Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Cabaret Picks for September 7-13, Featuring Linda Lavin, Nicholas Guest, and More!
By: Louisa Brady Sep. 06, 2015
Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City.
Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Darius de Haas: "Something to Live For: Celebrating Strayhorn & More;" Linda Lavin: Starting Over; Carter Calvert at 54 Below; Nicholas Guest: Finding Nick; and Madeline Kahn Tribute.
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Darius de Haas: "Something to Live For: Celebrating Strayhorn & More"
Where: Birdland NYC (315 W 44th Street)
When: September 7th at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $30 at http://www.birdlandjazz.com/event/933587-darius-de-haas-something-new-york/
The Broadway at Birdland concert series is proud to announce that singer Darius de Haas will return to the historic stage at 7pm on Monday,September 7 with "Something To Live For," celebrating Billy Strayhorn.
Darius de Haas will celebrate the centennial and classic songbook of American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist and arranger Billy Strayhorn, who was best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington, lasting nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take the 'A' Train," "Chelsea Bridge," and"Lush Life." Darius will be joined by pianist Tedd Firth and bassist George Farmer.Linda Lavin: Starting Over
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: September 7th & 10-12th at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $50-95 at http://54below.com/artist/linda-lavin/
Tony and Golden Globe winner Linda Lavin takes the 54 Below stage this September, performing Broadway favorites, standards, jazz, and even some songs she learned from the great girl singers. New York audiences remember her from It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Broadway Bound, Collected Stories, The Diary of Anne Frank, Gypsy,The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, and many others, and the world over knows her as Alice Hyatt in the long-running hit TV series Alice. A veteran of the cabaret stage, Linda began her career playing such NYC nightspots as The Showplace in Greenwich Village and midtown's Downstairs at the Upstairs. Recently, Linda released her very first CD, Possibilities. This September, she'll be joined by Musical Director Billy Stritch, Ron Affif on guitar, Steve Doyle on bass, Steve Bakunas on drums and special guest violinist, Aaron Weinstein.
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Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: September 7th at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $25-60 at http://54below.com/artist/carter-calvert/
The New York Times raves, "Carter Calvert effervesces: her voice echoes chimes in the night." One of today's most versatile performers, Carter Calvert's talents don't fit neatly into one category. As a belter, she has been praised by critics for roles like Grizabella in Cats and Eva Perón in Evita. As a blues singer and singular actress, she originated her role in the Tony-nominated seven-person cast of It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, alongside Grammy Award winner Gregory Porter. She wowed audiences with her country chops during her recent portrayal of Patsy Cline opposite Sally Struthers in Always... Patsy Cline. And, recently her talent as a comedienne took center stage in the brand new NYC production of Forbidden Broadway: Comes Out Swinging!
On Carter Calvert's latest recording It's a Man's World, she tackles thirteen songs associated with iconic male artists. Enlisting some of the most talented Grammy Award-winning musicians and arrangers in the business, Calvert confidently reimagines material from Ray Charles, The Police, Bruce Springsteen, James Brown, and more. Hear that recording LIVE at 54 Below this fall, when Carter celebrates its release.
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Nicholas Guest: Finding Nick
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: September 11-12th at 9:30
Tickets: $30-70 at http://54below.com/artist/nicholas-guest/
In bringing his critically-acclaimed show Finding Nick to 54 Below for its NYC premiere, actor Nicholas Guest (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, The Long Riders, Trading Places, Sons of Anarchy, Mad Men, Frozen, and Tangled) explores his youthful search for an identity through live music, poetry and multiple personalities.
Nicholas Guest, born and raised in New York City, is a member of the talented Guest family, whose half-brother is the New York-based writer and humorist Anthony Haden-Guest. His brother Christopher Guest is a well-known actor-writer-director and the star of films including This is Spinal Tap.
Nicholas, the son of an English diplomat stationed in New York at the U.N and a Jewish mother, finds that in the 1967 "Summer of Love" just as he is choosing a college, his family has been reassigned to Geneva, Switzerland, causing him to begin a journey abroad to find the person he is yet to be. Experience a concert evening populated by over 20 entertaining characters of all nationalities and genders that he encountered along his way, popular songs (in both English and French) from that period, and alarmingly humorous situations! The veteran actor, already known for his outstanding characterizations on film and TV, as well as brilliant vocal work for both the large and small screens will surprise New York audiences with his versatility and voice in this comedic concert detailing his very personal journey to self-discovery.
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Madeline Kahn Tribute
Where: Metropolitan Room (34 W 22nd Street)
When: September 12th at 4:00 PM
Tickets: $22.50-115 at http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=199248&cart
Joseph Macchia brings you the next installment of Gone Too Soon, Now and Forever an evening of Madeline Kahn.
William V. Madison, author of Madeline Kahn: Being the Music, A Life (University Press of Mississippi, 2015), will host a musical tribute to the late singing actress as part of the Metropolitan Room's "Gone Too Soon" series, produced by Joseph Macchia. Following the performance on Saturday, September 12, at 4:00 pm, Madison will sign copies of his book, which has been called "illuminating" (Huffington Post), "well-researched and thoughtful" (Associated Press), "wonderful" (Michael Musto, Outmagazine), and "necessary" (The Movie Addict Headquarters). Directed by Peter Napolitano, "The Music of Madeline Kahn" will feature several friends and colleagues of the comic legend, including her co-stars from Richard Rodgers'Two by Two, Walter Willison and Joan Copeland. They'll be joined by performers from theater, cabaret, and opera who have been inspired by Kahn, including Ann Harada of Avenue Q and Smash. Jeff Cubeta is music director.The hit series Gone Too Soon returns in September at The Metropolitan Room. This final installment of the series for 2015 pays tribute to the great Madeline Kahn. Produced by Joseph Macchia and directed by Peter Napolitano. The series will feature some of the most talented performers from Broadway and Cabaret. Performing are Ann Harada, Walter Willison, Joan Copeland, Adam Shapiro, Michael Cohen, Janice Hall, Sarah Rice , Rosa Bettancourt, Hanna Burke , Lawrence Leritz, and Minda Larsen.
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