Archived entries for cabaret

BroadwayWorld.com: SNL Star Ana Gasteyer makes West Coast Debut with ‘Elegant Songs’

by LA News Desk

LINK: http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/article/SNL-Star-Ana-Gasteyer-makes-West-Coast-Debut-with-Elegant-Songs-20110809

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Direct from her sold-out run in New York City, Saturday Night Live star and Broadway veteran Ana Gasteyer (Wicked, Three Penny Opera) makes her West Coast debut in “Elegant Songs from a Handsome Woman” playing a limited engagement Thurs-Sat, August 11, 12 & 13, 2011 at the Catalina Jazz Club, 6725 West Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028.

Gasteyer brings unique comic wit and style to the stage in her new show featuring songs and stories from…um, dare we say “a Handsome Woman?!”

The evening promises to be classy, brassy and sassy or classy, brassy, quirky and tear-jerky, depending on world events and/or her hair frizz factor. Gasteyer will be gently assisted by Director Julian Fleisher and band leader Jon Spurney.

Thurs – Sat, August 11, 12 & 13, 2011

Dinner/Drinks begin at 7:00PM / SHOWTIME 8:30 PM
Reserve your seat today! (323) 466-2210 or online at www.UprightCabaret.com/events

Catalina Jazz Club
6725 West Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028

Ana Gasteyer is best known for her incomparable work on NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. During her six year stint, she created some of the most famous SNL characters including middle school music teacher Bobbie Moughan-Culp, NPR radio host Margaret Jo, Lilith Fair poetess Cinder Calhoun, as well as spot-on impressions of Martha Stewart, Celine Dion and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

She recently returned to SNL as Margaret Jo in “NPR’S Delicious Dish” and the now infamous “Muffin Top” sketch with Betty White, which Gasteyer created and wrote.

On stage, she made her triumphant Broadway debut as Columbia in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. Since then, Gasteyer earned raves as Elphaba in WICKED on Broadway, and originated the role for the Chicago production, earning a Jefferson Award nomination.

Other New York theater credits include the Tony-nominated Broadway productions of THE ROYAL FAMILY directed by Doug Hughes, THE THREEPENNY OPERA with Alan Cumming and Jim Dale, Eve Ensler‘s acclaimed Off-Broadway hit THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, and Manhattan Theatre Club’s hit production of KIMBERLY AKIMBO by celebrated playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. Ana also she starred as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.

Recently, Gasteyer starred to rave reviews as Fosca in Gary Griffin‘s production of Sondheim’s PASSION at The Chicago Shakespeare Theater, earning a Jefferson Award nomination for her performance.

She also co-starred in the one-night-only star-studded Actors Fund benefit concerts of FUNNY GIRL, HAIR, and A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF Frank Loesser.

Ana can be heard on the Actor’s Fund Recording of Hair and the Reefer Madness Soundtrack.

Announcing: ‘Cabaret Cares: Songs for Japan’ Benefit Set for Monday, April 11

CABARET CARES: SONGS FOR JAPAN
A BENEFIT CONCERT TO AID RELIEF EFFORTS

PROCEEDS TO SUPPORT THE JBA FOUNDATION
PRODUCED BY DAISY EAGAN AND JAMES MOONEY
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CATALINA JAZZ CLUB
MONDAY, APRIL 11 AT 8PM

In response to the devastating events in Japan, producers Daisy Eagan and James Mooney, in association with the Catalina Jazz Club, have announced Cabaret Cares: Songs for Japan, a one-night-only event on Monday, April 11 at 8pm. Proceeds will support the Japanese Business Association Foundation. The JBA is working directly with the Japanese Consulate to ensure that the money raised on this evening will make it directly to the people working “on the ground” right now.

Stars from the worlds of Broadway, television, music and cabaret will come together to show their support, entertain, and help raise money to assist with Japan’s monumental crisis. The performers, in alphabetical order, are scheduled to include Danielle Bisutti & Rob Mullins, Jim J Bullock, comedian Bill Burr, Daisy Eagan, Delious Kennedy (All 4 One), Lee Lessack, Andrea Marcovicci, Sharon McKnight, Valarie Pettiford, and The Sklar Brothers (Comedy Central). More stars are expected to participate. Please ‘like’ us at www.facebook.com/cabaretcares for up-to-the-minute updates on the list of performers.

Tickets are $30 (plus a two-drink minimum) and can be purchased online by visiting www.catalinajazzclub.com or by calling (323) 466-2210. The Catalina Jazz Club is located at 6725 W. Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, 90028.

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04-05-11

Announcing: Erich Bergen Set to Debut Club Act

FORMER “JERSEY BOYS” STAR ERICH BERGEN
SET TO DEBUT CLUB ACT AT MAGIC CASTLE IN LOS ANGELES
AND WILL APPEAR IN VENICE AT KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE

In celebration of his first solo CD release, former Jersey Boys star Erich Bergen will debut his new club act at The Magic Castle in Los Angeles on Wednesday, September 15 at 8pm, and following that performance, he will be appearing at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City as part of the cast of Venice from October 7 through November 14.

Erich Bergen recently completed a three-year run starring as Bob Gaudio in the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Jersey Boys, as part of the Los Angeles, San Francisco, First National Tour and Las Vegas companies. Other recent credits include Gossip Girl (CW Network), White Christmas (Pantages Theatre), and A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Reprise).  In 2009, he co-produced, directed, and served as musical director for Las Vegas Celebrates the Music of Michael Jackson, a benefit concert which raised $118,000 for Music Education in Nevada public schools.

“Erich Bergen, as Bob Gaudio, is the show’s breakout star.  With his lanky good looks and vibrant intensity, his charisma feeds off the spotlight,” said Charles McNulty in his Los Angeles Times review of Jersey Boys.  Said Steve Freiss in Las Vegas Weekly, “Bergen has a youthful and affable presence, an ability to play with audience expectations, a willingness to take risks and a confidence that does not come across as arrogance.”  And, Bonnie Priever at Examiner.com said, “Erich Bergen is a star on stage … a fresh, promising, musical talent.”

Bergen’s CD, titled The Vegas Sessions, will feature new studio recordings of original compositions in the pop genre, along with live tracks recorded during three sold out Las Vegas appearances at the Liberace Museum in April, 2009. The disc will be available for purchase at the Magic Castle on September 15, and then October 1 at Amazon.com, CD Baby, iTunes and other digital music outlets.

The Inner Circle at The Magic Castle (7001 Franklin Avenue in Hollywood) will host Bergen’s California club act debut on Wednesday, September 15 at 8pm (doors open at 6:30pm).  Tickets are on sale now, at $15 for Magic Castle members and $25 for guests; there is VIP seating available for $50, which includes a copy of the CD, a post-show reception, meet-and-greet and a champagne toast.   Reservations  can be made at boxoffice@magiccastle.com or by calling (323) 851-3313, ext. 303.  Attire at the Magic Castle requires jackets and ties for gentlemen, and absolutely no denim.

Bergen will appear in the world premiere of Venice, a new musical with book by Eric Rosen, music by Matt Sax and lyrics by Matt Sax and Eric Rosen with additional music by Curtis Moore, at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre.  Beginning previews on October 7 with an official opening set for October 17, the limited engagement will run through November 14 only.  Due to Erich’s participation in this exciting new production, his previously announced concert date at the Rrazz Room in San Francisco will be rescheduled for early 2011.

Visit Erich Bergen at www.erichbergen.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/erichbergenfans, and follow Erich on twitter @erichbergen.

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09-03-10

The Magic Castle, located at 7001 Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, is the world’s most famous club for magicians and magic enthusiasts as well as the home to The Academy of Magical Arts, Inc.  Known worldwide as the showplace for some of the greatest magicians from around the globe, its latest artistic contribution, the Cabaret at the Castle, has also become the cabaret stage at which to appear in Los Angeles and whose recent performers have included Carol Channing, Florence Henderson, Lee Roy Reams, JoAnne Worley, Jason Graae, Ilene Graff, Rachel York, and the recent addition, once a month, of the popular New York hit Cast Party with Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch.