ANDREA MARCOVICCI and MAUDE MAGGART

Sun., Sept. 7, at 8 p.m.  (Door opens and dinner service begins at 6 p.m.)   ANDREA MARCOVICCI and MAUDE MAGGART return for the final season of their monthly Gardenia “residency” following their “summer off,” with “Movie Magic,” their tribute to “music in the movies,” guaranteed to “pluck the magic twanger” of cinephiles of all ages.

Frequently introduced as “the Queen of Cabaret,” (and parenthetically retiring from singing soon,) Ms. Marcovicci transformed the “cabaret genre” in the ‘80’s, has created over 35 solo nightclub acts at The Gardenia, and holds the record—an unprecedented 25 seasons—at the celebrated Oak Room of The Algonquin Hotel—as well as the distinction of being the Oak Room’s final performer there before its closing.  She has combined forces with Maude Maggart, considered by many to be Marcovicci’s heir apparent, who can boast her own cabaret beginnings at The Gardenia a half generation later.  Our favorite endorsement of Ms. Maggart comes from Jim Bruce:  “If you have not yet heard Maude Maggart sing, I envy you the moment of discovery because there is nothing quite like the very first time you realize what a talent she is.  Then again there is also nothing quite like every single time after.”

The shows they share at The Gardenia are becoming legendary, and the time to “catch them” is now.