Thank you to all the performers, volunteers, venues, sponsors and guests for making Cabaret Fest 2010 such a great weekend.

 

Provincetown Cabaret Fest 2010! April 16 – 18

15 Performers, 4 Venues, 1 Jazzy Town

 

Friday April 16 - 8pm - Opening Night Party

Join Jim Caruso as he hosts the weekend's opening night party. Enjoy a song or two from the Cabaret Fest performers along with guest appearances by Lisa Jason, Barbara Nye and Paul Motondo.

Crown & Anchor Cabaret Room, 247 Commercial Street

 

Tickets: $25.00

 

Saturday April 17 - 5 pm - Dane Vannatter and Krisanthi Pappas Tickets: $25.00 - Crown & Anchor Cabaret Room, 247 Commercial Street

Jazz and cabaret singer Krisanthi Pappas has been compared to Diana Krall and Norah Jones by Jazz Times Magazine.  Also a two-time Billboard® award winning songwriter, her original songs have been featured in the movies "Green River" and “Tying The Not” as well as in ABC television’s “One Life To Live”,  NBC’s “Passions” and HereTV’s “The Lair”.   Krisanthi has recorded four CDs and performs full-time at venues and events throughout New England and New York City.  She and her band have opened for or shared the stage with Branford Marsalis, Chuck Mangione, The B-52s, The Yellowjackets and many others. To learn more and order cd's visit http://www.krisanthi.com.

Dane Vannatter was awarded the 2006 Bistro Award for Outstanding Vocalist. He has been acclaimed by reviewers at The New York Post, The Boston Globe and BackStage for a style that "blends facets of cabaret and jazz with intelligence and care." The Boston Globe remarks "Dane Vannatter's distinctive style leaves an imprint on whatever music he sings. His voice has a floating quality that gets in your head and won't leave....his music is a swinging, soaring adventure!" Dane is also the recipient of the 2000 Bistro Award for Outstanding CD for his second recording "Flight." He has been nominated for 4 MAC awards and is a 2007 Nightlife Award finalist. Dane performed in New York at the legendary Sardi's and Metropolitan Room.  Dane's 3 CD's & performance schedule are available at his web site www.danevannatter.com.

 

Saturday April 17 - 8 pm
Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch

 

Crown & Anchor Cabaret Room
247 Commercial Street

Tickets: $30.00

Billy Stritch is one of the premier singer-pianists on the New York and national jazz and cabaret scene.  His most recent nightclub act “Billy Stritch sings the Mel Tormé Songbook” earned rave reviews from the New York music critics.  In New York, he has performed at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and completed 688 performances as Oscar, the rehearsal pianist, in the 2001 Broadway revival of 42nd Street which starred Christine Ebersole.  Billy is also a songwriter and arranger, and his composition “Does He Love You” was recorded by Reba McEntire and Linda Davis.  The single reached the number one spot on the Billboard Country chart, winning a Grammy Award and selling over five million copies along the way.  Billy has also written music for theater and for The Radio City Christmas Spectacular.  He has arranged for many top performers and is a frequent collaborator with Liza Minnelli, having written the arrangements for Minnelli On Minnelli at the Palace Theater, Liza’s Christmas at Town Hall, and was musical supervisor and pianist for the Tony Award-winning, Liza’s At The Palace.  He has three CDs to his credit and his latest “Jazz Live,” recorded at The Jazz Standard in New York, was recently released on Fynsworth Alley Records.  He is the winner of the Nashville Music City News Award, a BMI Song of the Year Award, and four awards from the Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets.

Jim Caruso recently made his Broadway debut alongside Liza Minnelli in the smash hit Liza’s At The Palace! The show was honored with a 2009 Tony Award for Best Special Event and the recording is a Grammy nominee.  Caruso has won six MAC Awards and two BackStage Magazine Bistro Awards for sold-out shows at Birdland, Arci’s Place, The Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, and The Russian Tea Room.  He has also performed at the Cinegrill and Gardenia in Los Angeles, The Vic Theater and Davenport’s in Chicago, Libby’s in Atlanta, the Colony Palm Beach Hotel in Florida and the Connaught Room in London.  His debut recording, "Caruso Live and In Person" was released on the LML Music label, and within two weeks, went to number one on both the album and singles charts at Outvoice.com.  He was featured in a Tribute to Kander & Ebb, backed by the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, and performed a Tribute to Hope & Crosby in an evening hosted by Michael Feinstein at Zankel Hall. 

Caruso was the founding member of the nationally acclaimed, award-winning jazz vocal and comedy trio, Wiseguys.  The trio performed at President Clinton’s First State Dinner at the White House. They also performed at Carnegie Hall with Rosemary Clooney. For the past seven years, he has hosted a weekly Monday night showbiz bash called "Jim Caruso’s Cast Party," which has brought him a New York Nightlife Award, MAC Award and the Sidney Meyer Award.  The weekly “Broadway at Birdland” series he produces has also been honored with a Nightlife Award.  His series of weekly podcasts called “here! on Broadway” was honored with a Summit Award.  Please visit www.Jim-Caruso.com or www.CastPartyNYC.com for more information.

 

Sunday April 18 - 11:30am - Sunday Brunch with
Carol O'Shaughnessy
Tickets: $29.00 - Crown & Anchor Cabaret Room, 247 Commercial Street

Join CAROL O’SHAUGHNESSY for this seated brunch performance. Carol has been dubbed “Boston’s First Lady of Cabaret”, and she has earned the city’s Cabaret "Entertainer of the Year” for appearances at New York City’s Town Hall, Jordan Hall, The Regattabar and Scullers.  Carol’s one-woman shows “Stuff In The Box … Provincetown The Early Years” and “Ring-a-Ding-Ding … The Music of the Rat Pack” were named “Top 10 Best Cabaret Shows for 2002 and 2003” respectively.  She was also nominated by the Independent Reviewers of New England for “Best Female Cabaret Entertainer 2004”. Carol has appeared with Joan Rivers at the North Shore Music Theatre and David Brenner at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Theatre. O’Shaughnessy has three CD’s, “The Way I See It”, “Live At Scullers” and “Ring-A-Ding-Ding….The Music of the Rat Pack” all of which have received rave reviews. Carol is also an accomplished actress and has performed as Matron “Mama” Morton in the Worcester Foothills Theatre productions of Chicago, directed by Susan Streeter. “Carol has an innate ability to deliver a song with the best of them.  Carol, you’re just too marvelous for words!” Ron Della Chiesa, WGBH Radio, Boston; WPLM Radio, Plymouth.

Introducing the Band
Piano: Fred Boyle
is a gifted pianist and accompanist who has performed with The Platters, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Bobby Rydell, Little Texas, Boots Randolph and Chet Atkins. He has toured throughout the world with Norwegian Cruise Lines in the capacity of music director. Fred resides on Cape Cod and performs in the New England area with such artists as Dick Johnson, Dane Vannatter, Carol Wyeth, Suede, Fred Fried, Mike Dumas Band and the Bart Weisman Group.

 

Bass with Dane and Kris: Chris Rathbun
is a graduate of The New England Conservatory of Music, and currently a faculty member of the South Shore Conservatory of Music.  Chris has played jazz with internationally recognized jazz artists Terri Lynne Carrington, “Tiny” Grimes (guitarist with Art Tatum), “Papa” Jo Jones, Dick Johnson, Sabby Lewis, Tom Lindsay (trumpet player with Coleman Hawkins), Rebecca Parris, Herb Pomeroy, “Sir Charles” Thompson (pianist with Charlie Parker), The Artie Shaw Orchestra, to name a few. Theater work has brought Chris to all the major theaters in the Boston/New England area with stars like Rosemary Clooney, Linda Hopkins, Shirley Jones, Al Martino, The Mills Brothers, Patti Page, and John Raitt.

Bass with Carol: Laird Boles
is a bass player living on Cape Cod and he stays very busy performing & recording with a variety of groups and playing many different styles of music. He has worked with Lou Colombo, Suede, Shawnn Monteiro, Joe Delaney, Jon Wheatley, Steve Ahern, Ken Badger, Fred Fried and many more.  Laird is a member the contemporary folk group Tripping Lily and is the bass player for the only Jazz Jam on the Cape, held at the Island Merchant in Hyannis.  

Drums: Bart Weisman
is a drummer performing with his group across Cape Cod and he has worked with Dane Vannatter, Rebecca Parris, Lou Colombo, Keter Betts, and Chuck Redd, to name a few.  Bart is the Founder, Executive Producer & Performer for the Provincetown Jazz Festival and Provincetown Music Festival.  He also Hosts & Performs for the Provincetown Art Association Summer and Winter Jazz Concert Series and the only year-round Jazz Jam on the Cape, held in Hyannis.   

 

 

"After Hours" Shows

Saturday April 17 - 1 pm - Patricia Fitzpatrick
White Wind Inn, 174 Commercial Street

Patricia Fitzpatrick will be joined by pianist Brian Patton and drummer
Bart Weisman for an afternoon concert to celebrate the release of her new cd "A Dream or Two". Concert is FREE (with your name at the door, because the space is so small) and the CD's are signed and cost $15.00. For more info: whitewindinn.com.

 

Crown & Anchor, 247 Commercial Street
508-487-1430 or visit onlyatthecrown.com

Friday April 16 & Saturday April 17 - 10pm to close
Bobby Wetherbee
Entertainer and pianist extraordinaire Bobby Wetherbee will be tickling the ivories and belting out the tunes for two nights this weekend. His high energy non-stop show is not to be missed - Bobby is the showman of showmen. NO COVER.

Gifford House, 9 Carver Street
508-487-0688 or visit giffordhouse.com

Friday April 16 - 10pm to 1am
Casey Sanderson & Denise Parks
Casey and Denise have been long time friends growing up together in Provincetown... true locals! They perform in various venues in town on a regular basis, but the Friday night piano sing along at the Porchside's Lobby Bar has become a regular staple for most of the past decade. During Provincetown's "Holly Folly" weekend, Casey & Denise's Holiday Sing Along has become a must see for all. NO COVER.

Saturday April 17 10pm to 1am
& Sunday April 18 - 5pm to 8pm
Billy Hough
Billy has been the resident Sat. thru Mon. piano player at the Gifford House Inn since 2005. He has been Ryan Landry's longtime musical collaborator, and has written the music for seven Gold Dust Orphans musicals including "Whizzin'" and "Cinderella Rocks". NO COVER.

 

Waterford Inn & Tavern, 386 Commercial Street
508-487-6400 or visit thewaterfordinn.com

Late Night Cabaret hosted by John Thomas
John Thomas is a composer, pianist, music director, actor, photographer, and producer of music events. For more than a decade he has composed a wide variety of music for piano, theater productions, choral cantatas, and other performance venues.

Friday April 16 - 10pm to midnight
Open Mike featuring Patricia Fitzpatrick. NO COVER.
In the early years Patricia Fitzpatrick was a contract vocalist for television commercials and as "Sandy Beach" for MGM Records. Patricia left 'the business' to raise a family and returned years later as a cabaret singer, known for her humorous patter and strong stage presence. She has performed in Provincetown, Boston, Chicago, Denver, New York City and most recently at the famed Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.

Saturday April 17 - 10pm to midnight
Phoebe Otis and Joyce Aimee. NO COVER.
Joyce Aimee, dubbed the "Chanteuse Dangereuse" by Josephine Baker, plays accordion (starting at age 3) and evokes the by gone days of French songs and salon gatherings. Joined by local signer Phoebe Otis this is a 'ladies night' not to be missed.