Fri., July 28. LAURAL MEADE, in “Ms. Tucker Will See You Now.” A longtime member of the theater faculty at Occidental College, playwright and musical performer Ms. Meade has sung in Southern California venues “both sacred and profane,” and directs a choir for The Secret City. Her vocal musicianship has turned heads at The Gardenia...
Sat., July 29. SANDRA PILLER. Although born and raised in Southern California, Ms. Piller has “always been a country girl at heart,” and a number of years ago was named “Best New Country Artist” by New Music Weekly. However, her previous outings at The Gardenia have often featured the songs of her late mother-in-law, Ruth...
Tuesdays, Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29. 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, beginning its twenty-fourth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Thu., Aug. 3. ADAM COHEN. Keri Kelsey, with the help of Jerome Pittman, has assembled quite the posse drawn from the very best musicians in Los Angeles to support the Gardenia Open Mike, presented every Tuesday evening. Among these musicians has been bassist Adam Cohen, whose eyes and ears extend “beyond the bass” into the...
Sat., Aug. 5. CAROLYN HENNESY, in "It's Not About Me!" Having received training at the American Conservatory Theater and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, the Emmy-Winning Ms. Hennesy has forged a sterling acting career, with hundreds of roles in film, stage, and on TV, including the “deliciously vicious” “Penelope Ellis” on the...
Tuesdays, Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29. 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, beginning its twenty-fourth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 12. PHYLLIS CAUSEY. Having studied with Barbara Morrison and Howlett Smith, Ms. Causey now conducts her own vocal workshops in her hometown of Detroit and at West L.A. College. In addition to appearances in Los Angeles and Detroit, she has also taken her shows to Houston, Atlanta, and Paris, France. She is the...
Tuesdays, Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29. 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, beginning its twenty-fourth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 18. LAURAL MEADE, in “Ms. Tucker Will See You Now.” A longtime member of the theater faculty at Occidental College, playwright and musical performer Ms. Meade has sung in Southern California venues “both sacred and profane,” and directs a choir for The Secret City. Her vocal musicianship has turned heads at The Gardenia...
Sat., Aug. 19. THERESE LEE. The recipient of the 2023 Bistro Award for Outstanding Autobiographical Show for “Riding the Bus to the Red Carpet,” Ms. Lee has sung (in five languages,) in every genre from opera, art song and The Great American Songbook to operetta and musical theater (including “Katisha” in The Mikado and “Arlene”...
Tuesdays, Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29. 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, beginning its twenty-fourth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 26. JOYCE MORDOH. A Los Angeles native, spawn of a singer mother and a drummer father, Ms. Mordoh’s formal training in theater, music, dance, and voice took her to places as diverse as Germany and Japan. Having developed her own distinctive style, tempered by an appreciation for the great Big Band Singers, she...