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23rd Annual New York Cabaret Convention (2012)
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012 6:00p
to
9:00p
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center
New York,
NY
The 23rd New York Cabaret Convention will pay tribute to the late Donald Smith, the cabaret impresario who was the founder and executive director of The Mabel Mercer Foundation and creator of the annual convention. The three-night event, titled Celebrating Donald Smith, will be presented as such: Wednesday, Oct. 17 - The Gala Opening Night, Thursday, Oct. 18 - A Salute to Cole Porter (Donald's favorite composer) Friday, Oct. 19 - Thanks for the Memory. Advance tickets now on sale through the Mabel… Show more
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Performers at this Event
Amanda McBroom
This Los Angeles-based songwriter and cabaret singer is probably best known for her song "The Rose," a hit in 1979 for Bette Midler. McBroom has also appeared on stage in "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well" and "See Saw," and also tours regularly....
This Los Angeles-based songwriter and cabaret singer is probably best known for her song "The Rose," a hit in 1979 for Bette Midler. McBroom has also appeared on stage in "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well" and "See Saw," and also tours regularly....
Barbara Carroll
In the year 2005, Barbara Carroll could boast that she has began playing piano for a grand total of 75 years. Not without a pause to sleep and eat, obviously, but with a determination that might suggest such extremes....
In the year 2005, Barbara Carroll could boast that she has began playing piano for a grand total of 75 years. Not without a pause to sleep and eat, obviously, but with a determination that might suggest such extremes....
Daryl Sherman
One of the top swing singers to emerge during the past 30 years, Daryl Sherman has a light high voice that is influenced by Mildred Bailey and also by Ella Fitzgerald, Sylvia Syms, Billie Holiday, Blossom Dearie, and Barbara Carroll....
One of the top swing singers to emerge during the past 30 years, Daryl Sherman has a light high voice that is influenced by Mildred Bailey and also by Ella Fitzgerald, Sylvia Syms, Billie Holiday, Blossom Dearie, and Barbara Carroll....
Clint Holmes
Singer Clint Holmes only managed to notch one entry into the record charts, but his 1973 hit "Playground in My Mind" was one of the more memorable songs by a one-hit wonder. Born on May 9, 1946, in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, to an opera-singing mother and a jazz-musician father, Holmes grew up in Farnham, NY....
Singer Clint Holmes only managed to notch one entry into the record charts, but his 1973 hit "Playground in My Mind" was one of the more memorable songs by a one-hit wonder. Born on May 9, 1946, in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, to an opera-singing mother and a jazz-musician father, Holmes grew up in Farnham, NY....
Karen Akers
Cabaret singer and actress Karen Akers was born Karen Orth-Pallavicini in New York City on October 13, 1945. Her ancestry was a mixture of European stock: her immigrant father, a member of the European nobility who dropped his title when he came to America, was of Austrian and Swiss/Italian heritage; her American-born mother had Russian, Norwegian, and French forebears on one side of her family and Scots-Irish ones on the other....
Cabaret singer and actress Karen Akers was born Karen Orth-Pallavicini in New York City on October 13, 1945. Her ancestry was a mixture of European stock: her immigrant father, a member of the European nobility who dropped his title when he came to America, was of Austrian and Swiss/Italian heritage; her American-born mother had Russian, Norwegian, and French forebears on one side of her family and Scots-Irish ones on the other....
Ann Hampton Callaway
Pop/jazz singer and songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway is the daughter of television journalist John Callaway and vocal coach Shirley Callaway, and the sister of Broadway performer Liz Callaway....
Pop/jazz singer and songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway is the daughter of television journalist John Callaway and vocal coach Shirley Callaway, and the sister of Broadway performer Liz Callaway....
Karen Mason
KAREN MASON has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway, television, and recording and "has few peers when it comes to ripping the roof off with her amazing voice that knows no bounds!" (TheatreScene....
KAREN MASON has starred on Broadway, Off-Broadway, television, and recording and "has few peers when it comes to ripping the roof off with her amazing voice that knows no bounds!" (TheatreScene....
K.T. Sullivan
Amazing vocalist KT Sullivan was born and raised in rural Oklahoma in a little place called Boggy Depot. She grew up as a member of a large, close family where music was always a part of every day life....
Amazing vocalist KT Sullivan was born and raised in rural Oklahoma in a little place called Boggy Depot. She grew up as a member of a large, close family where music was always a part of every day life....
Catherine Russell
Jazz and blues vocalist Catherine Russell, a native of New York City, was born with distinctive bloodlines. Her father was Luis Russell, the renowned big-band leader who was born in Panama, and lived in New Orleans and New York City....
Jazz and blues vocalist Catherine Russell, a native of New York City, was born with distinctive bloodlines. Her father was Luis Russell, the renowned big-band leader who was born in Panama, and lived in New Orleans and New York City....
Jim Caruso
Jim Caruso has won five MAC Awards and two BackStage Magazine Bistro Awards for his sold-out shows at Birdland, Arci’s Place, The Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, and The Russian Tea Room....
Jim Caruso has won five MAC Awards and two BackStage Magazine Bistro Awards for his sold-out shows at Birdland, Arci’s Place, The Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, and The Russian Tea Room....
Jeff Harnar
Nightclub singer Jeff Harnar emerged in the 1990s as what The New York Times called "the most important new male cabaret performer since Michael Feinstein." A two-time winner of the Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC) Award as Best Male Vocalist, he also won the Backstage Bistro Award three times....
Nightclub singer Jeff Harnar emerged in the 1990s as what The New York Times called "the most important new male cabaret performer since Michael Feinstein." A two-time winner of the Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC) Award as Best Male Vocalist, he also won the Backstage Bistro Award three times....
Lee Roy Reams
Lee Roy Reams was nominated for Tony and Drama Desk Awards for the role of Billy Lawlor in Gower Champion’s production of 42nd Street. He won the Carbonell Award and Washington DC’s prestigious Helen Hayes Award for his playing Roger DeBris The Producers....
Lee Roy Reams was nominated for Tony and Drama Desk Awards for the role of Billy Lawlor in Gower Champion’s production of 42nd Street. He won the Carbonell Award and Washington DC’s prestigious Helen Hayes Award for his playing Roger DeBris The Producers....
Todd Murray
Todd Murray began performing at a young age, growing up in a musical household with his piano-playing aunt. Developing his smooth voice through time, Murray began to perform as a solo artist and gain gigs with his multi-octave voice....
Todd Murray began performing at a young age, growing up in a musical household with his piano-playing aunt. Developing his smooth voice through time, Murray began to perform as a solo artist and gain gigs with his multi-octave voice....
Maude Maggart
Cabaret singer Maude Maggart comes from a family steeped in the world of professional entertainment. Her maternal grandmother, Millicent Green, appeared in George White's Scandals of 1926 and met Maggart's grandfather, Johnny McAfee, when she successfully auditioned to become the girl singer in the Johnny Hamp Band in 1937; McAfee was a reed player in the band and, after they were married, he moved on to the Harry James Orchestra....
Cabaret singer Maude Maggart comes from a family steeped in the world of professional entertainment. Her maternal grandmother, Millicent Green, appeared in George White's Scandals of 1926 and met Maggart's grandfather, Johnny McAfee, when she successfully auditioned to become the girl singer in the Johnny Hamp Band in 1937; McAfee was a reed player in the band and, after they were married, he moved on to the Harry James Orchestra....
Tony DeSare
Pianist/vocalist Tony Desare is a jazz musician and crooner in the tradition of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole as well as such revivalists as Harry Connick, Jr. and John Pizzarelli. A native of New York State, Desare began playing piano at a young age and by 17 had more than a few live performances under his belt....
Pianist/vocalist Tony Desare is a jazz musician and crooner in the tradition of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole as well as such revivalists as Harry Connick, Jr. and John Pizzarelli. A native of New York State, Desare began playing piano at a young age and by 17 had more than a few live performances under his belt....
Andrea Marcovicci
b. 18 November 1948, New York City, New York, USA. Marcovicci’s professional career began in the 60s when she worked as a folk singer, but focused chiefly on acting. She worked in television (including Love Is A Many Splendored Thing), the theatre (her Broadway debut was in 1972’s The Ambassador, plus a number of off-Broadway productions and also with the American Conservatory Theater), and in movies (including 1976’s The Front, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, 1981’s The Hand, 1985’s The Stuff, and 1993’s Jack The Bear)....
b. 18 November 1948, New York City, New York, USA. Marcovicci’s professional career began in the 60s when she worked as a folk singer, but focused chiefly on acting. She worked in television (including Love Is A Many Splendored Thing), the theatre (her Broadway debut was in 1972’s The Ambassador, plus a number of off-Broadway productions and also with the American Conservatory Theater), and in movies (including 1976’s The Front, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, 1981’s The Hand, 1985’s The Stuff, and 1993’s Jack The Bear)....
Emily Bergl
Chicago native Emily Bergl honed her performance skills reciting poetry in competition for the National Forensics League when she was enrolled at the prestigious Grinnell College in Iowa....
Chicago native Emily Bergl honed her performance skills reciting poetry in competition for the National Forensics League when she was enrolled at the prestigious Grinnell College in Iowa....
Christine Andreas
Acclaimed Broadway performer Christine Andreasbegan her stage career playing Eliza Doolittle in a production of My Fair Lady, which proved to be an award-winning debut. In 1979, she netted her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in Oklahoma, a feat that she duplicated four years later when she was nominated for her role in On Your Toes....
Acclaimed Broadway performer Christine Andreasbegan her stage career playing Eliza Doolittle in a production of My Fair Lady, which proved to be an award-winning debut. In 1979, she netted her first Tony Award nomination for her performance in Oklahoma, a feat that she duplicated four years later when she was nominated for her role in On Your Toes....
Location & Nearby Info
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway and West 60th Street
Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10023
Broadway and West 60th Street
Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10023
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