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| The Cabaret at Fort Salem
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THE
CABARET AT FORT SALEM THEATER
PRESENTS “SONGS TO WARM
A WINTER’S WEEKEND”
FEATURING GORDON HAZZARD AND
ANN MARIE ACQUILANO
SATURDAY, FEBRURARY 9, AT 8
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As
part of Ice Breaker Winterfest Weekend
sponsored by the Towns and Villages
of the Battenkill Valley, the Cabaret
at Fort Salem Theater announces a
special one-night-only Valentine’s
Day Celebration of Love. “Songs
to Warm a Winter’s Weekend” features
two of the stars of December’s
Fort Salem Mainstage hit, A Christmas
Carol: A New Musical, singers
Ann-Marie Acquilano and Scrooge himself,
Gordon Hazzard. The performance will
kick-off Salem’s participation
in Ice Breaker Saturday evening,
February 9, at 8 PM.
Ms. Acquilano and Mr. Hazzard met
several years ago while on tour with
a different version of the Dickens
classic and have remained social
friends over the years. When they
spent two hours a day carpooling
from their Capital Region homes to
and from rehearsals in Salem, they
began conjuring up an act consisting
of love solos and duets that would
be appropriate anytime, but most
appropriate for the Holiday of Love.
Accompanied on piano by Fort Salem
Artistic Director, Jay Kerr, the
duo will present classic favorites
from the standard cabaret repertoire,
and some special songs more recently
composed.
Reviewer
Bob Rose in the Post-Star called
Hazzard’s Scrooge “perfect,” noting
his “impressive (singing) voice.” Where
Ms. Acquilano’s Spirit of Christmas
Present was “convincingly portrayed,” Rose
remarks that she “has the theater
swaying” with her number, “The
Bells of Christmas.”
The
Cabaret at Fort Salem Theater is
located at 11 East Broadway, in
Salem. Costs for the event include
an entertainment charge of $15 and
a $5 cover, applied to coffee and
dessert catered by Norene & Fred’s.
Seating is limited and reservations
are highly recommended (518-854-9200). |
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PREVIOUS
FALL AT THE FORT
EIGHT SATURDAYS OF AUTUMN
CABARET MAGIC |
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Fort
Salem Theater has just successfully completed
its first Summer Cabaret Season to glowing
reviews, from the press and from a growing
fan base. Cathy Dede in the Chronicle remarked
how the new owners had turned “the
former backstage storage/dressing room
space into a fully functional intimate
theater done up in deep red with rich
gold trim.” In the Eagle,
Lawrence Hillis writes of Neva Small’s
grand opening show coming “ to
life not on the conventional Fort Salem
stage, but in a brand new and beautifully
designed room… a revelation of
music, in theater, in experience.”
Original musical revues – mini-musicals with talented regional performers
and New York imports, newsanchor Benita Zahn’s cabaret debut, gatherings
of local professional performers and incredibly talented future stars, and Ms.
Small’s show which went from the Cabaret stage to an open-ended off-Broadway
run: a full, varied season that has spawned… |
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| October 6 |
| Melissa Hurst: Baby Love |
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| From first serious boyfriend
to the perils of adoption, Baby
Love, a one-woman comic play written
and performed by Melissa Hurst, is "a
funny, moving, and irreverently told
tale of one woman's quest for motherhood.” (Manchester Journal.)
Melissa Hurst has played featured roles
on television's Law and Order and Guiding
Light, and recently played Dr.
Cambrini in the film, Love in Three
Minutes. She has performed in
numerous award-winning New York and
regional productions, appearing alongside
Marylouise Burke, Allison Janney, Will
Patton, Josh Brolin, and many others. www.melissahurst.com |
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| October 13 |
| Lynne Kerr: Songs My
Husband Wrote |
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| Featured as one of three
acts in this summer’s The
Hills of Hebron Are Alive at the
Cabaret, Lynne Kerr answers the call
of her fans to perform solo in an evening
of songs written by the theater’s
artistic director, who accompanies
her on piano. A veteran of performances
in several of Manhattan’s toniest
cabarets, including the legendary Village
Gate, Ms. Kerr charms with her clear
tones and even clearer dramatic choices
in an effort to make her husband’s
songs better than they are. Lynne will
debut some numbers never before performed
in public, including “Listening
to the Rain,” from Alice
of Old Vincennes, which premieres
at the Red Skelton Performing Arts
Center in July, 2008. |
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Kerri
Lynn Jennings |
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| October 20 |
Kerri Lynn Jennings:
They Don’t Write ‘Em Like
They Used To |
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| The Manhattan siren who
seduced Salem in song this summer in On
the Brink returns with a salute
to the songwriters of the last century
who set the bar for the successful
marriage of music with lyrics. Whether
weaving tales of her sojourns in Las
Vegas or Japan or wrapping her talents
around a Cole Porter tune, Ms. Jennings
delivers solid entertainment value
worthy of the Los Angeles Times comment: “She
will delight and enchant you.” The
New York Times says: “She
sings lustily.” Backstage Magazine
raves: “A show stopper…,
Jennings had the room in stitches.” Laugh,
cry, and marvel; Jennings’ artistry
will astound you. www.kerrilynnjennings.com |
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Stephen
Trombley |
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| October 27 |
| Stephen Trombley: In&Out |
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| In In&Out,
Stephen Trombley, Salem’s Emmy-Award
winning Renaissance Man, presents a
premise that accepts (and possibly
celebrates) the fact that little boys
are made of snips and snails and puppy
dog tails and, by the time they grow
up, much worse. Integrating thought-provoking
monologue with music, the evening explores
some of Boy/Man Trombley’s observations
on the “in” and “out” distinction.
Style, trouble, love and the death
penalty will all be considered in the
light of Trombley’s experience
of repetitive behavior. www.stephentrombleyproductions.com; www.myspace.com/dryes |
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LaMothe-Gee
Clan |
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| November 3 |
| LaMothe, Gee & Family |
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| Kimerer LaMothe’s
doctorate and teaching posts at Brown
and Harvard but a memory, Geoffrey
Gee’s accomplishments combining
the creative and commercial as a sound
engineer for industry leader, Kurzweil,
mere history, the LaMothe-Gee clan
settled at Hebron Hollow Farm to nurture
their family and the creative nature
of the individual. We become beneficiaries
of the harvest. LaMothe’s skill
and grace as a dancer and Gee’s
unique technique of becoming one with
the piano thrilled Fort Salem audiences
in July; this go-round the couple brings
their four talented offspring with
them. Not to be confused with the Partridges,
Cohans, or Foys, the children are junior
principle artists in their own right. www.vitalartsmedia.com |
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| November 10 |
| Benita Zahn with Adam
Kerr |
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| A multiple Emmy Award
nominee, Albany news anchor Benita
Zahn has covered numerous political
conventions, 9/11, Hurricane Katrina,
the Unabomber trial, and the World
Gathering of Holocaust Survivors in
Israel. As a performer with a degree
in theater, she moonlights in area
musical theater productions. Reprising
the program that sold out its three-day
Fort Salem engagement in August, Ms.
Zahn interprets the standards with
a heart steeped in theatrical tradition,
singing the torch songs she has always
loved in what in days gone by would
be a smoky sophisticated cabaret. Opening
for Benita Zahn, New York comedian
Adam Kerr captures his headliner’s
irreverence and gives it legs. |
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Mary
Stout |
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| November 17 |
| Mary Stout: Direct from
Broadway |
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| Although Mary Stout’s
second grade ambition was to be an
opera singer, she has managed to excel
in almost every other musical idiom.
Recently having concluded several stints
in Broadway’s Beauty and the
Beast spanning thirteen years, Ms.
Stout also starred on Broadway in Jane
Eyre, My Favorite Year, Copperfield,
and Me and My Girl. She sings
on the soundtracks of Hunchback
of Notre Dame and Aladdin.
On television she has been featured
in Law and Order: Criminal
Intent and as a series regular
on AMC’s, Remember WENN.
Scarcely an audition or reading goes
by in Manhattan for a new musical,
or old one, for that matter, without
the creative team putting in a call
to Ms. Stout seeking her availability.
Thus it was when creating each of Fort
Salem’s cabaret seasons, and
this time Mary Stout said “yes.” |
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| November 24 |
| A Christmas Cabaret |
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| As
the culmination of a Salem wide day to
kick start the holiday celebration, which
includes a parade, a Courthouse Concert,
and the first lighting of the town’s
holiday trees, the Christmas Cabaret
will feature songs of the winter season,
including a preview of music from A
Christmas Carol, which opens on
December 14 in the Fort Salem Mainstage. www.forstsalemtheater.com |
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SATURDAY NIGHTS
AT 8 PM
Cabaret Seating Is Limited
Reservations Highly Recommended
Reservation Hotline: 518-854-9200
Fall Series: $20, includes coffee and dessert
Series Subscription: $150
Visa/Mastercard
Catering by Norene and Fred’s |
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INAUGURATING
THE NEW MAINSTAGE |
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| DECEMBER 14-23 |
| Dickens' A Christmas
Carol |
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| In the
newly refurbished Fort Salem
Theater Mainstage, The Charles
Dickens classic tale, A Christmas
Carol, comes to life in
a new musical version, written
by novelist/sitcom scribe, Jeremy
Blachman and the Fort’s
artistic director, Jay Kerr.
A tuneful excursion into the
Dickens world of mid-nineteenth
century London with some comparable
action taking place in modern
upstate New York. Fun for the
whole family, priced accordingly.
Tickets go on sale
October 15. |
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