20th Annual Cabaret Festival
In- person event and online (see access info below)
Saturday, May 21 7:30 pm
Kander and Ebb ... And All That Jazz
May 21-22
Karen Mason
Karen "has few peers when it comes to ripping the roof off with her amazing voice that knows no bounds!"
-TheatreScene.net
Karen is "an American idol!"
-The New York Times
Karen has headlined at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Feinstein’s @ 54Below in New York and Feinstein’s @ The Nikko in San Francisco.
Karen has shared the stage with Michael Feinstein, Jerry Herman, Chita Rivera, Luciano Pavarotti, Rosemary Clooney, Liza Minnelli, and John Kander and Fred Ebb!
Her highly acclaimed recordings include her newest CD, Let the Music Play, and It's About Time, which includes the Award-winning title song about marriage equality. Come see Karen!
with Christopher Denny on piano
*****
Saturday, May 21, 2 pm
Cabaret Conversations
Barry Kleinbort Claudine Casson-Jellison Hechter Ubarry David Gaines Aaron Lee Battle
Barry Kleinbort
Musical Director
Composer & Lyricist
He's earned the prestigious Edward Kleban Foundation Award for lyric writing, two Gilman-Gonzalez Musical Theatre Commendations Awards & the ASCAP/Jamie deRoy award for songwriting. He wrote the book and lyrics for the musical WAS, which was the inaugural production of the American Music Theater Project in Chicago
Claudine Casson-Jellison
Performer & Producer
2021 Bistro Award winner for her cabaret
Hey, Frenchy! Stories and Songs from the Pantry. It's storytelling centered on her on again, off again relationship with the French language, her absolute love of French chansons, and how that love of French music led to a reunion with her father, Pierre.
Hechter Ubarry
Performer
Began his cabaret career performing at Danny’s Skylight Room in 2001, but his roots are on Broadway in the musical Man of La Mancha. His last two shows, Call Me Papo (available on You Tube) and Hechter Ubarry: On Stage, were both written and directed by Barry Kleinbort.
He also sings with Vocal Ease, a non-profit organization that provides entertainment for senior centers throughout NYC. His repertoire includes songs in English and in Spanish
Aaron Lee Battle
Performer
A Backstage Bistro Award winner for Outstanding Vocalist. Aaron has appeared at many of the cabaret rooms in NYC to include Don’t Tell Mama, The Duplex, Judy’s & Helens, not to mention, the legendary Eighty-Eights and the Five Oaks!
David Gaines
Accompanist
A faculty member at Juilliard and a coach/accompanist in the drama division. He’s had a long and happy collaboration with Claudine Jellison & Barry Kleinbort. Hey Frenchy! is their fifth show together.
*****
Sunday, May 22, 2pm
Gentlemen of Jazz
Aaron Lee Battle
with Jono Mainelli on piano
LINKS:
Cabaret Conversations
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Kander and Ebb … And All That Jazz
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Gentlemen of Jazz
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