THE DC
CABARET NETWORK
www.DCCabaretNetwork.org
The DC
Cabaret Network Newsletter
UPCOMING
EVENTS, OCTOBER 2007
Date of
next newsletter is November 1, 2007
Due date
for member submissions: October 25, 2007
LOOK FOR IN
THIS ISSUE
· DUES
ARE DUE! Renew or become a New Member today!
· October
Open Mic is TBA
· NAKED
CABARET (The secret is out)…at the Warehouse, Friday nights, October 12, 19, 26
· DCCN
member Sally Martin can be seen on cable show “P.M.” in October, and her new CD
“Another Time, Another Place” is available on www.cdbaby.com
· DCCN
member Joe Peck performs at Arts Club of Washington and Capitol Hill Arts
Workshop (with DCCN favorite George Fulginiti-Shakar
on piano!)
· DCCN
member Bev Cosham appears in “A Lesson Before Dying” at Roundhouse
· DCCN
member Dennis Livingston on board of BACA
· DCCN
member Joan Cushing’s musical to play Off-Broadway
· DCCN
member Michael Miyazaki launches his cabaret blog and
performs at the Warehouse!
· Help
us build the DC Cabaret Audience! Info under DC CABARET NETWORK
MEMBERSHIP UPDATES
· Cabaret
Class Showcase at Theatre Lab, student’s of DCCN’s
own George Fulginiti-Shakar and Judy Simmons
· Steve
Ross at the Corcoran
· Eartha Kitt at
· Intensive
cabaret workshop in
· DC
Cabaret Network members are performing soon: Terri Allen, Beverly Cosham, Steven Cupo, Joan
Cushing, Emily Leatha Everson, George Fulginiti-Shakar, Sally Martin, Michael Miyazaki, Joe Peck,
Lonny Smith, Judy Simmons
· Coaching
available with DC Cabaret Network members: George Fulginiti-Shakar,
Sally Martin, James K. McCully, Judy Simmons, Daniel Sticco
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
DC CABARET NETWORK AND MEMBER CABARET EVENTS
CABARET ARTISTS FROM OUT OF TOWN PERFORM AROUND TOWN
ALSO AROUND TOWN
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
CLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND INSTRUCTION
FARTHER AFIELD
DC CABARET NETWORK NOTES AND POLICIES
DC CABARET
NETWORK AND MEMBER CABARET EVENTS
OCTOBER
OPEN MIC IS TBA
Keep your
eyes peeled for an email update or check www.DCCabaretNetwork.org
frequently for info on an Open Mic in October.
We are hoping to work out a date soon. Keep posted!
JOE PECK AT
THE ARTSCLUB OF
The Arts
Club of Washington will be having their next members' dinner and concert on
October 11, and they're offering a limited number of seats to DCCN
members. Performing this time will be Helen Hayes Award-winning music
director George Fulginiti-Shakar and singer/actor Joe
Peck. The show is titled "Torchered
Melodies" and will be a musical tour (encompassing many music genres -
jazz, pop, standards, musical theatre, R&B, Latin, etc.) of the broken
heart. Don't get the wrong idea, plenty of fun
will be had along with introspective moments. The evening starts at 6:30
p.m. for the Arts Club members' price of $45. For reservations send an
email to jcbranan@earthlink.net no later than 10/9. Make sure to mention
that you're a DCCN member.
NAKED
CABARET: THE SECRET’S OUT!
Fridays at
the Warehouse!
Oct. 12,
19, 26 and beyond!
8 PM and
9:45 PM !
Performers:
Terri Allen, Steven Cupo, Emily Leatha Everson and Lonny Smith.
Musical
Direction/Keyboards: Helen Hayes winner George Fulginiti-Shakar.
Naked
Cabaret was first produced by the D.C. Cabaret Network for the 2006 Capital
Fringe Festival. (Cast members: Terri Allen, Steven Cupo,
Emily Leatha Everson, Judy Simmons and Lonny
Smith. Musical direction by George Fulginiti-Shakar.)
Contemporary
music by songwriting luminaries: Amanda McBroom, John Bucchino,
Jason Robert Brown, K.T. Oslin and others. Songs
about secrets: passions, longings, dreams, and loss.
Tickets:
$18
(www.theatermania.com) (go to Naked Cabaret: The
Secret’s Out!) or call toll-free-
866-811-4111.
$15 for groups of 6 or more (at the box office only). (Cash and check only)
Warehouse
Theater:
SALLY
MARTIN “ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE” SINGS ON CABLE SHOW “P.M.”
Sally
Martin will be featured on the local cable show P.M. Arlington throughout the
month of October. She'll be singing selections from her new CD, including the
title track "Another Time, Another Place" by James R.
Fitzpatrick. The show airs on Comcast Arlington Channel 69 and is
simulcast on Verizon Channel 38 on Thursdays from 8-9pm , Fridays 10-11 pm and
Monday mornings from 10- 11 a .m. Well-known arts critic and TV host Rich Massabny hosts.
SALLY
MARTIN’S NEW CD “ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE” IS AVAILABLE FOR ON CDBABY.COM
After her
CD release concert at the Corcoran Gallery of Art on September 25, Sally
Martin's new CD "Another Time, Another Place" is now available at
http://cdbaby.com/cd/sallymartin2
CABARET
CLASS FINAL CABARET SHOWCASE AT THEATRE LAB
Please
join our wonderful students as they present mini-versions of their cabarets on
Saturday,
October 20 at 7:30pm . This will take place at
The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts,
JOE PECK AT
CAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP
On October
23, DCCN members George Fulginiti-Shakar and Joe Peck
will be appearing in "Torchered Melodies" -
a cabaret performance celebrating the art of losing in the game of love.
Don't worry this won't be a slit-your-wrists evening!! Expect some fun as
we explore this very rich topic through songs from various genres - jazz, pop,
standards, musical theatre, R&B, Latin, etc. Please join George, Joe
and bassist Matt Murray on October 23 at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop located
just 2 blocks from the Eastern Market Metro at
MICHAEL
DC Cabaret
Network member and local cabaret yenta, Michael Miyazaki, has started a blog devoted to cabaret in the DC area at cabaretdc.wordpress.com
JOIN TODAY
OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP! DUES ARE DUE!
It’s “Back
to School” and time to renew your membership with DC Cabaret Network.
The
membership year is over on August 31. The new membership year begins September
1. To renew your membership or become a new member, send your check for $35 to:
DC Cabaret
Network
MEMBER
BENEFITS INCLUDE:
·
DC Cabaret Network Membership Packet, for first time members, that
includes valuable cabaret resource information
·
A subscription to the monthly email update, The DC Cabaret Network
Newsletter, which lists upcoming performances and news from the DC cabaret
scene
·
Free advertising for your music related events and services in the email
update
·
Eligibility to include a link to your music-related website from
DCCabaretNetwork.org
·
Access to the current DC Cabaret Network member directory
·
Annual MEMBERS ONLY party
·
Eligibility to perform in the Members Only Showcases
A complete
list of MEMBER BENEFITS listed on www.DCCabaretNetwork.org.
CABARET
ARTISTS FROM OUT OF TOWN PERFORM AROUND TOWN
EARTHA KITT
AT
From Blues
Alley email press release:
Blues Alley
is very happy to partner with the Washington Performing Arts Society to present
Eartha Kitt at the
STEVE ROSS
AT CORCORAN
Celebrated
singer/pianist Steve Ross, known for his performance of the songs of Cole
Porter, the Gershwins and Noel Coward – now directs
his considerable interpretive skill to the brilliant and diverse catalogue of
the great and inimitable Stephen Sondheim – from the wordy and witty to the
heartfelt and passionate.
Here are
some of the songs: Losing My Mind – Ah, Paris – Being
Alive – Another Hundred People – One More Kiss - Send in the Clowns
Nov. 27th, 7PM , Armand Hammer Auditorium - Corcoran Gallery of Art -
202.639 1747
ALSO AROUND
TOWN
DC CABARET
FAVORITE BEV COSHAM APPEARS IN “A LESSON BEFORE DYING” AT ROUNDHOUSE
A Lesson Before Dying
By
Based on
the Novel by Ernest J. Gaines
Directed by
Timothy Douglas
September
19 – October 14, 2007
Round House
Theatre
MICHAEL
Primary
Urges, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm starting October 12, 2007
, Warehouse Theater. www.warehousetheater.com
SINGER-SONGWRITERS
AND COMEDIANS COMING TO THE BIRCHMERE
Seeing
performers at The Birchmere is a great opportunity to
hear new and interesting material, from the fabulous singer/songwriters
themselves. For more information or to discover these performers visit www.birchmere.com.
Place: The Birchmere:
Times/Info/Directions/
Reservations/Tickets: www.birchmere.com or
call 703-549-7500
Some shows
to keep in mind:
Fri/Sat.
Nov. 9&10: DAR WILLIAMS w/ Chris Pureka $29.50
Fri/Sat.
Nov. 30 & Dec. 1: FOUR BITCHIN' BABES $35.00
Sat. Dec.
8: THE ROCHES '
Sat. Jan.
26: JOHN GORKA & SUSAN WERNER $25.00
Sun. Mar.
30: MICHAEL FEINSTEIN $55.00
A SLEW OF
SINGERS AND SONGWRITERS COMING TO WOLF TRAP
New and
interesting material from the fabulous singer/songwriters themselves can soon
be found at Wolf Trap…Artist info, tickets, and more info can be found by
pasting the link under each artist’s name into your web browser. Wolf Trap is
located at
Some to
keep in mind:
Thursday,
November 1 at 8 PM , Susan Werner, Special Guest: Meg
Hutchinson
Sunday,
January 13 at 7:30 PM , An Evening With Melissa
Manchester
Thursday,
January 24 at 8 PM , Faith Prince
Thursday,
January 31 at 8:00 pm and Friday, February 1 at 8:00 pm ,
Maureen McGovern
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ARTS ON
FOOT PROVED A LOVELY EVENT
On
Saturday, September 15, 2007 , cabaret singers and
audience members gathered for a delightful hour of cabaret at the Warehouse
Theater. Many banded together to overcome the hitch of finding the piano
and wheeling it into the space. Once in place it was fabulously finessed
by our musical director Reenie Codelka.
7 singers performed: Terri Allen, Emily Everson, Marianne Glass Miller, Allen Kelliebrew, Kate McCann, Lonny Smith, and Alicia Steffman.
DCCN MEMBER
DENNIS LIVINGSTON ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BACA
DCCN Boston
member Dennis Livingston has been elected to the board of directors of the
Boston Area Cabaret Association, where he is busy reformulating the group's
website to reflect an array of new member services in the works. He will also
write a member news column called (what else?) "Talk of the Town" for
the forthcoming "Boston Cabaret: The BACA Newsletter." Putting on his
songwriters hat, he reports that his piece "If I Could Tell You," set
to a poem by W.H. Auden, received its premiere, appropriately, Sept. 15 at an
Auden Festival organized by
LOCAL
COMPOSER, LYRICIST, PLAYWRIGHT AND DCCN MEMBER JOAN CUSHING’S MUSICAL “A CAJUN
RED RIDING HOOD” TO PLAY OFF-BROADWAY
Joan Cushing’s musical, Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood, was selected for production in the 2007 New York
Musical Theatre Festival. 18 musicals were selected from 400 submissions to be presented
in the fall in six Off-Broadway theatres, each receiving six fully produced
performances. The festival dates are September 17 - October 7, 2007 . The musical is adapted from the book by Mike Artell and was originally commissioned and produced by Imagination
Stage,
MICHAEL
ON HIS
I recently
had a chance to attend the St. Louis Cabaret Conference. It featured a
terrific teaching team (Lina Koutrakas,
Rick Jensen, Amanda McBroome, Alex Rybeck) and had a mix of students mostly from
The 4-day
conference featured a general immersion session where all the participants sang
and were critiqued by the faculty, smaller sessions where groups sang with
feedback from the individual teaching teams, sessions on patter and show
structure, and concerts by the faculty, last year’s participants, and a final
student showcase.
The ages of
the participants ranged from twenty-one to seventy- two. There were many
levels of experience and knowledge represented, however there was a universal
love of music and the faculty did an extraordinary job of tailoring their
approach to the individual level and need of each participant.
Lina Koutrakas and Rick Jensen are planning future workshops in
One of the
teaching staff of the
During the
“Focus
equals sanity”
“You (the
performer) are the songwriter and the lyricist – we believe that you’re making
it up”
“Where’s
the conflict (in the piece you’re working on)?”
“We see at
the expense of what we hear”
“There can
be great ferocity in a whisper.” (Quoting Sylvia Syms)
“Talent is
what you can get away with”
“Any line
that’s important should be sung center”
“Know ‘why
am I the perfect person to sing this song.’”
“A standard
is a song that a straight man in
“When you
give a room permission to laugh, you give them permission to cry”
“The
storyteller is always more interesting than the story”
CLASSES,
WORKSHOPS AND INSTRUCTION
TREAT
YOURSELF TO WONDERFUL
Lina Koutrakos and Rick Jensen, award winning New York Cabaret
Artists, to lead professional development workshop.
September
7, 2007 - David Geist and the Geist
Cabaret at Pranzo, in association with Tim Schall, RNI Productions, present THE SANTA FE CABARET
CONFERENCE, a three day professional development workshop led by Master
Teachers and award winning
Between
them, the teaching team of Koutrakos and Jensen are
the recipients of 9 MAC (Manhattan Assoc. of Cabarets and Clubs) Awards, 2
Backstage Bistro Awards. They have served on the faculty of the Cabaret
Conference at Yale University, The O’Neill Cabaret Symposium, The St. Louis
Cabaret Conference and a three day Chicago Cabaret Intensive in addition to
ongoing advanced performance workshops in Manhattan. Jensen is one of
The core of
the 3 days will focus on performance coaching, facilitated by Koutrakos as director/performance coach and Jensen as music
director/coach. Singers will prepare at least 5 songs that are memorized
and ready to work. Participants receive individualized feedback on their
performance in the following areas: connection to material, physical
choices, song selection, interpretation, arrangements, audience connection and
internal/external focus of song. Other topics covered in the three days
include constructing a show, working with your musical director, the importance
of “the arrangement” and developing patter.
The weekend
culminates on Sunday evening, Dec 2nd with a PARTICIPANT SHOWCASE at Geist Cabaret at Pranzo, 540
Montezuma in the
Cost: $595,
includes ticket to Sat Dec. 1st performance at Geist
Cabaret. Contact Tim Schall at 314-721-4634 or
tjschall@sbcglobal.net
COACHING
WITH GEORGE FULGINITI-SHAKAR
George Fulginiti-Shakar offers private vocal coaching sessions and
is also teaching a performance class at Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory.
George has worked with many singers helping them to develop vocal technique,
audition material, cabaret acts, piano arrangements and transpositions of songs
in the "right" key. Daytime and evening times are available.
Email to
GeoFulShak@aol.com or call 202-332-7570.
COACHING
WITH SALLY MARTIN
Sally
Martin is available for vocal coaching and/or voice lessons. She can help you
put your cabaret act together, iron out vocal problems, and hone your
interpretive skills. She performs at major venues here and in
COACHING
WITH JAMES K. MCCULLY
Vocal instruction
& coaching with James K. McCully, National
Endowment for the Arts' Opera Music Theater Fellow (On-Site Evaluator) of
professional Opera & Musical Theater Company Training Programs. James
K. McCully's students have sung for Her Majesty,
Queen Elizabeth II, His Highness, The Prince Phillip, & Presidents at The
White House; and have received AGMA/AEA contracts with Arena Stage;
CABARET
COACHING WITH JUDY SIMMONS
Judy
Simmons is available for private coaching, and to direct and help with
repertoire choices and patter for your very special cabaret. She teaches
at The Theatre Lab and has taught at American and
cabaret
for over 20 years and has appeared in numerous productions at area
theatres. She can be reached at KSsongbird03@aol.com
COACHING
WITH STICCO STUDIOS
STICCO
STUDIOS is a unique venue for the cultivation of cabaret and musical theatre
performers. Under the direction of Helen Hayes Nominated/Broadway Composer
DANIEL STICCO artists develop a “break-less, effortless vocal production, armed
with new repertoire and arrangements tailored to make what you do best, shine!
ALL levels welcome. (703)418-0702 or email at STICCO1STUDIOS@AOL.COM
FARTHER
AFIELD
METROJAM AT
METROPOLITAN ROOM IN NYC
(From
Metropolitan Room email press release)
Next MetroJam, Friday October 5th, 10pm
This coming
Friday night at the Metropolitan Room (
The
evening's band will include John DiPinto on the
Piano, Tommy Kirchmer on Bass, and Bobby Sher on Drums. Your host for the evening is Joe Bachana.
Admission
is $10 with a 2-drink Minimum. For Reservations, please call 212.206.0440.
DC CABARET
NETWORK NOTES AND POLICIES
HELP US
BUILD THE DC CABARET AUDIENCE!!!
The DC
CABARET NETWORK currently sends our regular newsletter to approximately 400
people in the greater DC area. Our newsletter contains free advertising for our
members’ performances. To help us reach more people with this newsletter we ask
that when members perform, you: a) Make available to your audience a sign-up
sheet for our newsletter and encourage them to sign it; and b) Send us the
completed sign-up sheet so that we may add these names to our database and
start sending them the newsletter! A sign-up sheet is available for downloading
on our website:
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SEEKING
VENUE INFORMATION
Support
your fellow cabaret lovers and performers! We are formulating a list of cabaret
venues. If you have information about a great cabaret space (a church,
restaurant, community center, theatre space, etc), let us know! If possible,
please include name of site, address, phone, contact name and details of what
makes it a great spot for cabaret performance. Please email
the
information to membership@dccabaretnetwork.org or write to DC Cabaret Network,
POLICY
REGARDING SUMBISSION OF NOTICES
The DC
Cabaret Network's bi-monthly newsletter moved to a once-a-month schedule in
May. The newsletter will be sent out on the 1st of each month. The
deadline for all submissions will be the 25th of the prior month - no
exceptions. If you miss the deadline, your entry will have to wait until
the following month for inclusion. Thanks to all of you for your support and
understanding. Please send your info to DCCabaretNetwork@hotmail.com
The DC
Cabaret Network is a small organization run on a 100% volunteer basis. We
do the best we can with the resources and information we have. It is our policy
to include, to the best of our ability, all cabaret related notices of our paid
up members. Submission, however, does not guarantee inclusion in the
newsletter. Although we always do the best we can to include the
cabaret-related notices of paid-up members, realities such as mis-delivered email or the timing of submissions may affect
what gets published in a particular edition. Your music-related submissions
must be made to:
dccabaretnetwork@hotmail.com
We reserve
the right to edit, and determine the inclusion of, all submissions. It is the
responsibility of the person submitting the information to proof read the
submission for spelling and correct logistical information.
We will
continue to list, free of charge, upcoming events by out-of-town performers.
The newsletter
update goes out the first of each month, with submissions due by the 25th of
the previous month. Please send your submissions (to dccabaretnetwork@hotmail.com)
Inclusion
in the newsletter does not signify a recommendation or endorsement
by the
Network. We do not post events previous to the date of the newsletter.
We do not
post notices for events we know to be sold out. If you have any questions about
our listing policy, please contact us at dccabaretnetwork@hotmail.com or
through our website www.dccabaretnetwork.org
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REGARDING EDITS TO SUBMISSIONS PUBLISHED IN MULTIPLE EDITIONS OF NEWSLETTER
We gladly
publish notices of paid up members in multiple editions of the newsletter. If
you have a notice published in the newsletter, and the date of the event will
carry the notice into subsequent editions of the newsletter, check your
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understand that sometimes plans and arrangements change. If you have a notice
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into subsequent editions of the newsletter, and we do not receive a
new/complete submission (as stated above) with changes specifically pointed
out, your notice will appear exactly as before.
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