
Christine Andreas
with special Guest Star David Burnham
Here’s to the LadiesSunday, November 16th - 4:00 p.m. &
7:00 p.m.
Empire Ballroom, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, SF
Tickets: $45 / Subscribers $40/ Under 25 $257:00 p.m. - SOLD OUT!
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Two-time Tony nominee Christine Andreas, best known to San Francisco audiences for her heartstopping performance in "Light in the Piazza", is among our country's finest. She delicately kills with the sheer beauty of her voice" (New York Times). From New York's Algonquin, Café Carlyle and Carnegie Hall, she will bring us her tribute to five great women of the theatre. Joining her to open our season is dazzling "Piazza" co-star David Burnham,who recently performed the role of "Fiyero" in the Broadway company of "Wicked." San Francisco's historic Sir Francis Drake Hotel will host this performance in its extraordinary Empire Ballroom.
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Hear Christine singing Moonshine Lullaby (from Annie Get Your Gun)
See Christine performing Fly Me to the Moon (Real Player Video)
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Barbara Cook
A Celebration in Conversation and Song
Sondheim, Rodgers and Berlin
hosted by Steven WinnTuesday, December 2nd - 8:00 p.m.
Herbst Theatre, SF
Tickets: $50 / Subscribers $45/ Under 25 $25
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Barbara Cook,"a transcendent American voice, shares the wisdom she has gained in 81 well-lived years with a tenderness and honesty that could break your heart and mend it all at once. " (New York Times) Come see her perform Sondheim, Rodgers and Berlin selections, with an in-depth interview with beloved Chronicle music and culture critic Steven Winn. In our first collaboration with City Arts & Lectures, Bay Area Cabaret has secured a limited number of seats at a discount off regular prices, to be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis to subscribers.
Christine Ebersole
with Billy StritchSunday, January 18th - 5:00 p.m.
Commandants Room, Marines Memorial Club, SF
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By overwhelming popular demand, Christine Ebersole returns to the Commnandants Room in a brand new Broadway and standards show with Liza Minelli accompanist Billy Stritch.This two-timeTony winner (Grey Gardens, 42nd Street) and former Saturday Night Live cast member "..light(s) up the little spaces in a song that others...leave unexplored." (SF Chronicle) Last season's shows sold out quickly - don't miss out!
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Lullaby of Broadway
Nnenna Freelon
An Uncommon StandardSunday, March 8th - 5:00 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom, Marines Memorial Club, SF
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6-time Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon and her jazz trio
make their Crystal Ballroom debut with a hot mix of Great American jazz standards, from Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder to George and Ira Gershwin. "She makes standards sound freshly minted, refreshingly new... her phrasing is original, surprising... she mines the melodies for new and hidden meaning... and imaginative spirit that reaches out and bubbles over..." For something different, come hear the vocalist Aretha Franklin calls "very hip."Video Samples
Nnenna Freelon at the Grammy Awards. Click here to view.
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Hear Nnenna talk about her influences, female artists and the jazz/standards audience in a recent NPR interview:
Ann Hampton Callaway
At LastSunday, May 17th - 5:00 p.m.
Commandants Room, Marines Memorial Club, SF
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Bay Area Cabaret favorite Ann Hampton Callaway celebrates her much-anticipated album of love songs - At Last, Landslide, Comes Love, Over the Rainbow - set for release on Valentines Day, 2009. A versatile artist,Tony-nominated for Best featured Actress in Swing, songwriter for Barbara Streisand and composer of the well-known Nanny theme, Ms.Callaway "...blows away any cobwebs off the ceiling. And she does it, song after song, note after impossible note, and makes it look easy." (Naples Times) Join us to compose a song with her at the end of the show!
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