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Etcetera Etcetera, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States
SALON
April 8, 2018 Theme: Hard To Handle Guest Host: Jon Weber Co-Host: Raissa Katona Bennett Salon Spotlight: Rachel Ulanet
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.
Don't Tell Mama, West 46th Street, New York, NY, United States
When Harry Met The Duke highlights the musical similarities these two geniuses shared. Born six years apart, both Harold Arlen and Duke Ellington were the sons of musicians and both began playing with a band while still only teenagers. These two men changed the course of American popular music, with influence that reached into jazz, nightclubs, musical theatre and film, and are pivotal figures of The American Songbook. Coming from widely divergent backgrounds, each man composed with elegance and sophistication, yet incorporated a visceral sense that has its roots in America’s blues tradition. Both men broke “the rules” of songwriting, not afraid to write challenging, unconventional melodies and unusual song structures.
“One of New York cabaret’s strongest jazz singers, the 2012 winner of the MAC Hanson Award for “Excellence in Cabaret”, her (Rosemary’s) erudite and accessibly sophisticated new show featuring wonderful jazz, pop, and Broadway songs from the 1930s-’50s goes down like a delicious vodka martini topped with a skewer of blue cheese-stuffed olives.” Broadwayworld.com
SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH @ 5PM
Frank Ponzio-piano/music direction Waldron Ricks- muted trumpet
Church With A 2 Drink Minimum-April 22, 2018 An Interfaith Interspiritual God Optional Musical Celebration of Life!
This month we are raising money for our dear sister Candy Samples’ AIDS Walk team -The Candy Wrappers: https://ny.aidswalk.net/CandyWrappers Over the past seven years, The CandyWrappers Team has gone from a handful of walkers raising a little over $1,000 to a Gold Star team of over 70 raising $50,000 last year alone. Church With A 2 Drink Minimum wants to help Candy meet her fundraising goal…AND we will walk as a group with The Candy Wrappers on May 20. Its also EARTH DAY!!!! and we will celebrate Mother Earth with a variety of music, message, and talent. Our amazing Church W/A 2 Drink Team this month is: Rev. Yolanda singer songwriter, Rev. Glen Ganaway message&meditation, Mercedes Herman storyteller, Phil Carroll piano and musical direction, Doreen Younglove vocals, Lady D*D* your Usherette for the day, and special guest Rosemary Loar “One of New York cabaret’s strongest jazz singers, the 2012 winner of the MAC Hanson Award for “Excellence in Cabaret”- Broadway World
BY POPULAR DEMAND!! AN ADDED SIDNEY MYER SHOW!! Sidney’s upcoming show at Pangea on Sun, 4/22 sold so quickly, they have added an additional show on Monday, 4/23, at 7 PM!
Kevin Malony and TWEED PRESENTS: Sidney Myer Live at Pangea Sunday 4/22, and Monday 4/23 7 PM 178 2nd Ave. (Bet 11th/12th) With Tracy Stark Piano/MD Tom Hubbard on bass
Etcetera Etcetera, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States
SALON
April 22, 2018 Theme: Groovin’ On An Earth Day Guest Host: John Cook Co-Host: Ann McCormack & Woody Regan Salon Spotlight: Dawn Derow with Sean Harkness & Don Kelly
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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Raissa Katona Bennett in FUN HOME (The Musical) at Music Theatre of CT
Raissa Katona Bennett in FUN HOME (The Musical) at Music Theatre of CT
Church With A 2 Drink Minimum-April 22, 2018 An Interfaith Interspiritual God Optional Musical Celebration of Life!
This month we are raising money for our dear sister Candy Samples’ AIDS Walk team -The Candy Wrappers: https://ny.aidswalk.net/CandyWrappers Over the past seven years, The CandyWrappers Team has gone from a handful of walkers raising a little over $1,000 to a Gold Star team of over 70 raising $50,000 last year alone. Church With A 2 Drink Minimum wants to help Candy meet her fundraising goal…AND we will walk as a group with The Candy Wrappers on May 20. Its also EARTH DAY!!!! and we will celebrate Mother Earth with a variety of music, message, and talent. Our amazing Church W/A 2 Drink Team this month is: Rev. Yolanda singer songwriter, Rev. Glen Ganaway message&meditation, Mercedes Herman storyteller, Phil Carroll piano and musical direction, Doreen Younglove vocals, Lady D*D* your Usherette for the day, and special guest Rosemary Loar “One of New York cabaret’s strongest jazz singers, the 2012 winner of the MAC Hanson Award for “Excellence in Cabaret”- Broadway World
BY POPULAR DEMAND!! AN ADDED SIDNEY MYER SHOW!! Sidney’s upcoming show at Pangea on Sun, 4/22 sold so quickly, they have added an additional show on Monday, 4/23, at 7 PM!
Kevin Malony and TWEED PRESENTS: Sidney Myer Live at Pangea Sunday 4/22, and Monday 4/23 7 PM 178 2nd Ave. (Bet 11th/12th) With Tracy Stark Piano/MD Tom Hubbard on bass
Etcetera Etcetera, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States
SALON
April 22, 2018 Theme: Groovin’ On An Earth Day Guest Host: John Cook Co-Host: Ann McCormack & Woody Regan Salon Spotlight: Dawn Derow with Sean Harkness & Don Kelly
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.
BY POPULAR DEMAND!! AN ADDED SIDNEY MYER SHOW!! Sidney’s upcoming show at Pangea on Sun, 4/22 sold so quickly, they have added an additional show on Monday, 4/23, at 7 PM!Kevin Malony and TWEED PRESENTS: Sidney Myer Live at Pangea Sunday 4/22, and Monday 4/23 7 PM 178 2nd Ave. (Bet 11th/12th) With Tracy Stark Piano/MD Tom Hubbard on bass
Etcetera Etcetera, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United States
SALON
April 29, 2018 Theme: Family Matters Guest Host: Tracy Stark Co-Host: Deborah Zecher Salon Spotlight: Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
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.
Dan Furman’s “Impossible But True” is an immersive musical staged at Franklin 820, a local bar in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn. The bar is one short block from the Franklin Ave stop of the 2,3,4 and 5 lines—about 20-25 minutes from Union Square on the express (4 or 5) trains. There are two more shows: Monday, May 14 at 7pm and Monday, May 21 at 7pm. The production is free and last 2 hours.
Loosely based on the story of Rip Van Winkle, it is a show about believing (or not believing) in possibility. It follows Rip—an idle storyteller and dreamer—as he goes off to fight in the Revolutionary War and then cannot find his way home. The music is tuneful and the show is family-friendly and humorous.
Impossible but True (in a tavern) features: Rob Langeder* (Rip), Danielle Erin Rhodes* (Rebecca) Jerome Harmann-Hardeman* (Vedder/Hudson/Gansevoort), + Abigail Clyne, Charles Ouda, James Scheider*, Julia Kess, Liesel Lotte, Mark Montague* & Stephanie Lynn Mason*. This production is an Equity Approved Showcase. (* denotes members of Actors Equity Association)
TANYA MOBERLY AT DON’T TELL MAMA THE RITT HENN SHOW
TANYA MOBERLY AT DON’T TELL MAMA THE RITT HENN SHOW