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  • Karen Oberlin A Step Beyond The Rain: The Songs Of Arlen & Harburg

    Karen Oberlin A Step Beyond The Rain: The Songs Of Arlen & Harburg

    7:00 pm
    Nov/Wed/2017
    Laurie Beechman Theatre, West 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States
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  • Ann Hampton Callaway Jazz Goes To The Movies

    Ann Hampton Callaway Jazz Goes To The Movies

    8:30 pm-10:00 pm
    Nov/Sat/2017
    Birdland, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Ann Hampton Callaway
    Jazz Goes To The Movies

    Ann Hampton Callaway (vocals)
    Ted Rosenthal (piano)
    Martin Wind (bass)
    Tim Horner (drums)
    Jimmy Greene (sax)

    Tony Award nominee Ann Hampton Callaway salutes songs made famous in
    films… “Jazz Goes to the Movies.”

    This show explores the fascinating ways jazz and film have come
    together to tell stories.The playlist includes, “Taking a Chance on
    Love,” from Vernon Duke’s Cabin in the Sky, “Let’s Face the Music and
    Dance,” from Irving Berlin’s Follow the Fleet, “This Time the Dream’s
    on Me,” from Harold Arlen’s Blues in the Night, and “As Time Goes By,”
    the Herman Hupfeld classic from Casablanca.

    Callaway also performs jazz songs she has recorded for films,
    including, “Come Rain or Come Shine.” from The Good Shepherd, starring
    Robert DeNiro, “The Nearness of You,” from Last Holiday starring Queen
    Latifah, and “Pourquoi,” a song she wrote for the new film Blind,
    starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore.

    “For sheer vocal beauty, no contemporary singer matches Ms. Callaway.” – Stephen Holden, New York Times

    “…superbly intelligent, singularly creative pop-jazz stylist who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Streisand, Ronstadt, Shirley Horn and Dianne Reeves…” – Christopher Loudon, JazzTime

    Photo by Bill Westmoreland

  • Ann Hampton Callaway Jazz Goes To The Movies

    Ann Hampton Callaway Jazz Goes To The Movies

    11:00 pm-12:00 am
    Nov/Sat/2017-Nov/Sun/2017
    Birdland, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Ann Hampton Callaway
    Jazz Goes To The Movies

    Ann Hampton Callaway (vocals)
    Ted Rosenthal (piano)
    Martin Wind (bass)
    Tim Horner (drums)
    Jimmy Greene (sax)

    Tony Award nominee Ann Hampton Callaway salutes songs made famous in
    films… “Jazz Goes to the Movies.”

    This show explores the fascinating ways jazz and film have come
    together to tell stories.The playlist includes, “Taking a Chance on
    Love,” from Vernon Duke’s Cabin in the Sky, “Let’s Face the Music and
    Dance,” from Irving Berlin’s Follow the Fleet, “This Time the Dream’s
    on Me,” from Harold Arlen’s Blues in the Night, and “As Time Goes By,”
    the Herman Hupfeld classic from Casablanca.

    Callaway also performs jazz songs she has recorded for films,
    including, “Come Rain or Come Shine.” from The Good Shepherd, starring
    Robert DeNiro, “The Nearness of You,” from Last Holiday starring Queen
    Latifah, and “Pourquoi,” a song she wrote for the new film Blind,
    starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore.

    “For sheer vocal beauty, no contemporary singer matches Ms. Callaway.” – Stephen Holden, New York Times

    “…superbly intelligent, singularly creative pop-jazz stylist who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Streisand, Ronstadt, Shirley Horn and Dianne Reeves…” – Christopher Loudon, JazzTime

    Photo by Bill Westmoreland

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  • Christian Connors Dream Bigger: The Music Of David Friedman

    Christian Connors Dream Bigger: The Music Of David Friedman

    2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Nov/Sun/2017
    Greenwich Harbor Hotel 500 Steamboat Rd, Greenwich, CT 06830

    Join Christina Connors in celebrating her debut album DREAM BIGGER… Songs of Hope, Healing and Inspiration. The music of David Friedman. To watch her MY STORY promotional video or download the album, click link below:
    www.factoryundergroundrecords.com/dream-bigger
  • SALON

    SALON

    7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Nov/Sun/2017
    Etcetera Etcetera, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States

    SALON

    November 5, 2017
    Theme: Only In The Movies
    Co-Host: Toddy Phillips
    Salon Spotlight: Amy Beth Williams

    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.

  • Robin’s Nest

    Robin’s Nest

    8:00 pm-9:00 pm
    Nov/Sun/2017
    Laurie Beechman Theatre, West 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States
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  • Comstock & Fasano at Mezzrow

    Comstock & Fasano at Mezzrow

    8:00 pm-12:00 am
    Nov/Mon/2017-Nov/Tue/2017
    Mezzrow 163 W 10th St, New York, New York 10014

    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017
    ERIC COMSTOCK + BARBARA FASANO
    with SEAN SMITH, bass

    Pianist/singer Eric Comstock & vocalist Barbara Fasano return to MEZZROW with a freewheeling mashup of the jazz and pop songbooks, from Jerome Kern to Joni Mitchell, Cole Porter to Billy Strayhorn. In the words of jazz critic Ira Gitler, they “have it all, and then some … artistic, swinging, and superbly entertaining.”

    “COMSTOCK HAS A VOICE THAT FLOWS AS SMOOTHLY AS RYE AND SWEET VERMOUTH OVER ICE,
    EVOKING CHET BAKER, MEL TORME AND MARK MURPHY …
    FASANO HAS TASTE, BUILT-IN DRAMATIC CHOPS, THE ABILITY TO MANIPULATE TIME, AND, ABOVE ALL, RESPECT FOR LYRICS.” — Jazz Times

    “EXHILARATING … MR. COMSTOCK AND MS. FASANO ARE TURNING THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A HOTBED OF PLEASURE.”
    – The New York Times

  • Dan Ruth – A Life Behind Bars

    Dan Ruth – A Life Behind Bars

    9:30 pm-10:45 pm
    Nov/Mon/2017
    Laurie Beechman Theatre, West 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States
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  • Marnie Klar Bedtime Stories

    Marnie Klar Bedtime Stories

    7:00 pm-8:00 pm
    Nov/Wed/2017
    Don't Tell Mama, West 46th Street, New York, NY, United States
  • A NIGHT WITH ANNA RAIMONDI AT THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE

    A NIGHT WITH ANNA RAIMONDI AT THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE

    7:30 pm-9:30 pm
    Nov/Wed/2017
    Music Theatre of Connecticut 509 Westport Avenue (behind the Nine West Outlet) Norwalk, CT 06851

     

    November 8thA NIGHT WITH ANNA RAIMONDI AT THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE.  I’ll be doing the music for my good friend and clairvoyant-medium and healer Anna Raimondi.

    Anna Raimondi

    Photo credit: Andrea Photography

    As a motivational speaker, teacher, intuitive and author, Anna Raimondi’s mission is to give others the tools they need to live their lives in joy, while following their souls’ mission.  As a medium, Anna, brings wisdom and healing in from heaven as she provides others with insight, guidance and direction. Tickets are already going fast, so click here to reserve yours.

     Each ticket buyer will receive a signed copy of Anna’s latest book “Conversations with Mary”, which is due to be released by Atria Books (a division of Simon and Schuster) in October 2017.
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  • Marnie Klar Bedtime Stories

    Marnie Klar Bedtime Stories

    7:00 pm-8:00 pm
    Nov/Fri/2017
    Don't Tell Mama, West 46th Street, New York, NY, United States
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  • HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLK

    HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLK

    7:00 pm-8:00 pm
    Nov/Sun/2017
    61 Christopher St, New York, NY 10014, USA
  • SALON

    SALON

    7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Nov/Sun/2017
    Etcetera Etcetera, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States

    SALON

    November 12, 2017
    Theme: Heaven & Hell
    Co-Host: David LaMarr

    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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  • Amy Beth Williams A Thousand Beautiful Things

    Amy Beth Williams A Thousand Beautiful Things

    7:00 pm-8:00 pm
    Nov/Mon/2017
    Don't Tell Mama, West 46th Street, New York, NY, United States

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  • TANYA MOBERLY AT DON’T TELL MAMA THE MARK JANAS SHOW

    TANYA MOBERLY AT DON’T TELL MAMA THE MARK JANAS SHOW

    7:00 pm-8:00 pm
    Nov/Fri/2017
    Don't Tell Mama, West 46th Street, New York, NY, United States
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  • Church With A 2-Drink Minimum

    Church With A 2-Drink Minimum

    3:00 pm-5:00 pm
    Nov/Sun/2017
    94 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009, USA
  • SALON

    SALON

    7:00 pm-10:00 pm
    Nov/Sun/2017
    Etcetera Etcetera, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States

    SALON

    November 19, 2017
    Theme: There’s No Tune Like A Show Tune
    Co-Host: Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway

    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.

  • I ONLY HAVE LIES FOR YOU

    I ONLY HAVE LIES FOR YOU

    9:30 pm-10:00 pm
    Nov/Sun/2017
    Laurie Beechman Theatre, West 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States

    This is the last show of the year, so come join the fun!

    Amy Wolk and Nikki M. James present “I Only Have Lies For You”, a new live gameshow that pits Broadway panelists against each other in a lying contest. Featuring musical direction by Nate Buccieri, panelists will defend their stories by all means possible, including song and dance.

    Hosted by MAC Award winner Amy Wolk

    Featuring:

    Julia Murney (Wicked, The Wild Party)
    George Salazar (Godspell, Be More Chill)
    Kirsten Wyatt (Elf, A Christmas Story, Grease)
    Kevin Duda (Beautiful, The Book of Mormon)

    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2017 AT 9:30 PM
    THE LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE
    $15 Cover/$20 minimum

    https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/973906

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  • MAC Roving Open Mic

    MAC Roving Open Mic

    7:00 pm-9:30 pm
    Nov/Tue/2017
    Laurie Beechman Theatre, West 42nd Street, New York, NY, United States
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