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.
Sat., Feb. 3. 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...
Sun., Feb. 4. Showtime at 8 p.m. JOHN DESTLER sings “All About Love,” with special guests Tiffany Bailey and Sandra Piller. 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...
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.
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.
Wed., Feb. 14. VALENTINE’S DAY with ANDREA MARCOVICCI (a “Kurt Weill Valentine,” with Brad Ellis at the piano, Nate Light on bass, and Jimmy Emerzian, sax.) No one gives romance like Marcovicci at The Gardenia, and post-pandemic, she gives it even better. Don’t let this Valentine’s Day go by without indulging yourself in that which...
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...
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...