Thu., Dec. 7. SAMANTHA SIDLEY. We can’t sufficiently convey how excited we are that Samantha Sidley has at last emerged from the “pandemic dormancy,” now with a new and more intimate show, harkening back to her beginnings with accompanist and collaborator, Dan Reckard---with their unique arrangements and insightful treatments of well-known and forgotten standards. Drawn...
Fri., Dec. 8. 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., Dec. 9. DENISE MORGAN. A Los Angeles native, Ms. Morgan studied performing arts, classical vocals, and acting at LACC, USC, and the Inner City Cultural Center in Los Angeles, and has performed with many gospel choirs and groups. She studied with the late Howlett Smith, and was a member of his World Stage Jazz...
Sun., Dec. 10, at 8 p.m. ANDREA MARCOVICCI and MAUDE MAGGART---“A Gardenia Christmas.” Join these two fast friends for this warm-hearted celebration of the Holidays---an evening of perennial favorites....and surprises. Frequently introduced as “the Queen of Cabaret,” Andrea Marcovicci transformed the genre, has created over 35 nightclub acts at The Gardenia, and holds the record---an...
Tue., Dec. 12, at 8 p.m. BRANDON MAGGART’s 90th Birthday Bash. Although longtime Gardenia patrons know Brandon Maggart best as the patriarch of the Maggart Clan and Dad of Maude Maggart (and Fiona Apple,) Mr. Maggart had a storied career on Broadway himself, and was connected with The Gardenia even before either Maude or The...
Tuesday, Dec. 19. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host, including Holiday Toy Drive. 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, Jan. 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.
Wed., Jan. 17. IRA MARGOLIN presents his remembrance of cabaret friend, LORI DONATO, with special guests.
Thu., Jan. 18. PAMELA CLAY. Possessing a “power belt,” solid and confident pitch, a party-girl charisma, and a repertoire that broadens what patrons have come to expect as “Gardenia fare,” Pamela Clay parties down with this show celebrating her natal day. One can expect the unexpected from this chanteuse who has established herself as the...
Tuesdays, Jan. 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.
Sat., Jan. 27. CLAUDE HALL. Already an “excellent singer,” in October at The Gardenia, Claude Hall made a quantum jump into the rarified air occupied by the extraordinary, “must-see” “ladies of cabaret” with her Nina Simone show, backed by Musical Director, Jamieson Trotter. The show examined the remarkable arc of Nina Simone’s life, from Simone’s...
Tuesdays, Jan. 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.