"There was a cabaret, and there
was a Master-of-Ceremonies and
there was a city called Berlin
in a country called Germany. It
was the end of the world . . .
and I was dancing with Sally
Bowles and we were both asleep.
. . . “ — Cliff in CABARET
American Repertory Theater
presents CABARET by Kander and Ebb directed by Steven
Bogart
starring Amanda Palmer
as the Emcee
Music Direction by Lance
Horne and Debra Barsha
August 31 — October 29, 2010
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
at 7:30pm
Fridays at 7:30pm and 10:30pm
TICKETS: Begin
at $25. Student rush $15.
Seniors $10 off regular ticket
price. Group Rates available.
Tickets can be purchased online
at
www.AmericanRepertoryTheater.org,
by phone at 617-547-8300, or in
person at the A.R.T. Box Office,
64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA
02138.
Performances will begin
promptly at the times listed
above;
Klub doors open half hour before
showtime.
No performances Saturday through
Monday.
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.)
opens its 2010/11 Season with
Kander and Ebb’s
CABARET, directed
by Steven Bogart,
with musical direction by
Lance Horne
and Debra Barsha
and movement by
Steven Mitchell Wright,
starring Amanda
Palmer as the
Emcee. Set and costume design is
by David Israel
Reynoso, lighting
design by Nick
Vargelis, and
sound design by
Clive Goodwin.
Take your seat at the Kit Kat
Klub, the perfectly marvelous
cabaret where singer Sally
Bowles meets writer Cliff
Bradshaw. As the two pursue a
life of pleasure in Weimar
Berlin, the world outside the
Klub begins to splinter.
Presiding over it all is singer,
songwriter, and former Dresden
Doll Amanda Palmer
as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic
Emcee, with Aly
Trasheras Sally
Bowles and Matt Woodas Cliff Bradshaw.
The cast also includesRemo Airaldi
as Herr Schultz,
David Costaas
Ernst Ludwig, Claire
Daviesas Fraulein
Kost, Thomas Derrah
as Fraulein Schneider, and
Jeremy Geidtas Max, the Klub Owner;as well as
Renee-Marie Brewster,Lucille Duncan, Tamara
Hickey,
Eric Johnson,
Jordy Lievers, and Gaetano
Pugliese as the
Kit Kat Dancers, and Annika Franklin,
Chris Thomas,
and Edward Walsh
as the Ensemble.
RATING: The
production contains nudity,
simulated sex, and drug
use.Recommended for 16 and
older, unless accompanied by an
adult.
SAM BENDRIX AT THE BON SOIR
Written by Keith Bunin
Directed by Mark Rucker Musical direction by Debra Barsha
The Inside Look series
in the Susan Stein Shiva Theater
124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY
(845) 437-4636
Tickets are $20
Performance dates and times: July 1,
2, 3 at 8:00pm; July 3 at 2:00pm
A smoky Greenwich Village nightclub in
1958 - a decade before the Stonewall
riots - is the setting of SAM BENDRIX AT
THE BON SOIR (July 1 - 3), a play by
Keith Bunin (Vera Laughed, The Busy
World is Hushed) with music drawn
from well-known songs of the era.
Directed by Mark Rucker (Die, Mommie,
Die!, The Lady in Question is Charles
Busch), with musical direction by
Debra Barsha, SAM BENDRIX stars Luke
Macfarlane (Brothers and Sisters).
In this sharp and poignant look at a
now-vanished world, a young singer takes
the stage of a Greenwich Village
nightclub for his last performance
before leaving New York City for good.
This is a week
long theatre camp, where kids ages 8-12 will learn all aspects of creating and performing
in a show. Children will write and star in their very own mini musical!
TO RESERVE A SPOT FOR KIDS
CAMP CALL 631-725-0818 x110
A
1 week theater camp where kids will learn all aspects of
creating and performing in their very own mini musical!
Classes and theater games including acting, singing, script
writing, scoring, set design and more. Professional Broadway
performer and educator, Debra Barsha, will be Director.
For ages
10 and up. $125 per child, or $25 with an approved
scholarship form. Call 607-326-7908 to register. Camp show
evening of July 16.
"The other
night I met up for a drink with my friends from the Flat Earth
live band I took with me on my world tour in 1983-84–Justin
Hildreth, Lyndon Connah, Matthew Seligman, and Lesley Fairbairn.
We thought it would be fun to get back together and play for one
night. It was great when Matthew and Kevin Armstrong joined me
onstage at the Academy a couple of years ago, and this would be
the full touring band. A quick email round to Chucho Merchan,
Debra Barsha and Kevin confirmed that everyone was up for it.
But
instead of a yet another 80s reunion, I thought we could do
something a little more contemporary, a little more Reality TV.
So here’s the plan. We won’t rehearse the show at all. Instead,
we’ll meet up onstage, completely unrehearsed. We’ll re-learn
songs like ‘Hyperactive’, ‘Windpower’, ‘I Scare Myself’ and ‘One
Of Our Submarines’, chatting and telling stories as we go. It’ll
be very interactive and the audience can chime in with
questions, comments and requests, like a cross between a
masterclass and a talk show. And I’ll try to arrange some cameo
walk-on appearances from celebrated musicians I’ve worked with
over the years. At the end of the evening we’ll play a short set
of the songs we’ve practiced, back-to-back.
With
the help of promoter Adrian Gibson, I have booked the
Union Chapel
in Islington for the evening of February 28th 2010. This is a
lovely venue with seating for around 700 and a somewhat
wrap-around stage which I feel will give a warm atmosphere for
the show. It’ll be quite an early start, with 2 to 2.5 hrs for
rehearsing and chat, followed by a break and then a short
concert set.
The
Union Chapel ‘gig’ will round out an exciting weekend for Dolby
afficionados: the previous night, Feb 27th, there will be a show
in Aldermaston by excellent duo The Pirate Twins, who could
loosely be regarded as a ‘tribute band.’ I saw these guys play
once before at a semi-secret 50th birthday bash, but since then
they’ve expanded their repertoire and they will be performing
The Golden Age Of Wireless in its entirety. They do an amazing
job of re-creating my sounds and production, but many of their
arrangements go beyond that as they explore ideas that my
originals only hinted at. I decided to make my show the same
weekend as theirs, because I know that a lot of fans and Forum
members will be traveling specially for that show. Between the
GAOW performance on Saturday and ‘Circumnavigating The Flat
Earth’ on Sunday, it’ll be quite an action-packed 48 hrs.
There’s more info about The Pirate Twins gig
here."
This is a two-week
long theatre camp, where kids will learn all aspects of creating and performing
in a show. Children will write and star in their very own mini musical!
A rock musical featuring the
music of Peter Gabriel
Presented in a
by-invitation-only reading
June 16, 3 PM
The Neighborhood
Playhouse
340 East 54th Street
Featuring
Celina Carvajal, Bryce Ryness, Robin Skye, Jason Tam and Kevin Massey.
Debra Barsha, musical
director
Us features music
and lyrics by Peter Gabriel and concept and book by Maggie Levin. The
musical, according to press notes, "tells a universal story about
relationships, loss and love." The show includes the hits "In Your Eyes,"
"Sledgehammer" and "Solsbury Hill."
Debra will be directing
this week-long program in Sag Harbor, Long Island.
Each day will be filled with
classes and theatre games incorporating every aspect of theatre—from acting to
singing, from performance to dance. Of course we’ll incorporate fun breaks for
snacks and lunch (from home), allowing time for teachers and pupils to get to
know one another as well as for groups to perform for each other. Kids will be
divided into different groups, based on scene requirements, age levels, and
experience.
Debra will be directing
this week-long program in Sag Harbor, Long Island.
Each day will be filled with
classes and theatre games incorporating every aspect of theatre—from acting to
singing, from performance to dance. Of course we’ll incorporate fun breaks for
snacks and lunch (from home), allowing time for teachers and pupils to get to
know one another as well as for groups to perform for each other. Kids will be
divided into different groups, based on scene requirements, age levels, and
experience.
What better way to spend a Saturday
evening than in the company of great friends, in a great atmosphere with great
music!
Join us on Saturday nights at 10:00
pm when Bay Street opens its doors to our new Cabaret @ The Bay. On Saturday
nights at 10 pm, following The Picture Show, Bay Street will open the Lobby to
musical performers from the East End to NYC. These evenings promise to be a
wonderful mixture of talent with as many varied musical styles as there are
performers.
Tickets are $20 at the door and a
cash bar will be available. Reservations are requested and can be made by
calling 631-725-0818 ext. 110.
So grab your friends and come on down
to The Bay on Saturday nights and see what a little night music can do for your
spirit!
The performance, featuring Lance
Horne and Mary-Mitchell Campbell (music director of The
Public Theater production of Road Show and founder of ASTEP) as
music directors, will boast the
talents of Seth
Rudetsky (Broadway Chatterbox, The Ritz), Jeff
Blumenkrantz (A
Class Act), Debra Barsha (composer-lyricist of The
Public's Radiant Baby), Nathan Lee Graham (Wig Out!), Lauren
Kennedy (Sunset
Blvd, Spamalot), Jenn Colella (Urban
Cowboy, High
Fidelity), Jenn Foote (A
Chorus Line), Scott Sowinski (NYCO Sweeney
Todd), Lea
DeLaria (On
the Town) and Lauren Flanigan (NYCO Diva) and
will benefit the amazing work of Artists Striving To End Poverty (ASTEP).
Says Emmy-award winning Horne: "I can think of no better way to
celebrate the dawn of this new era than spending 'Day One' with some
of the best voices and biggest hearts on Broadway."
$20 secures a
seat for the concert. 100% of the proceeds from the evening will go
to supporting ASTEP's mission to create positive change for young
people in need across the globe.
JOE'S PUB
425 LAFAYETTE
STREET, just south of
Astor Place, NYC
The Barsha sisters collaborate!!! Composer
Debra Barsha (RADIANT BABY) and her sister, video editor/producer Janice
Barsha honor their parents'
50th Wedding Anniversary with this song, "Inside My Heart."
Home videos of the
Barsha family are featured.
One lyricist and 18 composers
join forces to create a unique music/theatre event in 'Songs From an
Unmade Bed,' a solo work that propels a smart, resilient, wry and ultimately
romantic gay New Yorker through the heartache and triumphs of love in the Big
City. Mark Campbell's lyrics on the endlessly surprising experience of urban
romance have been set by an eclectic roster of today's musical artists,
including Debra Barsha, Mark Bennett, Peter Foley, Jenny Giering, Peter Golub,
Jake Heggie, Stephen Hoffman, Lance Horne, Gihieh Lee, Steve Marzullo, Brendan
Milburn, Chris Miller, Greg Pliska, Duncan Sheik, Jeffrey Stock, Steven Lutvak,
Kim Sherman and Joseph Thalken.
Half Price Preview: June
4th & 5th, 2008 Opening: June 6th, 2008
Closing: August 10th
Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM & Sunday at 3 PM
Please
join us when DEBRA AND MARY'S NIGHT ON THE TOWN welcomes JOHN VENTIMIGLIA best
known for his role as Artie Bucco on HBO's THE SOPRANOS!!!!! What you don't know
is that John is a wonderful composer/singer and will be performing some of his
compositions
on Monday!!!
Ventimiglia is a
New York based actor. His credits include television stage and film. He is best known
for his portrayal of Artie Bucco on the acclaimed HBO series, THE SOPRANOS. John
is also a frequent collaborator of David Amram, and has been Composing music for
a long time. He thanks Debra and Mary for creating this forum and encouraging
others to share it
This is our last performance of Debra and Mary's Night on
the Town until September, so please join us TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT!!!
Reservations are a must!!!!
CALL:
212-989-9319
See you at The Cornelia Street Cafe, 20 Cornelia Street in the Village!!!!
* * *
DEBRA AND MARY'S NIGHT ON THE
TOWN
W/ CHARLES BUSCH!!!!
Monday, May 19th - 8:30PM
The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street,
NYC 10014
CHARLES
BUSCH is the author and star of such plays as The Lady in Question, Red
Scare on Sunset and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, which ran five years and is one
of the longest running plays in Off-Broadway history. His play The Tale of the
Allergist’s Wife ran for 777 performances on Broadway and won Mr. Busch the
Outer Circle Critics John Gassner Award and received a Tony nomination for Best
Play. He wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays, Psycho Beach Party
and Die Mommie Die, the latter of which won him the Best Performance Award at
the Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, Mr. Busch received a special Drama Desk
Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright. Mr. Busch made
his directorial debut with the film A Very Serious Person, which premiered at
the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won an honorable mention. He is also
the subject of the documentary film The Lady in Question is Charles Busch. His
latest play The Third Story will have its premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse
during its 2008-2009 season.
Debra Barsha (composer of RADIANT BABY at
the Public Theater) and Mary Cleere Haran ("Cabaret's most literate
chanteuse" - The New Yorker) perform an evening of song and witty repartee. Each
week new songs, a different theme and one very special guest interview!!
Call 212-989-9319
RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST! For info and
directions see the rest of the website.
$20 Cover plus
one drink minimum/$10 Cover for students
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The Passage Theatre Company 2008 Solo Flights
Festival presents
Sat., March 8; Thurs., March 13
8 p.m.
Mill Hill Playhouse
Tickets $20
From collecting donor samples in her living room, to having her partner (a New
York City cop) inject her with fertility drugs, to her job as a fourth grade
theatre teacher in Brooklyn,
Debra Barsha's
take on the primal rush to beat the biological clock is not your ordinary view
of conception. This one-woman musical comedy about the trials and tribulations
of one lesbian's face-off with alternative insemination is inventive
and uproariously funny. Frank Ventura, Executive Artistic Director of CAP21 (New
York City's incubator for new musicals), directs.
* * *
Like
the beat beat beat of the tom-tom
When
the jungle shadows fall -
Debra
And Mary’s Night On The Town
at
The Night and Day Room at Biscuit BBQ
A
live music variety/talk show and more...it’s a night on the town!
Every
Monday at 8:30 p.m.
$10
Cover plus one drink minimum. $5 Cover for students
Debra
Barsha (composer of RADIANT BABY at the Public Theater) and Mary Cleere Haran (“Cabaret’s
most literate chanteuse” - The New Yorker) perform every Monday at 9:00 p.m.
an evening of song and witty repartee. Each week new songs, a different theme
and one very special guest interview!!
Directed
by NSC Producing Artistic Director Alan Patrick Kenny
Music Directed by Steven Milloy
June
21-23, 28-30, July 5-7, 12-14 @ 8pm
June 24, July 1, 8, & 15 @ 3pm
New
Stage Collective Theatre
1140
Main St (@ 12th St), Cincinnati, OH 45202
NSC
is thrilled to present the regional premiere and third U.S. production of the
innovative new musical Radiant Baby. Utilizing an explosive combination
of rock, punk and pop music, Radiant Baby tells the story of 1980's pop
artist Keith Haring and his symbol-inspired graffiti line art created in the New
York subways which catapulted him to international superstardom, before
tragically dying of AIDS at age 31.
Haring, a rare artist who achieved
widespread public accolades but only minimal appreciation from the art world
during his lifetime, used his art-accessible-to-all approach to encapsulate the
turbulent generation living in the 80's and celebrate the vitality of their
human spirit. Originally developed and directed by distinguished theatre
director, writer, and producer George C. Wolfe, Radiant Baby received
its World Premiere staging at New York 's Public Theatre, and was further
developed in a later production at New York University. NSC is proud to present
this fascinating and energetic musical's first ever regional production,
directed by NSC Producing Artistic Director Alan Patrick Kenny.
A
WOMB WITH A VIEW explores a year
in the life of a lesbian's journey through the process of alternative
insemination.
From
collecting donor samples in her living room, to having her partner (a NYC police
officer) inject her with fertility drugs, to her day-to-day job as a 4th grade
theatre teacher in a Brooklyn private school, this primal rush to beat the
biological clock is not your ordinary view of conception. As one fashion
conscious 5-year-old put it, "all you need to have a baby is an egg and a
perm." Debra Barsha writes and stars in this inventive, uproarious
piece filled with storytelling and song. CAP21's Executive Artistic Director
Frank Ventura directs.
Visit
http://www.cap21.org/coming.htm
for info.
For
TICKETS call212-352-3101
or
* * *
PRESENTS
THE
DOROTHY STRELSIN NEW WORKS SERIES:
A
WOMB WITH A VIEW
By
Debra Barsha
March
12 – 7:30pm
18 West 18th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
A
WOMB WITH A VIEW explores a year in the life of a lesbian's journey through
alternative insemination. From collecting donor samples in her living
room, to having her partner (a NYC police officer) inject her with fertility
drugs, to her day-to-day job as a 4th grade music teacher in a Brooklyn private
school, this primal rush to beat the biological clock is not your ordinary view
of conception. As one fashion conscious 5-year-old put it, “all you need
to have a baby is an egg and a perm.” In an hilarious collaboration with
CAP21’s Executive Artistic Director Frank Ventura, Debra Barsha’s outrageous
musical personality emerges in this inventive, uproarious piece.
For
tickets call212-352-3101
or
* * *
CAP21
Conservatory presents
RADIANT
BABY
March
1 - March 10
Wed-Sat: 8:00 pm, Sat/Sun: 3:00 pm
All
Tickets: $15.00
18 West 18th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
* * *
UU Meeting House Presents:
"How Love Goes"
Lance Horne & Debra Barsha
An evening of original songs - Two Performances Only!
August 1 & 2, 2005, 9PM
Upstairs in the Sanctuary at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House
236 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657
(508) 487-9344
http://www.uumh.org
Tickets: $22.50. Available at
www.ptowntix.com
(look for the listing under "How Love Goes")
This
summer in Provincetown, Lance Horne and Debra Barsha will join forces in a
tour-de-force performing their original songs-a bold eclectic mix of pop, rock,
and Broadway styles. Their cutting-edge material explores the human condition
through the ever-evolving perspectives of love and relationships.
* * *
SONGS
FROM AN UNMADE BED
STARRING
MICHAEL WINTHER
FEATURING
THE SONG "HE NEVER DID THAT BEFORE" BY DEBRA
The
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
Thursday,
June 23, 2005, 7PM
Queer Songbook welcomes Debra Barsha
Queer Songbook celebrates singer/songwriter, Debra Barsha. Debra’s songs have
been recorded by such artists as George Clinton and Marty Balin, and has
recorded with Patti Austin, Bootsy Collins and Ryuichi Sakamoto among others.
Debra’s off Broadway musical Radiant Baby, about subway artist Keith
Haring, won the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award. Debra has
played keyboards and performed roles off Broadway in Tony ‘N’ Tina’s
Wedding and Swingtime Canteen. For Queer Songbook, Debra will be
joined by Broadway performer Michael Winther (Mamma Mia and Radiant
Baby) who is currently performing in Songs from an Unmade Bed at
the New York Theatre Workshop. General Admission $15, Center Members $10
Visit
http://www.gaycenter.org
/program_folders/queersongbook for more information.
A
1 week theater camp where kids will learn all aspects of
creating and performing in their very own mini musical!
Classes and theater games including acting, singing, script
writing, scoring, set design and more. Professional Broadway
performer and educator, Debra Barsha, will be Director.
The performance, featuring Lance
Horne and Mary-Mitchell Campbell (music director of The
Public Theater production of Road Show and founder of ASTEP) as
Please
join us when DEBRA AND MARY'S NIGHT ON THE TOWN welcomes JOHN VENTIMIGLIA best
known for his role as Artie Bucco on HBO's THE SOPRANOS!!!!! What you don't know
is that John is a wonderful composer/singer and will be performing some of his
compositions
CHARLES
BUSCH is the author and star of such plays as The Lady in Question, Red
Scare on Sunset and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, which ran five years and is one
of the longest running plays in Off-Broadway history. His play The Tale of the
Allergist’s Wife ran for 777 performances on Broadway and won Mr. Busch the
Outer Circle Critics John Gassner Award and received a Tony nomination for Best
Play. He wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays, Psycho Beach Party
and Die Mommie Die, the latter of which won him the Best Performance Award at
the Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, Mr. Busch received a special Drama Desk
Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright. Mr. Busch made
his directorial debut with the film A Very Serious Person, which premiered at
the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won an honorable mention. He is also
the subject of the documentary film The Lady in Question is Charles Busch. His
latest play The Third Story will have its premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse
during its 2008-2009 season. 
