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Posted by:	Richard Connema 06:09 pm EDT 03/22/15
In reply to:	WHAT'S OPENING, PLAYING & CLOSING IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY THEATRES - Richard Connema 05:57 pm EDT 03/22/15

SOCIETY CABARET IN THE HOTEL REX, 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Please call 415-857-1896 to Seasonal small plates and cocktails available at your table. (No Minimums) FRIDAY, MARCH 27TH, 2015 SATURDAY MARCH 28TH MEG MACKAY & BILLY PHILADELPHIA Meg Mackay and Billy Philadelphia - 8:00pm Named the “First Couple of SF Cabaret” by the San Francisco Chronicle, Meg and Billy have chosen a new group of songs for their current show, with selections by Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Stephen Sondheim, Irving Berlin, et. al. Here’s what you’ll get from Meg & Billy: A seldom-heard 2nd chorus of lyrics, a parody of a famous song, laughs, tears, gorgeous singing and lively piano-playing. Tickets available at www.societycabaret.com(No Fees, No Fuss)or by calling 415-857-1896. April at Society Cabaret April 3rd & 4th No Shows Happy Easter Friday, April 10th at 8pm and Saturday, April 11th at 8pm Singing Hart Barry Lloyd Friday, April 17th at 8pm I Take My Chances Scott Gessford with G. Scott Lacy at the piano. Saturday, April 18th at 8pm Flyin' High Harold Sanditen Friday, April 24th at 8pm Chasing Our Own Tales Sandy Campbell and G. Scott Lacy. Saturday, April 25th at 8pm Tastefully Raunchy Sandy and Richard Riccardi Shows subject to change, please check out www.societycabaret.com for current show information. Buy your tickets at ticketmaster (No Fees, No Fuss) or by calling 415-857-1896. Buy your tickets early for best prices and seats. All seats assigned based upon date of purchase. Buy your tickets early for best prices and best seats. All seats assigned based upon purchase date Tickets available at ticketmaster (No Fees) or by calling 415-857-1896. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ############################# FEINSTEIN AT THE HOTEL NIKKO 222 Mason Street, San Francisco. FOR TICKETS www.feinsteinsSF.com or 855-636-4556 Hotel Nikko San Francisco and multi-platinum entertainer Michael Feinstein bring world-class entertainers to a timeless 140-seat nightclub in the heart of the city OPIE BELLAS March 25 Opie comes from a family of painters, writers and actors, so self-expression is in her blood. As a jazz singer, she has performed throughout the world and has recorded three CDs including How Do You Keep The Music Playing, Faces and Live For Life. Her voice can also be heard on a California Lottery TV commercial and, for a number of years, on NPR as host of Concert Matinee. LESLIE JORDAN March 26 28 After two sold out engagements in 2014, Emmy Award winner Leslie Jordan returns to Feinstein’s at the Nikko with his all new show Say Cheese! My Life In Front of the Camera. Jordan is one of the most recognizable faces in entertainment having created memorable supporting roles and appearing as a guest star on TV shows including Will and Grace, The Exes, Raising Hope and American Horror Story and on the big screen in The Help and Sordid Lives. He has had ups and downs since his arrival in Hollywood in 1982 and has remained constant, relevant and funny through it all. RUSS LORENSON APRIL 1ST In A Little Traveling Music Russ Lorenson takes audiences on the musical journey of his life via the great standards of the 20th Century, from London to Chicago, Gershwin to Mercer, Paris to New York, and Mancini to Manilow. He makes the trip unique as he tells the story of his odyssey from being a full-time stage performer to a high-tech executive with a million mile travel schedule and back, again, to the stage. LEA SALONGA APRIL 2 to 5th Internationally recognized for her powerful voice and perfect pitch, Lea Salonga is best known for her Tony Award-winning portrayal of Kim in Miss Saigon. She was also the first Asian to play Éponine in Les Misérables on Broadway and returned as Fantine in the 2006 revival. Lea has continued to celebrate the music of Alan Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, the creators of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, by participating in the recurring concert Do You Hear the People Sing? with other renowned artists worldwide. She has also appeared in Flower Drum Song on Broadway, Cats in Manilla and Allegiance at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre. On film, Salonga sang the role of Princess Jasmine in Aladdin and Fa Mulan in Mulan and Mulan II. She just wrapped a tour with Il Divo and when she is not singing herself, she serves as a coach on the Philippine version of The Voice. BETTY ROI APRIL 8TH Betty Roi is an authentic French chanteuse. Born in Paris, but a San Francisco resident since 1983. She has performed French cabaret music throughout the Bay Area and has released three CDs entitled Enchante, La Chanteuse de Paris, and La Lumiere du Son . Her third Feinstein’s at the Nikko appearance will include a collection of songs made famous by Josephine Baker and Edith Piaf that evoke feelings of love, longing and happiness. STEVE TYRELL APRIL 9, 10, 11, 12-16-17 Steve Tyrell Grammy Award-winning vocalist/producer Steve Tyrell has been setting A New Standard (the title of his 1999 debut album) for interpreting The Great American Songbook – most notably on Songs of Sinatra (#5 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart) and It’s Magic: The Songs of Sammy Cahn (#2 on the chart). His recently released 11th album, That Lovin’ Feeling celebrates what he refers to as “The Great American Songbook 2; the next generation of the Songbook,” recording seminal rock era classics penned by legendary songwriters that defined a generation. These cherished friends include Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Carole King and Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, and Neil Sedaka. Tyrell’s set is an intimate, jazzy take on his roots in the music business. As he writes in the liner notes, “This is the most fun album I have recorded to date ... and it’s the closest to the real me.” TARA LINDA & THE RUMOR MILL APRIL 22ND Songstress Tara Linda is a Bay Area critics’ pick. She wins accolades for both her vocal and songwriting abilities. “A sultry voice and a playful heart,” says The San Francisco Chronicle with a performance described as “mesmerizing” by The Bay Area News Group and “a diverse musical treat” by San Jose Jazz . For her Feinstein’s at the Nikko debut, Tara and The Rumor Mill will perform a lively and diverse repertoire with hooks you’ll be singing all the way home. LENA HALL APRIL 24 - 25 Tony Award-winner and GRAMMY nominee Lena Hall makes her Feinstein’s at the Nikko debut with Sin and Salvation featuring an eclectic mix of soulful rock, pop and blues. Lena Hall is currently starring as Yitzhak in the hit Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch for which she won the 2014 Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Musical. Prior to Hedwig, she starred as Nicola in the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots. Born and raised in San Francisco, Hall received her first big break singing for Pope John Paul II and 50,000 people at Candlestick Park when she was just seven years old MICHAEL FEINSTEIN APRIL 29 –MAY 3 The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook returns to Feinstein’s at the Nikko for a celebration of Frank Sinatra’s 100th Birthday. Feinstein earned his fifth GRAMMY nomination in 2009 for The Sinatra Project, his Concord Records CD saluting the music of Ol’ Blue Eyes. The Sinatra Project, Volume II, The Good Life was released in 2011 and his Emmy-nominated TV special Michael Feinstein – The Sinatra There is a $20 food and beverage minimum per person inside the showroom that guests can use towards cocktails as well as a variety of small plates crafted exclusively for Feinstein’s at the Nikko by Executive Chef Philippe Striffeler. Looking for something more substantial, or wish to meet up before or after the show? Well, we’ve got just the ticket. One of San Francisco’s most acclaimed dining experiences. Here, sustainable California cuisine is enhanced with Asian flavors, creating a whole new delicious gourmet culture. ANZU offers a special four-course prix-fixe dinner prior to all performances and an extensive menu of specialty cocktails and signature martinis. Dining at ANZU also includes pre-seating selection for that evening’s show. ################################# Sony Holland in The Lounge @ The Ritz-Carlton Hotel 600 Stockton Street S.F., CA 94108 Every Friday & Saturday 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. ############################### MUSICAL DUO CELEBRATES 10 YEARS ON FIRE 10-Year Jubilee Duo Concert Vocalist Lua Hadar and Pianist Jason A. Martineau - Celebrating ten years of glorious music-making, vocalist Lua Hadar and pianist Jason Martineau come together for a rare duo concert in the acoustic space of creativity salon The Emerald Tablet, Sunday, March 29 at 6pm. (doors 5:30). The salon in the heart of North Beach sits right next to iconic blues club The Saloon and across Columbus Ave. from City Lights Bookstore. Eclectic, worldly and funny, the duo will populate their program with their signature variety of grooves and languages, with special emphasis on the tunes you might not hear in concert with their band, Twist. A reception with the artists will follow the concert. Space is limited and advance sale tickets at $20 are on sale now at https://eventbrite.com/event/1384664569/ as well as at the door on a space-available basis. Advance sale orders receive a free download card at the door. The Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno Street, San Francisco 94133, http://emtab.org and http://luahadar.com ##################### May Heats Up as Society Cabaret comes to SAN JOSE with Sizzlin' Spring Night Cabarets which willKeep you Warm all the way thru Winter Opening Weekend May 22 and 23, 2015 at Paolo's Restaurant, San Jose San Jose, CA - Society Cabaret brings quality performances to San Francisco, La Jolla and NOW SAN JOSE in an intimate and inviting venue highlighting stars and regional entertainers who tell their storiesthrough song and word. Society Cabaret partners with Paolo's Restaurant to bring fine dining andexcellent entertainment to the Silicon Valley. Opening weekend is Fri., May 22 and Sat., May 23 -2015. Seating begins at 6:30 pm with performances at 8 pm. G. Scott Lacy, Director of Entertainment,comments: “We are so happy to be bringing Society Cabaret to downtown San Jose. We’ve alwayswanted to be part of this vital community. Paolo's represents the best partnership we could hope for." Opening Weekend begins Friday, May 22 with Barry Lloyd in BARRY LLOYD LIVE! The patrons will experience, as dubbed by the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco's Crown Prince of Cabaret. Mr. Lloyd is appearing in San Jose one night only and will treat the audience to a collection ofsongs spanning his career - including favorite songs from past shows as well as a handful of songs he has never performed before. He'll be singing songs from his MAC Award nominated CD, BARRY LLOYD LIVE! Mr. Lloyd moved to San Jose with his family from San Francisco when he was a mere lad of 8. His mother was active in the local San Jose theatre scene and everyone knew the theatre diva - Lila Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd appeared in many shows beside his mother as a child and continued as a young man to playpiano for local productions. Upon completing High School Mr. Lloyd returned to live in San Francisco. "Barry Lloyd, with fingers flying at the piano and singing with his distinctive modulated baritone voice,brought back those wonderful golden days at the Blue Angel in New York during the middle '50s. . . . His phrasing of each song is impeccable. There is the sophistication of a Bobby Short about him. Sometimes in some of the comedy songs, I could hear Noel Coward sitting at a piano singing those witty stylish words." -- Richard Connema, Talkin' Broadway "Performer Lloyd has comic timing that works every time. When called for, he sells a song with outrageous abandon. And yet he can also romance the room with that well-trained voice. That masculinepurr will send sensual shivers up and down many a spine. His phrasing works beautifully with the music, and his sense of dynamics is flawless." -- Tom W. Kelly, San Francisco Bay Times Opening weekend continues on Saturday, May 23 with Thuy Linh in THEN & NOW Ms. Linh is the first Vietnamese American Jazz vocalist of the bay area. As a petite chanteuse with a surprisingly low and rich pitch Ms. Linh glides warmly between lyrical sensuality and pensive nostalgia. With a unique style and an exotic sound, Ms. Linh mesmerizes audiences with her soothing vocals. Ms. Linh has been singing since age twenty. Self-taught and drawn to jazz in college by the classic voices of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Nat King Cole though she credits her love of singing to the melodious songs she heard growing up in her Vietnamese community, and her unique style to a most unusual personal history for a singer of American jazz. Ms. Linh was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam. After the fall of Saigon, hundreds of thousands fled to neighboring countries and the United States. Nine year old Thùy and her family were on one of the boats heading for the US.About the same time in her life, Thùy was also on a personal journey. As a child, she had contracted polio. Soon after, the young girl had to deal with the effects of post-polio syndrome. The effects however did not prevent her from going forward and pursuing her dream of singing. Currently Ms. Linh is creating original compositions in collaboration with the poet Bashou. The first in the series is Lotus Child and the second is Lady Moon. Along with composer Nguyen Du Ms. Linh has created Jazz is You! Jazz La Em! With the mission to bring jazz into the heart of the ethnic communities and make it accessible. Jazz is You! Is a community of musicians and patrons with a dream to educateand expose ethnic communities to this great American art form. TICKET INFORMATION Individual tickets to cabarets are available at SocietyCabaret.com "Buy Tickets Now", in person at the door, or by calling 408 676-6471. Prix Fixe menu, Fine Dining and Full Bar available (no minimums). LOCATION AND PARKING Society Cabaret San Jose in Paolo's Restaurant 333 West San Carlos Street San Jose, CA 95110 Paid Parking available in the same building at River Run Garage Entrance to garage on Woz Way

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