Bay Area Cabaret

Thanks J. The Jewish News of Northern California for this thoughtful interview with Julie Benko about her many roles in Funny Girl, Harmony, and more. We’re excited to welcome Julie back to San Francisco this Sunday in Julie Benko in “Standby, Me”

Julie Benko, Broadway's ‘Funny Girl,’ brings her cabaret to S.F. From her roles in “Fiddler” and “Funny Girl,” Julie Benko has a strong appreciation for her heritage. She will perform in S.F. on April 14.

TBT to when Julie Benko was named Broadway’s Breakout Star for “Funny Girl” and her interview with CBS Mornings. Come see her perform live this Sunday with Bay Area Cabaret in Julie Benko in “Standby, Me”

Julie Benko's big Broadway break in "Funny Girl" Jamie Wax speaks to Broadway breakout star Julie Benko about her meteoric rise to fame after starring in "Funny Girl" as the lead role of F***y Brice. ...

What’s the difference between a standby and an understudy, you ask? Julie Benko explains all that and more in this sneak peak at her new show, “Standby, Me.” See her perform live this Sunday, April 14!

https://youtu.be/JBYD5T-Ua-g?si=SdsSLsm6vgem7klb

🎟️ Tickets: https://www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2979

Standby, Me | A Cabaret with Julie Benko www.JulieBenko.comWhen Julie Benko first took the stage as the standby for F***y Brice in Funny Girl, she could not have anticipated that she would take her ...

Hello, friends! Hard to believe, but our season finale is just one week away. On Sunday, April 14th, we’ll welcome back to Bay Area Cabaret the wonderfully talented *Julie Benko* (from Funny Girl, Harmony, and many others) in her all-new show “Standby, Me.”

Show starts at 5, doors open at 4:30 in the iconic Venetian Room at the Fairmont Hotel. See you there!

Tickets available at https://www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2979

Sunday, 2/4 at 5 p.m.: two-time Tony nominee Max von Essen (American in Paris, Anastasia, Falsettos) - currently starring as Billy Flynn in Broadway's Chicago The Musical - makes his Bay Area Cabaret debut at Fairmont San Francisco's legendary Venetian Room - in a magical program of Broadway standards. Accompanied by Grammy winning musical director Billy Stritch, this evening of classic cabaret has captivated audiences at Birdland, NY's Paradise Lounge, Provincetown and Palm Springs! Buy tickets at http://www.bayareacabaret.org

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Yesterday, Broadway superstar JOSHUA HENRY gave a wonderful interview on Bay Area public radio station KALW. His conversation with host David LaTulippe spanned topics like his lifelong dedication to singing, his experiences starring opposite artists like Sutton Foster (Violet); Josh Groban. (ABC/Disney's Beauty and the Beast); Gavin Creel (Into the Woods-Grammy Award; opening for Diana Ross at the Hollywood Bowl, with Andrew Garfield in tic__ticboom and his experiences as a new father. See JOSHUA open Bay Area Cabaret 's new season at the Fairmont San Francisco this Sunday 10/29 at 7 pm! Get tix at Bay Area Cabaret

Click here to listen: https://www.kalw.org/show/on-the-arts/2023-10-23/bay-area-cabaret-american-bach-cal-performances Joshua's portion is in the beginning.

Bay Area Cabaret | American Bach | Cal Performances 10/25/23 On the Arts host David Latulippe’s guests are Performer & Recording Artist Joshua Henry; Countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen; Cal Performances Executive & Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen | Wednesdays @ 4:00PM PDT

Sunday at 7! Hamilton star Joshua Henry and his trio open Bay Area Cabaret's season with a high-energy evening of Broadway and Soul in the Fairmont San Francisco's legendary Venetian Room. Buy 30UNDER30 tickets and more at Bay Area Cabaret for a rare West Coast concert appearance by this Grammy winning recording artist and Broadway/film superstar (Hamilton The Musical, Disney's Beauty & the Beast - ABC, Scottsboro Boys, Into the Woods, Carousel...

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Today, San Francisco mourns the loss of Tony Bennett, the artist most closely identified with our beautiful city, and the Fairmont San Francisco's iconic Venetian Room. For 14 years, Bay Area Cabaret has been honored to carry forward the Fairmont San Francisco's musical legacy, with seasons of live music in the Venetian Room, and a new season opening in October.
For a beautiful tribute to Tony, read these words by one of our favorite artists, John Pizzarelli ...another New Yorker! "Well, what can be said about Tony Bennett that you don’t already know?
I’m listening to him with Bill Charlap sing All The Things You Are as I type this and I must say, listening is the only thing we can do. Keep listening and its all right there-Some Other Time and You Must Be Believe In Spring with Bill Evans, Emily from The Movie album with that amazing Johnny Mandel arrangement, Moments Like This from The Art of Excellence, San Francisco, for crying out loud, and a ton of other records.
I got to shake his hand, I got to “sorta” play guitar for him in a group on the radio in the 80’s, he came to my first gig at the Oak Room at the Algonquin, he sat with my wife Jessica at the Blue Note when I fronted an amazing big band with Don Sebesky in December of 1996 and he came with his wife Susan to our wedding in 1998.
That occasion was at an Irish bar on the upper East Side. Tony and Susan sat with my parents for the evening and all the waitresses got their picture with Tony. When we went back there a few weeks later, those photos were framed behind the bar.
He was a ubiquitous New York man. He freely walked the streets, painted in the park and people came up to him and said hello! He went to gigs. Drummer Joe Cocuzzo told me that after a session at Columbia 30th street ended early, it was Tony’s suggestion that the entire orchestra go to The Half Note to hear Zoot Sims and Al Cohn…on him! Why not?
I’ll miss that great New Yorker like I miss so many New York things that are no longer with us. But unlike Gino’s on Lex, Columbia 30th street, RCA on 44th, Clinton, The Morosco, the first Yankee Stadium and Manny’s music, Tony’s music will soar and live on and we will always have it to celebrate our loved ones, the good times and the bum times.
I will miss him strolling about New York, dropping in on Jonathan Schwartz to sing I Got Lost In Her Arms, making some Jersey guy’s night by sitting in the front row and sketching.
To paraphrase John O’Hara, ““Tony Bennett died on July 21, 2023, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.”

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This Wednesday 2/22: Tune in to FM-91.7radio or http://www.kalw.org a few minutes after 4 pm (4:06) to hear this Sunday's multi-Grammy winning jazz vocalist Catherine Russell interviewed by popular Bay Area host Angie Coiro. Only a few tickets remain to hear this extraordinary artist at the Fairmont San Francisco's legendary Venetian Room...Order yours at Bay Area Cabaret before they disappear!!

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2/26 - 7:30 p.m. Grammy nominated jazz vocalist CATHERINE RUSSELL sings selections from the Great African American Songbook! TICKETS: www.bayareacabaret.org Fairmont San FranciscoFairmont Venetian Room

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Today's New York Times names Funny Girl's JULIE BENKO musical theatre's Breakout Star of the Year! Buy tickets now to see Julie make her auspicious Bay Area Cabaret debut with her talented husband and musical director Jason Yeager at the Fairmont San Francisco's Venetian Room on Sunday April 16. http://www.bayareacabaret.org

Read the article here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/arts/breakout-stars-2022-music-tv-movies.html?

The Breakout Stars of 2022 Here are the actors, pop stars, dancers and artists who broke away from the pack this year, delighting us and making us think.

https://sfbaytimes.com/bay-area-cabaret-roars-back-with-meow-meow/

With this rave review, David Landis takes us back two weeks to Bay Area Cabaret's Opening Night with Meow Meow. Now, there is something else to look forward to: the iconic CAROLE J BUFFORD, Broadway World's Vocalist of the Year, in her show "Vintage Pop!" Sunday, 11/20 at 5 @ https://bayareacabaret.org/artist_Bufford_22.html - Vintage attire encouraged!!

Bay Area Cabaret Roars Back with Meow Meow - San Francisco Bay Times By David Landis– The venerable Bay Area Cabaret at the Fairmont’s historic Venetian Room is back—with a roar. That roar, of course, being the sultry Australian chanteuse Meow Meow, who took San Francisco by storm in a show that amused, enthralled, captivated, and surprised an audience with her...

Read Robert Sokol's beautifully researched and written interview with the brilliant Meow Meow, performing at 7:30 tonight at the Fairmont Venetian Room to open Bay Area Cabaret's 12th season in residence. Click on BAYSTAGES to read the full text. Same-day tickets are selling fast :-)

Meow Meow opens 12th Season for Bay Area Cabaret - Vamp and historian? Philosopher and chanteuse? Comedian and harmonist? Student, linguist, dancer, dramaturg, raconteur? The disciplines spin like electrons

https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/always-prescient-cabaret-star-meow-meow-finds-last-centurys-apocalypse-still-relevant

Thank you, Andrew Gilbert and San Francisco Chronicle for your amazing feature on performance artist Meow Meow

Hope to see you Sunday night at Fairmont San Francisco! Tickets at https://bayareacabaret.org/artist_Meow_22.html

Always-prescient cabaret star Meow Meow finds last century’s apocalypse still relevant Post-postmodern N.Y. diva set to kick off the Bay Area Cabaret season at the storied Venetian Room.

Tickets are now on sale for our Opening Night at the Fairmont San Francisco's fabulous Venetian Room, featuring the iconic Australian Chanteuse, Meow Meow. In her own words: "You may not be moved, but you will be touched."

Link for tickets and info below!

https://bayareacabaret.org/artist_Meow_22.html

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This Sunday at 7:30: See and hear one of Broadway's most powerful vocalists Tony Award winner STEPHANIE J. BLOCK ( The Cher Show, WICKED The Musical) in her Bay Area concert debut at the Fairmont San Francisco's glamorous Venetian Room, high atop Nob Hill.

Tickets at http://www.bayareacabaret.org. $30 under 30 w/ID: (415) 927-4636