Sat., June 8. JOHN DESTLER, in “Setting the Standards,” featuring Julie Gile and Kevin Sasaki. With a lifetime love of jazz and The American Songbook, Mr. Destler performed as an actor in theater and television in New York after serving three years in the U.S. Navy, then started a new career as an international advertising...
Sun., June 9. (Doors open at 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m.): KAREN MORROW’s SINGERS’ WORKSHOP. Karen Morrow, Broadway, TV, and cabaret personality, brings her Singers’ Workshop students, “An eclectic, loving group with many a twinkle in its eye” to share their talents, personalities and songs, with musical direction provided by Greg Schreiner. This season’s...
Tuesdays, June 4, 11, 18, & 25. 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, soon celebrating its twenty-fourth year anniversary. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., June 14. LAURAL MEADE, in “Ms. Tucker Will See You Now.” During nearly all of 2023, Laural Meade continued to perfect her rollicking Sophie Tucker show, tinkering with each iteration to ever more closely approach the asymptote of perfection. Those in attendance in December who had previously seen the show only in its infancy...
Sat., June 15. 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, June 4, 11, 18, & 25. 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, soon celebrating its twenty-fourth year anniversary. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Tuesdays, June 4, 11, 18, & 25. 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, soon celebrating its twenty-fourth year anniversary. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri. & Sat., June 28 & 29. CRAIG POMRANZ. Making his professional debut at age 12 in the St. Louis Municipal Opera production of Camelot, Mr. Pomranz became a headliner in the cabaret and jazz rooms of Manhattan, where he still performs and lives. He has recorded with Barbara Cook, Kaye Ballard, and Faith Prince,...
Fri. & Sat., June 28 & 29. CRAIG POMRANZ. Making his professional debut at age 12 in the St. Louis Municipal Opera production of Camelot, Mr. Pomranz became a headliner in the cabaret and jazz rooms of Manhattan, where he still performs and lives. He has recorded with Barbara Cook, Kaye Ballard, and Faith Prince,...
Tuesdays, July 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, celebrating its twenty-fourth year anniversary this month. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Sun., July 7 at 8 p.m. (Door opens and dinner service begins at 6 p.m.) ANDREA MARCOVICCI presents “A Stephen Sondheim Evening,” with guest BARBARA BRUSSELL. Stephen Sondheim (Oscar, Pulitzer, and 9-time Tony winner,) gets the Marcovicci treatment in this fourth in this series of monthly performances which echo the heady ‘80’s days of the...