The Salon Wrap-Up for February 17, 2019: "With A Little Help From My Friends"

Greetings, all!  What a night we had tonight!  Our co-hosts were the Multi Award-Winning Sean Harkness, Lina Koutrakos, and Marcus Simeone!  They started off serenading us with the perfectly appropriate Salon title song, "With A Little Help From My Friends."  To open the second set, Sean effortlessly and flawlessly brought us "Nod To John," the three of them then performed the rockin' "Diggin' My Grave," and finally they gave us the silky smooth "Baby You're Mine."  The trio ended the night serenading us with "I Can See Clearly Now."

Sean, Lina, and Marcus will be performing "Clearly Now" at Don't Tell Mama on February 23rd at 7pm.  Click on their names for more information about their schedules and all of their CDs for sale.

Quick Wrap - Classical Corner

We had special guest David Sabella with us for Classical Corner tonight!  David has a long list of credits, including originating Mary Sunshine in the 1996 revival of "Chicago."  His prowess carries over to jazz, pop, cabaret, and classical, which he did tonight.  He performed three countertenor pieces.   Countertenor is the modern term for those of the castrati roles.  What is castrati you ask?  Well, I'm happily horrified to tell you -- a castrato is a type of classical male singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto.  But!  The voice is produced by castration of the singer before puberty, or it occurs in one who, due to an endocrinological condition, never reaches maturity.  Yeah.  But not to worry, David performed perfectly intact. ;)  He first sang one of Handel's pieces from Julius Caesar, then a piece from Midsummer Night's Dream, and finally a song from Jerome Kern's "Cousin Lucy."

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-Hosts: Sean Harkness, Lina Koutrakos, and Marcus Simeone
Deborah Zecher
Mark Cummings
Courtney Marie

Ryan Keating
Sue Matsuki
Joann Sicoli
Sierra Rein
Ira Lee Collings
Josephine Sanges (with Matthew Martin Ward at the piano)
Andrea Axelrod (with Matthew Martin Ward on the keys)

Adam Shapiro (with Matthew Martin Ward on the 88s)

Frances O'Flynn (with Matthew Martin Ward tickling the ivories)

Matthew Martin Ward with Frances O'Flynn (with himself at the baby grand)Janice Hall (with Matthew Martin Ward at the piano)

Candice Oden
Classical Corner: David Sabella
BREAK
Co-Hosts: Sean Harkness, Lina Koutrakos, and Marcus Simeone
Tanya Moberly
David Ballard

Steve "The Whistler" Herbst

Michael Colby

Richie Eisenberg

Bobbie Horowitz

Laurel Kallen

Rachel Hanser

Heather Villaescusa

Steve Bustamante

Angela Leone

Phillip Kuan

Co-Hosts: Sean Harkness, Lina Koutrakos, and Marcus Simeone

Special thanks to musicians Mark Janas, Matthew Martin Ward, and Sean Harkness. More thanks to David Ballard on lights and sound, and the astounding waitstaff and management - Joshua, Bryan and Leo - at Don't Tell Mama. Finally, thanks to Steve Bustamante as videographer for the evening!

Ongoing Shows:

Wednesdays-Sundays: Adam Shapiro is performing in Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish at Stage 42, 422 W 42nd St, NYC.

Upcoming Shows:

Saturday, February 16th, 2019 (8pm): Tanya Moberly directs "Jennifer Bangs - She Bangs, She Bangs: Marriage, Adultery, Texas and Jesus" at Don't Tell Mama, 345 W 46th St, NYC.

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 (7pm): Deborah Zecher reprises her debut show, "On Purpose," at Don't Tell Mama, 345 W 46th St, NYC.

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs "Amy Beth Williams: Great Ladies, Great Songs" at Don't Tell Mama, 345 W 46th St, NYC.

Wednesday, February 21st, 2019 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs "Lisa Viggiano Sings Bruce" at Pangea, 178 2nd Ave, NYC.

Friday, February 22nd, 2019 (7pm): Tanya Moberly is featured in "Ricky Ritzel's Broadway" at Don't Tell Mama, 345 W 46th St, NYC.

Monday, February 25th, 2019: Steve Herbst will be performing in the Lerner & Lowe Concert at The York Theatre, 619 Lexington Ave, NYC.

Thursday, February 28th, 2019 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs "Kendra Cunningham - This Could Be You" at Don't Tell Mama, 345 W 46th St, NYC.

Thursday, February 28th, 2019: Josephine Sanges will be performing her show "Come Rain or Come Shine" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W. 42nd Street, NYC.

Friday, March 1st, 2019 (7pm): Sierra Rein - as part of Marquee Five - performs "Back Porch Swing" with Joe Goodrich on piano and Matt Scharfglass on bass at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W. 42nd Street, NYC.

Friday, March 1st, 2019 (8pm): Steve Bustamante will be a part of Kenneth Gartman's "Sing Your Heart Out" Cabaret Workshop Performance at the Magnolia Room, 57 Main Street, Upstairs, Norwalk, CT.

Friday, March 1st, 2019 (7pm): Tanya Moberly directs "Jennifer Bangs - She Bangs, She Bangs: Marriage, Adultery, Texas and Jesus" at Don't Tell Mama, 345 W 46th St, NYC.

Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 (6pm): Heather Villaescusa is performing her show "The Happiness Project (A 10 Week Guide)" at Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC.

Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 (3pm): Steve Bustamante will be a part of Kenneth Gartman's "Sing Your Heart Out" Cabaret Workshop Performance at the Magnolia Room, 57 Main Street, Upstairs, Norwalk, CT.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 (6:30pm): Janice Hall will be performing in Decadence Weimar Cabaret at The Friars Club, 57 E 55th St, NYC.

Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 (7pm): Sierra Rein brings her solo debut show "Running in Place" to a new home at Don't Tell Mama with Bill Zeffiro as Music Director, Matt Scharfglass on bass and Rex Benincasa on drums. James Beaman, Director. Don't Tell Mama, 345 West 46th Street, NYC.

Thursday, March 28th-Sunday, April 14th, 2019: Candice Oden is performing in "Measure For Measure" at The Seeing Place Theater, 64 E 4th St, NYC.

Monday, April 1st, 2019 (8pm): Tanya Moberly directs "A Life Behind Bars" at City Winery, 155 Varrick St, NYC.

Saturday, May 4th, 2019 (3pm): Rachel Hanser performs in "Those Girls Sing The Boys Vol. 1" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W. 42nd Street, NYC.

Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 (7pm): Rachel Hanser performs in "Those Girls Sing The Boys Vol. 1" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W. 42nd Street, NYC.

Friday, May 31, 2019 (7pm): Sierra Rein - as part of Marquee Five - performs "8-Track Throwback" with Dan Pardo on piano, Matt Scharfglass on bass, and Rich Huntley on drums, at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W. 42nd Street, NYC.

NEXT SALON:

There is no Salon next week (February 24th, 2019), so join us again on March 3rd, 2019!
Our Theme for the evening will be "Water" with Co-Host: Rick Jensen!

-Candice Oden
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