SALON, that Bistro Award winning, MAC Award nominated open mic created and hosted by Mark Janas, returns to Etcetera, Etcetera - 352 West 44th Street, NYC 10036 - on Sunday, April 11th from 7PM to 10:30PM.
The optional theme for the evening is "MAC Attack”. That can mean anything having to do with The MAC Awards (or any awards – winning, losing or otherwise), or anything having anything to do with Mc/Mac/Mack - Mack and Mabel, Mack the Knife, McNamara's Band, McDonald's Big Mac, etc. For that matter, “MAC Attack” could be seen as a metaphor for anything having to do with compulsion or addiction, food or otherwise!
Remember, any material, on or off theme, is always welcome at Salon!
Our Co-Host for the evening will be the Spectacular Lennie Watts! Lennie is not only the current president of MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabaret and Clubs/www.macnyc.com), he is also the Director of The 24th Annual MAC Awards, Tuesday May 4th @ 7:30pm at B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill, 237 West 42nd St., NYC 10036/www.bbkingsblues.com.
Our Special Guest will be the Lovely Carole Bufford! Carole will soon be reprising her recent show from the Under The Covers series, “Carole J. Bufford Sings Randy Newman” . To check for updates, visit www.carolejbufford.com
There will be a $10 cash cover at the door, collected by 'Etceterette', Janice Hall, and a $10 food/drink minimum (cash or credit) per person. The menu is affordable and delicious. (For further info visit www.etcrestaurant.com or call 212-399-4141).There are no reservations; seating is on a first come/ first served basis. There is one intermission. Doors open at 6:15 and sign up begins at 6:30 with 'Etceterette', Jenna Esposito .
Mark Janas is proud to announce two performances of “Alice in Operaland” or “Through the Opera Glass”, a Discover Opera! outreach show created and performed by his graduate students at Manhattan School of Music, 120 Claremont Ave. NYC 10027: Sunday, April 11th at 2:30pm (Gordon K. and Harriet Greenfield Hall) and Tuesday, April 13th at 7:30pm (Miller Recital Hall). Admission is free, but tickets are required for Sunday afternoon. Go to www.msmnyc.edu or call 212-749-2802 for tickets or more info.
Salon is now every Sunday through June!
April 18th: “Cafe Society – The Music of Porter/Coward/Gershwin/Berlin”
Co-Host: Janice Hall
Special Guest: Sarah Rice
April 25th: “It Takes Two (or More) to Tango – Ensemble Songs”
Co-Host: VOCE (Stephen Wilde’s fabulous Barbershop Quartet)
Special Guest: Marquee 5
May 2nd: “It Better Be Funny!”
Co-Host: Danny Leary
Special Guest: Ophira Eisenberg
May 9th: “Fairy Tales”
Co-Host: TBA
Special Guest: TBA
-Sierra Rein
The Blogette for The Salon
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
The Salon Wrap-Up for April 04, 2010!
This past Sunday's Salon was filled with the sounds of the Earth, and nature, and bells, and zings!...and yet even a bit of quiet filled the Etcetera Etc Restaurant...ahhh The theme was "All the Sounds of the Earth are Like Music." The guest co-host of the evening was the gloriously-voiced Mark Watson, and MAC Award-nominated (amongst other awards) Gretchen Reinhagen was the special guest performer. AND each singer received a lovely hand-decorated egg from David Gillam (who is also the artist who drew the piano logo sketch for The Salon. Take a look at it at the top of this page. See? Awesome!) Mark started the evening off off-mic with the song that inspired the evening's theme "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" from Oklahoma. Jan Brennan sang "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and Dr. Sue sang her original song "Dare to Believe" (her CD, Keys of Love, is available at cdbaby.com). Joey Infante, with Mike McDonald on piano, gave us a musicology lesson with "The Birth of the Blues." Helena Grenot sang about whistling (where is Steve Herbst when you need him?) with "Anyone Can Whistle." Helena will be performing her show "Damn'd if I know..." at Don't Tell Mama on both May 18th at 7pm and May 21st at 8pm. Next, Felicia Mae Strassman crooned through "The Days of Wine & Roses" and Sunny Leigh fired out "Why Haven't I Heard From You."
Staying on-theme, Jane Glick sang from the musical Closer than Ever with the lovely "I Hear the Bells." Michael Colby sang from his original show Charlotte Sweet (which is going to be produced at Southwestern University, Phoenix, AZ) the song "It Could Only Happen in the Theatre." Then Bobbie Horowitz regaled us about her friend's "Nothing to Complain About Blues." Erin Cronican brought a different flavor to the noiseful night with "Quiet" by Jonathan Reid Gealt. David Rigano sang his original comedic song "Call Me A Doctor," and Bistro-Award recipient (and MAC Award nominee) Richie Eisenberg brought in his parody of "My Way" entitled "How Much I Weigh." Matthew Ward then sang his MAC Award-nominated song "Say Hello" (lyrics by Peter Napolitano from their musical Lady in Penthouse B). With Matthew still at the piano, Sierra Rein sang "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart." Her (my) group Marquee Five is nominated for a MAC Award (best Vocal Duo/Group) and is having one last hurrah performance of "We Can Make It: The Songs of Kander & Ebb" at Don't Tell Mama on April 15th, 8:30pm. Next, Etceterette and International Soprano Arianna showed all three of her vocal stylings with the challenging "The Girl in 14 G." To close the first half, Etceterette Danielle Erin Rhodes got behind the piano and played/sang an original Easter song co-written with Jason T. Hurley.
The second half brought the incredible Gretchen Reinhagen to the Etcetera Etc. stage. Gretchen is a Nightlife Winner, Bistro Award, and MAC nom (her show "Special Kaye" can be seen May 1st with Barry Director, Music Director David Gains at the Metropolitan Room). Gretchen started out with "Out of My Mind," then sang Tracy Stark's "Sometimes Life is Kind," and finished with "Ain't It Good?" from Children of Eden. Gretchen also plugged a Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts Camp workshop entitled "The Art of Cabaret Workshop," which she attended last year and which will return in the last week of August.
This week's Classical Corner featured Mark Watson, who sang the beautiful "The Lake Isle of Innisfree", text by Yeats, composed by Ben Moore -- and Mark Janas who gave a wonderful music lesson on what overtones are. Mark then sat at the piano with Matthew Ward to play a duet on Beethoven's "Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral.'" The quote of the night came from Mark Janas, who declared "I'm the cuckoo!" as he and Matt played through Beethoven's musical interpretations of nightingales, quails, and of course, a cuckoo.
Tanya Moberly brought in a vigorous "Don't Rain on My Parade" (on May 19th, Tanya will perform all Theater songs at Don't Tell Mama!), and Gladys Nilsen sang the spanish version of "Besame Mucho." Then Joan Jaffe threw on a backwards ball cap and rapped (!) her way through "Easter Parade." Joan is a MAC Award nominee, and is currently writing & directing "Flash Bam Alakazaam, a Tribute to Betty Hutton." She can also be seen dancing in slow-mo for the SNL comic music video short Boombox. Whitney Chapman returned to The Salon with a guided rain-sound exercise, which led into "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head."
Danielle Grabianowski - her MAC Award nominee show "Old New, Borrowed and Blues" will return to The Metropolitan Room on Weds, April 7th - sang "I Want to be Evil," an then our favorite Etcetera Etc. employee David Ballard gave a rousing "Anthem." Michelle Collier sang "This is My Beloved." Michelle is nominated for a MAC Award and her Tribute to Hollywood Blondes show will return to Don't Tell Mama on April 11, 7pm. To close the evening, Steve Schalchlin brought a sing-along Easter song entitled "Lazarus Come Out." Steve is thrilled that his show Zero Hour can now be seen at the DR2 theater and has received an Off-Broadway League's Lucille Lortel Award Nomination. Mark Watson closed this tune-ful evening with "My Life Belongs to You" by Ivor Novello, from the show The Dancing Years.
Friday, April 2, 2010
The Salon this Sunday: "All the Sounds of the Earth Are Like Music – Songs About Sounds”
SALON, that Bistro Award winning, MAC Award nominated open mic created and hosted by Mark Janas, returns to Etcetera, Etcetera - 352 West 44th Street (between 8th & 9th Ave) - on Sunday, April 4th from 7PM to 10:30PM.
The optional theme for the evening is "All the Sounds of the Earth Are Like Music – Songs About Sounds”.
Remember, any material, on or off theme, is always welcome at Salon!
Our Co-Host for the evening will be the Delightful Mark Watson!
Our Special Guest will be the MAC Award Nominated Gretchen Reinhagen! Gretchen's Bistro & Nightlife Award winning show “Special Kaye: A Tribute to the Incomparable Kaye Ballard” has one final performance Saturday, May 1st at 7:30pm at the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd St, NYC 10010, 212-206-0440/www.metropolitanroom.com. Tel: 212-206-0440
There will be a $10 cash cover at the door, collected by 'Etceterette', Arianna, and a $10 food/drink minimum (cash or credit) per person. The menu is affordable and delicious. (For further info visit www.etcrestaurant.com or call 212-399-4141). There are no reservations; seating is on a first come/ first served basis, with one intermission. Doors open at 6:15 and sign up begins at 6:30 with 'Etceterette', Dani Rhodes .
Salon is now every Sunday through June!
April 11th: “MAC Attack”
Co-Host: Lennie Watts
Special Guest: Carole Bufford
April 18th: “Cafe Society – The Music of Porter/Coward/Gershwin/Berlin”
Co-Host: Janice Hall
Special Guest: Sarah Rice
April 25th: “It Takes Two (or More) to Tango – Ensemble Songs”
Co-Host: VOCE
Special Guest: Marquee 5
May 2nd: “It Better Be Funny!”
Co-Host: Danny Leary
Special Guest: Ophira Eisenberg
-Sierra Rein
The Blogette for The Salon
Spelling mistakes? URL's I missed? Did I mess up? Please email me.
The optional theme for the evening is "All the Sounds of the Earth Are Like Music – Songs About Sounds”.
Remember, any material, on or off theme, is always welcome at Salon!
Our Co-Host for the evening will be the Delightful Mark Watson!
Our Special Guest will be the MAC Award Nominated Gretchen Reinhagen! Gretchen's Bistro & Nightlife Award winning show “Special Kaye: A Tribute to the Incomparable Kaye Ballard” has one final performance Saturday, May 1st at 7:30pm at the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd St, NYC 10010, 212-206-0440/www.metropolitanroom.com. Tel: 212-206-0440
There will be a $10 cash cover at the door, collected by 'Etceterette', Arianna, and a $10 food/drink minimum (cash or credit) per person. The menu is affordable and delicious. (For further info visit www.etcrestaurant.com or call 212-399-4141). There are no reservations; seating is on a first come/ first served basis, with one intermission. Doors open at 6:15 and sign up begins at 6:30 with 'Etceterette', Dani Rhodes .
Salon is now every Sunday through June!
April 11th: “MAC Attack”
Co-Host: Lennie Watts
Special Guest: Carole Bufford
April 18th: “Cafe Society – The Music of Porter/Coward/Gershwin/Berlin”
Co-Host: Janice Hall
Special Guest: Sarah Rice
April 25th: “It Takes Two (or More) to Tango – Ensemble Songs”
Co-Host: VOCE
Special Guest: Marquee 5
May 2nd: “It Better Be Funny!”
Co-Host: Danny Leary
Special Guest: Ophira Eisenberg
-Sierra Rein
The Blogette for The Salon
Spelling mistakes? URL's I missed? Did I mess up? Please email me.
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