“Raissa Recommends” is my blog containing metaphysical musings and where I suggest some of the best performers and shows in the New York City area, as well as my favorite websites.
- 2020.May.Sunday
Richard Skipper Celebrates Rita Hayworth, Liberace & Friends!
407 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036, USAMay 20th in NYC! Russ Woolley Proudly Presents
Richard Skipper Celebrates
Rita Hayworth, Liberace, and Friends!
THE MAIN REASON to buy your tix TODAY…I want to see you! Wear sequins for great photo ops!Leanne Borghesi
Quinn Lemley as Rita Hayworth
David Maiocco as Liberace
David Sabella
Jim Speake*
Those Girls* ( Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser, Karen Mack, Wendy Russell)
(Jim Speake and Those Girls will be accompanied by Steven Ray Watkins)Musical Direction Joe Goodrich
With Don Kelly on Percussion, Matt Scharfglass on bass, and Erik Lawrence on Sax
Make it a bigger celebration by joining us!
Why buy your tix today? … You also never Know Whom You Might See There and What Might Happen!
Go to RichardSkipper.com and click on the yellow star to order your tix!
SALON
Etcetera Etcetera, West 44th Street, New York, NY, United StatesSALON
May 20, 2018
Theme: How Low Can You Go?
Co-Host: Ritt Hennwww.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
407 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036, USACome join us for Episode 9!
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. Panelists will defend their stories by all means possible, including song and dance.
“Here lies the truth is: this is a huge, huge hoot!!” – Nitelife Exchange
Hosted by MAC Award winner Amy Wolk
with Will TN Hall at the piano!Panelists Include:
Betsy Wolfe (Waitess, Falsettos)
Isaac Powell (Once On This Island)
Ellyn Marie Marsh (Kinky Boots)
Mike Millan (Escape To Margaritaville)
Ben Cameron (Broadway Sessions, Wicked)SUNDAY, May 20, 2018 AT 9:30 PM
THE LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE
$15 Cover/$20 minimum - 2121.May.Monday
IMPOSSIBLE BUT TRUE
818 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USADan 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)
KT Sullivan A Swing Time Kern-U-Copia
315 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036, USAKT SullivanSinger KT Sullivan
Returns to Birdland
“A Swing Time Kern-U-Copia”
Monday, May 21 at 7pmThe Broadway at Birdland concert series is thrilled to announce that cabaret superstar KT Sullivan will return to the historic stage on Monday, May 21 at 7pm.
KT Sullivan celebrates the master melodist Jerome Kern with songs both obscure (“Raggedy Ann” and “Bungalow In “Quogue”) and classic (“Bill”, “All the Things You Are” and, yes, “Old Man River”). Buoyed by jazz greats Jon Weber on piano and Steve Doyle on bass, KT will surprise with hot tunes In Swing Time.
KT Sullivan was named artistic director of The Mabel Mercer Foundation in 2012. She starred in the Broadway revival of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and headlined for almost two decades in The Oak Room of The Algonquin Hotel. One of the shows she created there, “Rhyme, Women, and Song,” was presented this season in a one hour presentation on PBS’ WNET 13. Besides regular appearances In such New York venues as The Laurie Beechman Theatre and 54 Below, she stars annually at The Crazy Coqs in London, and has been showcased at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall,The Kennedy Center, The Spoleto Festival, The Chichester Festival, La Nouvelle Eve in Paris, and The Adelaide Festival in Australia. She guest starred on Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion, was the star vocalist on two tours of China with The Manhattan Symphonie, and was twice named one of The Top 100 Irish Americans by Irish America Magazine. On that note, she is proud to be married to Steve Downey, president of The New York Browning Society.
KT Sullivan
“A Swing Time Kern-U-Copia”
Monday, May 21 at 7pm
$30 cover, $10 food/drink minimum per person
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