Baby Jane Dexter is still bad and still blue as she premieres an all-new show at the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, on Friday November 25 at 7pm. In eight Friday and Saturday shows over a five-week span through December 23, "Still Bad, Still Blue" reunites the indomitable blues mama with music director Ross Patterson on piano.
Dexter's rabble-rousing song list, that's so good it will make you turn red, includes gems by
Jimmy McHugh &
Dorothy Fields, Abbey Lincoln, Clyde Otis,
Bessie Smith,
Stephen Sondheim, and Irma Thomas among others. And though
Santa Claus may not be sure where to put Baby Jane on his list, there's no question that this show should be at the top of yours! Baby Jane promises, with not an ounce of false modesty, "I have a lot to share!"
Writing about her last show, "The Real World" in The New York Times,
David Belcher said, "It is Ms. Dexter's legacy of incorporating unusual songs that has made her a trailblazer among contemporary nightclub singers." Writing previously in The NY Times Stephen Holden said Dexter's "booming pop contralto is one of the more formidable voices on the New York nightclub stage." Jazz Times Magazine pronounced, "Dexter's brand of entertainment is arguably the most compellingly, refreshingly honest there is."
The Emmy-winning Elissa Patterson serves as artistic consultant.
Baby Jane's "Still Bad, Still Blue" performs eight assorted Fridays and Saturdays from November 25 to December 23 as follows: Friday & Saturday November 25 & 26 at 7pm; Saturday December 3 at 7pm, Friday & Saturday December 9 at 7pm and December 10 at 9:30pm; Friday & Saturday December 16 at 7pm and December 17 at 9:30pm, and Friday December 23 at 9:30pm. The Metropolitan Room is located at 34 West 22nd Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues). There will be a $25 music charge and a two-drink minimum. For reservations call 212/206-0440 or to pre-pay online visit
www.metropolitanroom.com.
