Out and About

Singers Forum students and faculty aren't sleeping on the job this upcoming week. You can catch our talented singers, pianists, and directors in productions all over New York City!


A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
28 to 30 January, 3 to 6 February, 8:00 PM
30 January, 3 & 6 February, 2:00 PM
31 January, 3:00 PM 2 & 7 February, 7:00 PM
Walter Kerr Theatre
SF teacher Bradley Dean features as Frid, manservant to Madame Armfeldt (Angela Lansbury). Hardly anyone escapes the complications of romance in this Broadway musical comedy, which throws a group of zany characters together at a country estate and tests their professed devotions against their true feelings. The show also features Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Leigh Ann Larkin as Frid's love interest, Petra.
Photo: Leigh Ann Larkin and Bradley Dean take a bow at opening night, broadwayworld.com


ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER TUNE
30 January, 7:30 PM
The Metropolitan Room
Joel Ginn takes the stage in his debut at the Metropolitan Room, under the direction of SF teacher Eric Michael Gillett. SF coach Erich Rausch is musical director for Ginn's evening of American classics from an era when "the simplest melodies helped carry our great nation through the turbulent events of the first half of the 20th century". Ginn rehearsed the show at Singers Forum's studios and it sounded pretty darn good! If the recession has put a cramp on your style, catch his performance on Saturday night: it's only a $20 cover and a two-drink minimum. Heritage Productions presents the show, which features Matt Wigton on bass and Tony Jefferson on drums.
Photo: Joel Ginn, metropolitanroom.com


BEAUTY SHOP STORIES
31 January, 6:00 PM
Cornelia Street Café
SF coach David Shenton is music director for this delightful evening of comedy and music with the Chelsea Hotel's Fay Lane. Lane promises "the glittered-up memories of a Green Bean Queen in bedazzling story and song!" Features a guest appearance by Jay Rogers.
Photo: Fay Lane, left, corneliastreetcafe.com


CABARET CARES 3
31 January, 7:00 PM
The Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Café
SF student Raissa Katona Bennett, veteran of Broadway shows and national tours including productions of The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, and Parade, presents an encore of her acclaimed show "Raissa at Feinstein's". This eagerly-anticipated performance benefits Help Is on the Way Today, a charity that assists children and teens with HIV and AIDS. Bennett will feature some of her beloved renditions from her Feinstein's show alongside a new song written specifically for the benefit by Tony-Award-nominated composer Michael John LaChiusa, known for such Broadway productions as The Wild Party and Marie Christine. SF teacher Eric Michael Gillett directs and also features as a special guest! Joseph John Productions presents, Mark Janas is the musical director and arranger, and the show also features Sean Harkness on guitar, Ritt Henn on bass, and Mayra Casales on percussion. Don't miss it for a way to combine a magical evening of music with a good cause.
Photo: Raissa Katona Bennett, raissa.info


ELLA & ME
31 January, 8:30 PM
Feinstein's at the Loews Regency Hotel
Once you've enjoyed Raissa Katona Bennett's performance at the Beechman, there's every reason to finish up the evening with SF alum Sue Matsuki's thrilling performance of Ella Fitzgerald classics at Feinstein's. Critics and audiences alike have widely acclaimed Matsuki's affinity for the First Lady of Song, and if you love such composers as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, and Harold Arlen, this is an opportunity you can't pass up. SF teacher Eric Michael Gillett directs, and the evening also features Gregory Toroian on piano, Steve Millhouse on bass, and Ron Tierno on percussion.
Photo: Sue Matsuki, feinsteinsattheregency.com


SONGS OF ALBERT HAGUE
2 February, 7:00 PM
4 February, 9:45 PM
The Metropolitan Room
Christine Reisner is rehearsing in our own Dorothy Jones Theater as we type this! She comes from an illustrious career in both music and dance to lend her interpretation to the songs of the great theatre composer Albert Hague - who also happens to be Reisner's uncle. She presents to us insights into both the music and the man in a tribute to "one of America's national treasures." SF teacher Eric Michael Gillett directs, the musical director is Tex Arnold, and the show also features special guest Jon Burr on bass.
Photo: Christine Reisner, metropolitanroom.com



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