Sat., Feb. 17. JOHN CICCOLINI introduces Goombah “Johnny Balboa,” who is “making a comeback after many years of boozing and carousing.” John Ciccolini’s shows at The Gardenia have become legendary for the humor behind his “command of the material,” and this show promises not to disappoint. Nominated for an LA Weekly Award for Outstanding Solo...
Tuesdays, Feb. 6, 13, 20, & 27. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fourth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 24. CLAUDE HALL presents “Nina Simone---A Single Woman. (Side B.)” In January, Ms. Hall will have reprised “Impassioned Spirit,” Ms. Hall’s compelling and informative show examining the arc of Nina Simone’s life from Simone’s “discovery” in an Atlantic City piano bar singing “I Loves You Porgy” through her participation in the civil rights...
Tuesdays, Feb. 6, 13, 20, & 27. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fourth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., March 1. CAROLYN HENNESY. The “deliciously vicious” “Penelope Ellis” on the ABC series, Revenge; “Rosalyn” on True Blood; “Diane Miller” on General Hospital (“17 years and counting;”) and “Mrs. Valentine” on Dawson’s Creek, Ms. Hennesy received training at the American Conservatory Theater and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She is also...
Tuesdays, Mar. 5, 12, 19, & 26. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fourth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Tuesdays, Mar. 5, 12, 19, & 26. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fourth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 16. MYRIAM BLANKAERT. Classically trained at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in France, and initially a voiceover artist, Ms. Blankaert was cast in numerous U.S. and European film and TV productions after arriving in New York City in the late 1990’s, and worked alongside Sarah Jessica Parker in the finale of Sex &...
Tuesdays, Mar. 5, 12, 19, & 26. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fourth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Sat., Mar. 30. MARY STANFORD returns to the Gardenia stage in “Wanderlust,” (“Around the World in 80 Minutes” (give or take,) with musical director, Bob Remstein. More information can be obtained at maryjstanford.com. Sat., Mar. 30. MARY STANFORD returns to the Gardenia stage in “Wanderlust,” (“Around the World in 80 Minutes” (give or take,) with...
Tuesdays, April 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now in its twenty-fourth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., April 5. SARAH SPIEGEL. Known as “the regal Miz,” Sarah Spiegel recently debuted her album, As Time Goes By, her homage to the songs of WWII, inspired by her show, “Through the Perilous Fight (We Never Stopped Singing.)” She has “opened” for Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra, Jr., has shared the stage with Jeff...