Larry Saltzman Of 'Jersey Boys' Joins 'Moonshine Martinis'

 Featured on the Grammy Award winning "Jersey Boys" Cast Recording and Martin Scorsese's Acadamy Award winning film "The Departed", guitarist Larry Saltzman joins Moonshine Martinis: A 60's and 70's Country Cabaret, featuring country music from the 60s and 70s.  Saddle up for a 1-hr ride through lovin', lyin', cheatin' & drinkin' with tunes made famous by Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline and others.Moonshine Martinis will be directed by Ray Hesselink who is currently working with the creative team of Billy Elliot ( Broadway 2008). Moonshine Martinis: A 60's & 70's Country Cabaret will be performed on Monday, May 5 at 9:30pm and Friday, May 9 at 9:00pm at the West Bank Cafe's Laurie Beechman Theater. The West Bank Cafe is located at 407 W 42nd Street, just west of 9th Avenue, in New York City. There is a $15 cover, plus a $15 food/beverage minimum. For reservations please call, (212) 695-6909.     

Moonshine Martinis: A 60's and 70's Country Cabaret is takes a look at city life through the eyes of a country girl.  After spending 10 years in the city, Shannon takes a look at how country music influenced (and still influences) her life.  Old country favorites and more obscure pieces will cover a wide range of subject matter from love with "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" to heartbreak with "She's Got You".  Outlaw country including the rambling "Mama Tried" will give way to southern gospel with "Peace in the Valley".   There are also pieces focusing on humor, feminism, relationships and politics.  

Shannon Brown: Shannon's musical background began at 5 when she started playing piano. Over the next 13 years she portaryed many classic musical theater roles including Tzeitel in "Fiddler on the Roof", Lucy in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", and her favorite, The Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz". Shannon received a BFA in Theatre from Marshall University in Huntington, WV where she portrayed Ann in "1940's Radio Hour", Dotty in "Noises Off!", and Lily Pepper in "Red Peppers". She has performed regionally with Lincoln Ampitheatre and The Lost Colony, and toured Japan as featured singer in "Country Western Jamboree". In New York, Shannon has acted in productions with Goldmine Theatre, Terrapin Troupe, and 13th Street Repertory Theatre. She has performed stand-up comedy at Gotham Comedy Club and Broadway Comedy Club. As a pianist, Shannon has played in orchestras for productions of "Into The Woods", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", and "No,No, Nanette".      
 
Ray Hesselink is a Director and Choreographer currently working with the creative team of Billy Elliot (Broadway 2008) as a Tap Dance Trainer and Consultant. Ray's work has been seen at the Duke Theater (Off-Broadway), Yale University, New York Musical Theater Festival and many other venues. Ray is on faculty at STEPS on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center teaching Tap Dance.
Larry Saltzman is one of New York's most "in demand" sidemen for both recordings and live performances. In 2007, his guitar playing was featured on both a Grammy Award winning CD ("Jersey Boys" Cast Recording), and an Academy Awarding winning film (Scorsese's "The Departed"). He toured worldwide with Simon and Garfunkel in 2003 and 2004 (captured on CD and DVD as "Old Friends On Stage"), and is currently touring with Art.

Larry has also performed and/or recorded with Bette Midler (numerous TV and concert performances), Christine Ebersol, Shawn Colvin, Chris Botti, Jewel, David Johansen, The Brecker Brothers and Celine Dion. He has also been seen and heard on NBC's "Saturday Night Live", as a member of the "house band".
 
Jonathan L. Segal is a pianist, singer, entertainer, songwriter, and music educator. He's had a diverse career. He has written music for television, including themes and songs for "Monday Night Football", "Another World", "Mighty Mouse, the New Adventures", and "One Life To Live" (for which he received an Emmy-nomination). He has starred in theatrical tours of Broadway shows ("Pump Boys & Dinettes"), music-directed on TV ("Afterdrive" starring Denis Leary, two Tom Brokaw specials), accompanied a number of music greats (Chuck Berry, Dizzy Gillespie), entertained as a singer/pianist at hundreds of events (events for Broadway's Tony Awards, the British Consulate, Al Gore, Mayor Bloomberg, The Discovery Channel, many major corporations), concertized ("The Great American Songbook on the Jazzy Side") played jazz in Tokyo, worked in industrial theater for many more corporations, music directed off-Broadway ("Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah") and worked on Broadway (teaching the Von Trapp children their songs for "Sound Of Music" and playing in The Radio City Music Hall Pit Orchestra).

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