolitan Room, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, United States

    Janice Hall–Grand Illusions: The Music of Marlene Dietrich
    “Falling in love again . . . Never wanted to . . . What am I to do? . . . Can’t help it . . .”
     That is the memorable lyric from the iconic song that the legendary Marlene Dietrich delivered as the sexy cabaret singer in the 1930 film, The Blue Angel. Now, cabaret audiences who fell head over heels for opera singer Janice Hall’s 2010-2011 solo debut show—Grand Illusions: The Music of Marlene Dietrich—they will get to fall in love all over again (and a new audience can become smitten for the first time) when Hall reprises her Award-winning show at the Metropolitan Room on September 13 at 7 pm, in the 12th installment of Stephen Hanks’ monthly New York Cabaret’s Greatest Hits Series (Associate Producer, Fr. Jeffrey Hamblin, MD). Hall’s Marlene Dietrich show is directed by Peter Napolitano, with Matthew Martin Ward as Musical Director/Pianist and Ritt Henn on bass and ukulele.
     Just a read through of her reviews will reveal why Hall won a 2011 Bistro Award and the 2012 MAC Award for Best Female Vocalist for her Grand Illusions: The Music of Marlene Dietrich:
     “A glorious hour . . . Some of Hall’s interpretations achieve a status beyond merely wonderful; they are memorable, unique, standards against which other renditions should be compared . . .” –Roy Sander, Bistro Awards.com
     “Many performers have “done” Marlene Dietrich, but none has offered her songs more richly, more movingly and with lovelier singing than petite and elegant Janice Hall.” –Peter Haas, Cabaret Scenes Magazine:
     “What Hall is doing turns out to be neither imitation nor incarnation . . . She doesn’t sound or dress like Dietrich–she evokes the great star in other, far subtler ways . . . it’s remarkable to hear how she applies her superior range and musicality to the song, while still respecting Dietrich’s essence . . .” –William V. Madison, Opera News magazine
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  • Music and Art for City Greens Final Concert

    Music and Art for City Greens Final Concert

    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    Sep/Wed/2016
    Tudor City Greens, Tudor City Place, New York, NY, United States
  • Karen Oberlin Bad Love

    Karen Oberlin Bad Love

    7:00 pm-8:00 pm
    Sep/Wed/2016
    Metropolitan Room, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, United States

    Karen Oberlin unveils her brand new show: 

    BAD LOVE
    The Randy Newman Songbook

    Weds July 27th @ 7pm
    Wednesday, September 14th @ 7pm
    Thursday, October 20th @ 9:30 pm 
    (after Cabaret Convention)
    Monday, November 21st @ 7pm

    Randy Newman, as a songwriter, is an impassioned social realist in the same vein as (or school of) Yip Harburg mixed with Lorenz Hart… Someone who recognizes the power of songs, with lyrics that can remind us of injustice, the sting of loss and how unkind people can be… And yet in that salad of cruelty Newman tosses large amounts of love, joy and delicious humor.  Karen Oberlin, joined by her superb team of Tedd Firth as musical director and pianist and Steve Doyle on bass, explores the many facets of this heartbreaking and hilarious songbook, all at the Metropolitan Room in NYC.

    The Metropolitan Room
    34 West 22nd St. (between 5th and 6th Aves)
    Reservations: 212-206-0440 or Online

    $25 Cover/2 drink minimum

    www.karenoberlin.com

  • Bill Zeffiro & Jenna Esposito at La Rivista

    Bill Zeffiro & Jenna Esposito at La Rivista

    8:00 pm-11:59 pm
    Sep/Wed/2016
    La Rivista 313 West 46th Street, New York, NY, United States
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  • TANYA SINGS AMY ANI RICKI JONI WITH RITT

    TANYA SINGS AMY ANI RICKI JONI WITH RITT

    7:00 pm-8:00 pm
    Sep/Fri/2016
    Don't Tell Mama, West 46th Street, New York, NY, United States

    tanya-back final

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  • SALON

    SALON

    7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Sep/Sun/2016
    Etcetera Etcetera, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States

    SALON

    Location: Etcetera, Etcetera – 352 West 44th St, NYC 10036
    Date: 09/18/16
    Time: 07:00 to 10:00

    September 18, 2016
    Theme: Delicious
    Co-Host: Rosemary Loar

    www.markjanasthesalon.com

    Sign-Up Begins at 6:15pm

    SALON is a unique, Multiple Award Winning, Weekly Open Mic Event, created and hosted by Mark Janas that happens at Etcetera, Etcetera – 352 West 44th Street, NYC 10036 every Sunday. It is an ongoing open entertainment event in which singers, writers and musicians share their talent with each other and audience members. There is a $10 cash cover collected at the door and a $20 food/drink minimum (cash or credit) per person. (For more information about Etcetera, Etcetera’s delicious menu: www.etcetcnyc.com. A 20% gratuity is added to all checks.) There are no reservations; seating is on a first come/first served basis, Doors open and sign up begins at 6:15pm. The evening begins at 7:00, has a 15-minute break at 8:30 and ends promptly at 10:00. If you would like to sign up to perform, see one the evening’s ‘Etceterettes’ to fill out a card with your name, the name of your song, whether or not Mark will be playing for you and any upcoming events you’d like to promote. We do not present performers in order of sign-up, however, indicating requests as clearly and as early as possible as far as time restraints are concerned always makes everything much more possible.  ALWAYS BRING SEVERAL SONG SELECTIONS to avoid duplication. All types of material, on or off theme are always welcome at Salon. We enthusiastically welcome instrumentalists, poets, playwrights, essayists, comics, illusionists and performance artists. Please limit your selections to three or four minutes in length (including introductions). Please also bring clear, complete charts for Mark to read. Sitting on the piano is not allowed, nor is flash photography. Please turn off all noise making devices and give performers your undivided attention.

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  • Marieann Meringolo The Songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman

    Marieann Meringolo The Songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman

    9:30 pm-10:30 pm
    Sep/Fri/2016
    254 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019
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  • SALON

    SALON

    7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Sep/Sun/2016
    Etcetera Etcetera, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States

    SALON

    Location: Etcetera, Etcetera – 352 West 44th St, NYC 10036
    Date: 09/25/16
    Time: 07:00 to 10:00

    September 25, 2016
    Theme: Journeys & Homecomings
    Co-Host: David Meulemans
    Salon Spotlight: Kathleen France

    www.markjanasthesalon.com

    Sign-Up Begins at 6:15pm

    SALON is a unique, Multiple Award Winning, Weekly Open Mic Event, created and hosted by Mark Janas that happens at Etcetera, Etcetera – 352 West 44th Street, NYC 10036 every Sunday. It is an ongoing open entertainment event in which singers, writers and musicians share their talent with each other and audience members. There is a $10 cash cover collected at the door and a $20 food/drink minimum (cash or credit) per person. (For more information about Etcetera, Etcetera’s delicious menu: www.etcetcnyc.com. A 20% gratuity is added to all checks.) There are no reservations; seating is on a first come/first served basis, Doors open and sign up begins at 6:15pm. The evening begins at 7:00, has a 15-minute break at 8:30 and ends promptly at 10:00. If you would like to sign up to perform, see one the evening’s ‘Etceterettes’ to fill out a card with your name, the name of your song, whether or not Mark will be playing for you and any upcoming events you’d like to promote. We do not present performers in order of sign-up, however, indicating requests as clearly and as early as possible as far as time restraints are concerned always makes everything much more possible.  ALWAYS BRING SEVERAL SONG SELECTIONS to avoid duplication. All types of material, on or off theme are always welcome at Salon. We enthusiastically welcome instrumentalists, poets, playwrights, essayists, comics, illusionists and performance artists. Please limit your selections to three or four minutes in length (including introductions). Please also bring clear, complete charts for Mark to read. Sitting on the piano is not allowed, nor is flash photography. Please turn off all noise making devices and give performers your undivided attention.

  • Richard Skipper Celebrates

    Richard Skipper Celebrates

    8:00 pm-9:00 pm
    Sep/Sun/2016
    The Triad, West 72nd Street, New York, NY, United States
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  • TANYA SINGS AMY ANI RICKI JONI WITH RITT

    TANYA SINGS AMY ANI RICKI JONI WITH RITT

    7:00 pm-8:00 pm
    Sep/Fri/2016
    Don't Tell Mama, West 46th Street, New York, NY, United States

    tanya-back final

  • Marieann Meringolo The Songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman

    Marieann Meringolo The Songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman

    9:30 pm-10:30 pm
    Sep/Fri/2016
    254 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019
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