December 30, 2005
Monday
night's post-Christmas Cast Party turned out to be one
of the best ever! Birdland
was packed with friends, family and good cheer…plus lots of wonderful
music. Composer-extraordinaire Victoria Shaw and her
two diva-daughters, Ruby and Ava Locknar
(pictured right), brought down the house with their talent, material
and extreme sense of cute. Michael Feinstein celebrated
a smash-hit run at the aptly named, “Feinstein's at
the Regency,” with his parents, friends and three
of the best backup singers in the biz (LaTanya Hall,
Margaret Dorn and Katheryn Russell).
Everyone sang, including Michael's dad, Ed! That Tony-winning
songbird, Christine Ebersole, showed up for some post-Christmas
duets with Billy Stritch, and bass-man Steve
Doyle rounded out the Symphony Orchestra fresh
off the plane from Omaha! On a self-aggrandizing note, we are proud to
be listed in the Theatrescene.net Top
Ten Cabaret Acts Of 2005, along with up-and-comers Barbara
Cook, Chita Rivera and Stokes Mitchell!
Yay, us! Be sure to spend The Night After with us on
Monday, January 2. Post-holiday Cast Parties RULE!
This coming Monday, January 2 at 7pm…the
gorgeous and extremely talented Mylinda
Hull (pictured right) will be making her Birdland
debut! Currently starring as Nickie in Broadway's Sweet
Charity, “Mylinda Hull and Her Lucky Seven”
swing into Birdland just in time to break all their New Year's Resolutions!
Mylinda leads seven of Broadway's top musicians out from orchestra pit
and onto the stage with a true blend of funny, sexy, jazzy arrangements
of theater songs. This promises to be one of our most exciting concerts
this season! Call 212.581.3080 NOW to reserve your seat!
You can also order tickets through www.instantseats.com/birdland.
Then, on Monday, January 9, Ann Harada
(Avenue Q), Leah Hocking (All
Shook Up, Hairspray) and Liz
McCartney (Bingo, Mamma
Mia, Taboo) will star in "TLC
(Three Loud Chicks).” Hold on to your hats as these
belting Broadway divas take the stage and rattle the rafters in an evening
of song, stories, and unbridled mayhem. Legit sopranos need not apply!
Where else can you hear
performances by some the best voices on the Broadway and music scene
live from the Birdland stage? This week, I'm happy to entertain you
with Rebecca Luker, Susan Egan (in
a photo by Robert Milazzo, at right), Jeff
Blumenkrantz, Christine Pedi, Brian
Childers, Tony Middleton, Christine
Lavin, Keala Settle, Kim Kassira,
and David Ippolito. You will also hear one of the funniest
takes on The Cabaret Scene direct from the Charles Busch/Julie
Halston extravaganza a few weeks ago. This tongue-in-cheek
sketch also starred Marion Seldes, who is absolutely
hysterical as cabaret diva Florence Edelman (currently
starring in S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous, S'Florence).
Don't miss our new show next week!
Tune in every Tuesday and Friday night
at 8pm exclusively on BroadwayWorld.com!
We're a podcast,
now, too! Go to The Radio Show
for all the info!
In the words of Liza Minnelli, "Cast Party
IS New York!"
Cast Party Radio Show is produced by Brian
Wilson at SoHa
Media.
Boy,
have we had fun with Ken Bloom's gorgeous new coffee-table
tome, “American Songbook: The Singers, The Songwriters and
The Songs.” It's packed with amazing photos and facts about
American popular music and is our official 2005 Cast Party Holiday
Gift. Every week, we're doing a giveaway, but if you're not a
lucky winner, you can click on Amazon.com:
The American Songbook and order one of your very own!Hurry! You can still give presents at New Year's!
"The Party simply
glows with New York nightlife ambiance. It feels like a throwback to
another era but it has this era's top-notch entertainers dropping in to
schmooze, sing, eat, and drink. Caruso consistently
provides a flow of exciting singers, and he's definitely hip, cool and
classy all by himself."
-THEATERMANIA
When:
Every
Monday at
BIRDLAND
315 West
44th Street (between 8th & 9th)
212.581.3080
corporations and private events:
Ligeti Artists LLC
Peter Ligeti
mrligeti@aol.com
212.396.1111
Woo hoo!
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