July 30-August 9, 2008 (in order of appearance)
The popular Cabaret & Performance Conference returns for ten exciting nights of the best Cabaret Theater in America!
CABARET OPEN MICS: The Cabaret & Performance Conference presents a very special part of your Cabaret experience! After select evening performances, enjoy an extra helping of Cabaret Theater - guest artists, performers, faculty and staff take the stage, hosted by the one and only Michael Bush.
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| Cabaret Open House |
| Kicking off ten nights of the best Cabaret Theater in America, enjoy a preview of this year's conference and meet with guest artists at this FREE Opening Ceremony! |
| 7/30, 8pm free |
| | OPEN MIC AFTER THE SHOW |
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| Allan Harris in "Cross That River" |
Music and Lyrics by Allan Harris Written by Allan and Pat Harris, Andrew Carl Wilk Directed by Andrew Carl Wilk Acclaimed jazz vocalist Allan Harris in an evening that tells the story of a young slave who makes his way to freedom and becomes a Black Cowboy in the American West. |
| 7/31, 8pm buy tickets |
| | OPEN MIC AFTER THE SHOW |
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| Penny Fuller in "The War Between My States" |
| Broadway and Cabaret Master Teacher and Emmy Award winning actress Penny Fuller looks at life as a Southern Miss raised in the North. |
| 8/1, 8pm buy tickets |
| | OPEN MIC AFTER THE SHOW |
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| Fellows Cabaret Showcase |
| The first of TWO EVENINGS OF PERFORMANCES by this summer's Cabaret Fellows. An ecclectic showcase of emerging talent in American Cabaret Theater! |
| 8/2, 7:30pm buy tickets |
| | OPEN MIC AFTER THE SHOW |
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| Ronnie Spector "Beyond the Beehive" |
| Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer - and one of the first Ronettes - Ronnie Spector takes the stage in an unforgettable evening about her life and times. |
| 8/2, 10pm buy tickets |
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| TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE SUNDAY DOUBLE BILL |
| ACT ONE |
| AMANDA GREEN in "Does This Song Make My Ass Look Fat?" |
| Jonathan Larson Award winning songwriter, performer and Broadway composer Amanda Green, joined by other conference performers, "delivers her murderously witty songs with the comic zing and self-lacerating rue of a young Carol Burnett" Ð Wall Street Journal |
| ACT TWO |
| "SECRETS OF SONGWRITING" by Randi Michaels & Michael Aman |
| Four female song writers meet in Nashville. Their personalities and musical styles couldn't be more different, but they connect, and through their struggles and difficulties, find the secrets of songwriting revealed. |
| 8/3, 8pm buy tickets |
| | OPEN MIC AFTER THE SHOW |
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| MALTBY & SHIRE'S "A TIME FOR LOVE" |
| Classic songs and new material from one of the theater's most acclaimed writing teams - Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire - in a witty and moving new musical exploration of a marriage. |
| 8/5, 8pm buy tickets |
| | OPEN MIC AFTER THE SHOW |
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| John Epperson: Show Trash |
| John Epperson, "the artist principally known as Lypsinka" performs - at the piano - a funny and poignantly entertaining revue of his trek from small-town Mississippi to big Manhattan showbiz! |
| 8/6, 8pm buy tickets |
| | OPEN MIC AFTER THE SHOW |
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| Fellows Cabaret Showcase |
| The second of TWO EVENINGS OF PERFORMANCES by this summer's Cabaret Fellows. An ecclectic showcase of emerging talent in American Cabaret Theater! |
| 8/7, 8pm buy tickets |
| | OPEN MIC AFTER THE SHOW |
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| "The Cousins Grimm" by Ted Sod, Dan Martin & Michael Biello |
| An "inside out" new musical spoof on the fairy tales of old! |
| 8/8, 8pm buy tickets |
| | OPEN MIC AFTER THE SHOW |
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| Grand Finale! |
| The rousing end-of-season show, featuring the best of everything in the conference - a one-night-only spectacular showcase of musical talent, and a post-performance reception! |
| 8/9, 8pm buy tickets |
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Tickets purchased online will be available at the box office prior to the performance. Enjoy the show!
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