The loving crowd was delighted with such inventive theme this week - "Icons & Idols." It gave all of our singers a chance to tell us who they admire and look up to, and each song then took on a new significance which was lovely to behold. Not only that, but founder Mark Janas reminded us that when living in a great city like NYC there are some of us lucky enough to have found their idols become their colleagues and friends. I certainly feel that way, being a part of The Salon.
We also had a very special celebration tonight - it was producer Tanya Moberly's birthday! The sold-out crowd sang a boisterous "Happy Birthday" and enjoyed a bit of cake - Happy Birthday, Tanya!
Our Co-Host was 2016 MAC Award Winner for Female Debut Natalie Arneson! The evening started with Natalie singing a subtle and smooth, "New York City Blues." For her mid-show set Natalie invited Matt Baker to the piano and started with Peggy Lee's "Hallelujah I Love Him So." For her second song Natalie talked about how the great musicians often take well known songs and give them their own creative spin. She and Matt then gave us a haunting yet cheeky rendition of "Fever." The last song of the set was a fun and enigmatic, "I'm Gonna Go Fishing." And for the last song of the evening, Natalie joined up with Mark Janas on a stunning and crowd pleasing, "Lean On Me." (May it also be noted: Natalie adorable baby Nikolai joined her on the stage for two numbers and couldn't resist singing into the mic - that is, when he wasn't gazing adoringly into his mother's eyes!)
Natalie will be releasing a CD of her recent, critically acclaimed Peggy Lee show later this year with Matt Baker. For more information, look for Natalie on Facebook.
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| Co-Host Natalie Arneson! |
Our Salon Spotlight featured Bistro & MAC Award Winner Dawn Derow and Bistro & Multiple MAC Award Winner Sean Harkness! To start their 3-song set, Sean did a powerful original solo song on guitar which got the audience hooting and hollering. He then invited Dawn to join him at the mic for one of their beloved "Dawn-Sean" arrangements - a delicate and moving medley of, "I Don't Wanna Know/Say You Love Me". They completed their set with one of my very favorite songs by the Indigo Girls - a powerfully performed, "The Power of Two."
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| Salon Spotlight: Sean Harkness and Dawn Derow! |
Dawn & Sean (& Suzanne Fiore) will be at Carroll Place – 157 Bleecker St, NYC 10012 – on May 2nd with sets at 7:30pm & 9pm. For more information: www.carrollplacenyc.com
Quick Wrap - Classical Corner
For tonight's classical corner, host Mark Janas invited to the microphone the incredible Joseph DiSalle, an operatic tenor who studied with the great Franco Corelli. Joseph brought us three selections - the first, sung in French, was "O Paradis" from Giacomo Meyebeer's opera, L'Africaine. The second impressive song was the Italian, "L'Ultima Canzone" by Francesco Paolo Tosti. To close out the set (and also the 1st half of the evening) Joseph sang a lovely, "Dicitencello Vuie" with music by Rodolfo Falvo and lyrics by Enzo Fusco.
Roster of performers for the evening (in order of appearance):
Click link to visit the performer’s website or other links, when available.
All piano accompaniment by Mark Janas unless otherwise noted.
Co-Host: Natalie Arneson
Jerome Weinstein
Kit
Marnie Klar
Rian Keating
Shari Pine
Jaye Maynard
Sue Matsuki
Marcia Roney (with Matthew Martin Ward on piano)
Sally Darling (with Matthew Martin Ward on piano)
Janice Hall (with Matthew Martin Ward on piano)
David Ballard
Erin Cronican
Salon Spotlight: Dawn Derow (with Sean Harkness on guitar)
Tanya Moberly (with Sean Harkness on guitar)
Classical Corner: Mark Janas, with Joseph DiSalle
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Co-Host: Natalie Arneson (with Matt Baker on piano)
Lucille Carr-Kaffashan
Becca Kidwell
Jim Speake
Zach Wobensmith
Ira Lee Collings
Bobbie Horowitz
Adam B Shapiro
Matthew Martin Ward (also on piano)
Scott Evan Davis (also on piano)
Joshua Lance Dixon
Angela Leone
Richie Eisenberg
Co-Host: Natalie Arneson
Special thanks to tonight’s musicians: Mark Janas, Matt Baker, Sean Harkness, Matthew Martin Ward and Scott Evan Davis.
And thank you to Rebecca Balin on lights and sound, and our amazing waitstaff who always handle the demands of a full house with grace and style, and Steve Bustamante, tonight's videographer.
Ongoing Shows:
Monday nights (7pm): Opera Open Mic at Shanghai Mong with Mark Janas and Matthew Martin Ward, 30 West 32nd Street, NYC. www.shanghaimongnyc.com
Monday & Wednesday nights (8pm): Bill Zeffiro performs weekly at La Rivista, 313 West 46th St, NYC.
Upcoming Shows:
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 (7pm): Adam B Shapiro is bringing back his MAC Award winning show, "Guide to the Perfect Breakup," to The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd St, NYC.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs Amy Beth Williams in "Carried Away" at Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St, NYC.
Friday, March 17, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly brings back "Tanya Moberly Sings Amy, Ani, Rickie and Joni with Ritt Henn" one night only at Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St, NYC.
Saturday, March 18, 2017 (4pm): Rian Keating's next show, "After The Fall...Woman Songs" will be at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Saturday, March 18, 2017 (7pm): Sue Matsuki is doing a monthly series, with the next show, "Jam N Toasts" at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Monday, March 20, 2017 (7pm): Bobbie Horowitz is bringing is her next installment of "It's Only A Number" in honor of The Salon's Sponsor, Father Jeff Hamblin, at the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, NYC
Wednesday, March 22, 2017: Marcia Roney is appearing in her new show, "Letting Go" at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 (6:30pm): Rian Keating's next show, "After The Fall...Woman Songs" will be at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Sunday, March 26, 2017: Natalie Arneson is appearing in "Sondheim Unplugged" at 54 Below, 254 West 54th St, NYC.
Sunday, March 26, 2017 (4pm): Rian Keating's next show, "After The Fall...Woman Songs" will be at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 (7pm): Kit is appearing for one night only at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Friday, March 31, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly brings back "Tanya Moberly Sings Kenny Loggins with Steven Ray Watkins" one night only at Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St, NYC.
Saturday, April 1, 2017 (7pm): Becca C Kidwell is bringing her 2nd show, "A Song and It's Girl," to Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs Dan Ruth in "A Life Behind Bars" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W 42nd St, NYC.
Friday, April 14, 2017 (7pm): Joshua Lance Dixon is doing two more performances of his show at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Saturday, April 15, 2017 (7pm): Joshua Lance Dixon is doing two more performances of his show at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Monday, April 17, 2017 (4pm & 6pm): Erin Cronican is part of a sneak peek promo of her next musical, "Play Like A Winner" being produced at NYMF this summer, with two presentations at Shetler Studios (Studio: Shetler 1) at 244 West 54th St, 12th Floor, NYC.
Saturday, April 22, 2017 (7:30pm): Janice Hall is bringing back, "Grand Illusions: The Marlene Dietrich Show" to the Union Temple, Brooklyn, NYC.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs Dan Ruth in "A Life Behind Bars" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W 42nd St, NYC.
Saturday, April 29, 2017 (7pm): Lucille Carr-Kaffashan is bringing her show, "Unwritten" to Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
May 2017 - Shari Pine is appearing in May at the Blue Note, NYC.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - Dawn Derow and Sean Harkness are appearing at Carroll Place, 157 Bleecker St, NYC.
Thursday, May 4, 2017 (7pm): Lucille Carr-Kaffashan is bringing her show, "Unwritten" to Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs Dan Ruth in "A Life Behind Bars" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W 42nd St, NYC.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017: Sally Darling is premiering her new show, with musical direction by Matthew Martin Ward, at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Monday, May 15, 2017: Dawn Derow is hosting a benefit for Planned Parenthood with other members of the cabaret community called, "Women's Revolution" in NYC.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 (9:30pm): Tanya Moberly directs Dan Ruth in "A Life Behind Bars" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W 42nd St, NYC.
Sunday, June 4, 2017: Sally Darling is premiering her new show, "Love, Lust and Longing", with musical direction by Matthew Martin Ward, at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Friday, June 9, 2017: Sally Darling is premiering her new show, "Love, Lust and Longing", with musical direction by Matthew Martin Ward, at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017: Sally Darling is premiering her new show, "Love, Lust and Longing", with musical direction by Matthew Martin Ward, at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
We will be back next week with the theme,"Love and Marriage" with your Co-Host, Lena Moy-Borgen and Salon Spotlight, Andy Marino.
See you then!
Erin Cronican
Blogette for The Salon
Do you see a change/addition you need me to make? Email me!
For tonight's classical corner, host Mark Janas invited to the microphone the incredible Joseph DiSalle, an operatic tenor who studied with the great Franco Corelli. Joseph brought us three selections - the first, sung in French, was "O Paradis" from Giacomo Meyebeer's opera, L'Africaine. The second impressive song was the Italian, "L'Ultima Canzone" by Francesco Paolo Tosti. To close out the set (and also the 1st half of the evening) Joseph sang a lovely, "Dicitencello Vuie" with music by Rodolfo Falvo and lyrics by Enzo Fusco.
Roster of performers for the evening (in order of appearance):
Click link to visit the performer’s website or other links, when available.
All piano accompaniment by Mark Janas unless otherwise noted.
Co-Host: Natalie Arneson
Jerome Weinstein
Kit
Marnie Klar
Rian Keating
Shari Pine
Jaye Maynard
Sue Matsuki
Marcia Roney (with Matthew Martin Ward on piano)
Sally Darling (with Matthew Martin Ward on piano)
Janice Hall (with Matthew Martin Ward on piano)
David Ballard
Erin Cronican
Salon Spotlight: Dawn Derow (with Sean Harkness on guitar)
Tanya Moberly (with Sean Harkness on guitar)
Classical Corner: Mark Janas, with Joseph DiSalle
BREAK
Co-Host: Natalie Arneson (with Matt Baker on piano)
Lucille Carr-Kaffashan
Becca Kidwell
Jim Speake
Zach Wobensmith
Ira Lee Collings
Bobbie Horowitz
Adam B Shapiro
Matthew Martin Ward (also on piano)
Scott Evan Davis (also on piano)
Joshua Lance Dixon
Angela Leone
Richie Eisenberg
Co-Host: Natalie Arneson
Special thanks to tonight’s musicians: Mark Janas, Matt Baker, Sean Harkness, Matthew Martin Ward and Scott Evan Davis.
And thank you to Rebecca Balin on lights and sound, and our amazing waitstaff who always handle the demands of a full house with grace and style, and Steve Bustamante, tonight's videographer.
Ongoing Shows:
Monday nights (7pm): Opera Open Mic at Shanghai Mong with Mark Janas and Matthew Martin Ward, 30 West 32nd Street, NYC. www.shanghaimongnyc.com
Monday & Wednesday nights (8pm): Bill Zeffiro performs weekly at La Rivista, 313 West 46th St, NYC.
Upcoming Shows:
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 (7pm): Adam B Shapiro is bringing back his MAC Award winning show, "Guide to the Perfect Breakup," to The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd St, NYC.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs Amy Beth Williams in "Carried Away" at Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St, NYC.
Friday, March 17, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly brings back "Tanya Moberly Sings Amy, Ani, Rickie and Joni with Ritt Henn" one night only at Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St, NYC.
Saturday, March 18, 2017 (4pm): Rian Keating's next show, "After The Fall...Woman Songs" will be at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Saturday, March 18, 2017 (7pm): Sue Matsuki is doing a monthly series, with the next show, "Jam N Toasts" at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Monday, March 20, 2017 (7pm): Bobbie Horowitz is bringing is her next installment of "It's Only A Number" in honor of The Salon's Sponsor, Father Jeff Hamblin, at the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, NYC
Wednesday, March 22, 2017: Marcia Roney is appearing in her new show, "Letting Go" at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 (6:30pm): Rian Keating's next show, "After The Fall...Woman Songs" will be at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Sunday, March 26, 2017: Natalie Arneson is appearing in "Sondheim Unplugged" at 54 Below, 254 West 54th St, NYC.
Sunday, March 26, 2017 (4pm): Rian Keating's next show, "After The Fall...Woman Songs" will be at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 (7pm): Kit is appearing for one night only at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Friday, March 31, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly brings back "Tanya Moberly Sings Kenny Loggins with Steven Ray Watkins" one night only at Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St, NYC.
Saturday, April 1, 2017 (7pm): Becca C Kidwell is bringing her 2nd show, "A Song and It's Girl," to Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs Dan Ruth in "A Life Behind Bars" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W 42nd St, NYC.
Friday, April 14, 2017 (7pm): Joshua Lance Dixon is doing two more performances of his show at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Saturday, April 15, 2017 (7pm): Joshua Lance Dixon is doing two more performances of his show at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Monday, April 17, 2017 (4pm & 6pm): Erin Cronican is part of a sneak peek promo of her next musical, "Play Like A Winner" being produced at NYMF this summer, with two presentations at Shetler Studios (Studio: Shetler 1) at 244 West 54th St, 12th Floor, NYC.
Saturday, April 22, 2017 (7:30pm): Janice Hall is bringing back, "Grand Illusions: The Marlene Dietrich Show" to the Union Temple, Brooklyn, NYC.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs Dan Ruth in "A Life Behind Bars" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W 42nd St, NYC.
Saturday, April 29, 2017 (7pm): Lucille Carr-Kaffashan is bringing her show, "Unwritten" to Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
May 2017 - Shari Pine is appearing in May at the Blue Note, NYC.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - Dawn Derow and Sean Harkness are appearing at Carroll Place, 157 Bleecker St, NYC.
Thursday, May 4, 2017 (7pm): Lucille Carr-Kaffashan is bringing her show, "Unwritten" to Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs Dan Ruth in "A Life Behind Bars" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W 42nd St, NYC.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017: Sally Darling is premiering her new show, with musical direction by Matthew Martin Ward, at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Monday, May 15, 2017: Dawn Derow is hosting a benefit for Planned Parenthood with other members of the cabaret community called, "Women's Revolution" in NYC.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 (9:30pm): Tanya Moberly directs Dan Ruth in "A Life Behind Bars" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W 42nd St, NYC.
Sunday, June 4, 2017: Sally Darling is premiering her new show, "Love, Lust and Longing", with musical direction by Matthew Martin Ward, at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Friday, June 9, 2017: Sally Darling is premiering her new show, "Love, Lust and Longing", with musical direction by Matthew Martin Ward, at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017: Sally Darling is premiering her new show, "Love, Lust and Longing", with musical direction by Matthew Martin Ward, at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC.
We will be back next week with the theme,"Love and Marriage" with your Co-Host, Lena Moy-Borgen and Salon Spotlight, Andy Marino.
See you then!
Erin Cronican
Blogette for The Salon
Do you see a change/addition you need me to make? Email me!
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