On the Road: Matt in NYC

Here’s a report from Matt:

Hi there, cabaret blog buddies. I made a quick trip up to New York this weekend to see Ron Squeri’s debut at The Duplex in his cabaret show, Haunted Heart. Ron did a great job and I was very proud of him.

While in New York, I managed to see a couple of shows: A matinee of XANADU, which I thought was quite hilarious. And then an evening show of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, which was devastatingly wonderful. We had front row seats for AUGUST and it felt like we spent 3-1/2 hours in that family’s living room. Oy.

- Matt 

“Double Entendre”: Advertising

Here’s our final advertising image for our show, designed by Matt.

You can click the thumbnail below for a larger, web-version of it

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Dean Reichard & Matt Howe in “Double Entendre”

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
March 28-29, 2008
8:00 pm
$15.00

Musical Director: Elisa Rosman

“Cabaret That’s Twice the Fun…”

Elisa Rosman: Musical Director

Dean and Matt rehearsed today with our musical director, Elisa Rosman.  Here we all are:

Dean, working on a song with Elisa:

Matt and Elisa, smiling about the music:

Saturday Photo Shoot

Matt posts:

“Dean and I had a blast today! We did a photo shoot for our upcoming cabaret show, Double Entendre. We posed with different props and attitudes for a few hours. When we were all finished, the shots we seemed to like had a Terry-Richardson-Does-Cabaret feel to them, LOL! We have not chosen a final shot yet (which we will use to publicize the show), but we have a dozen or so favorites so far.”

“Double Entendre”
The Dean Reichard & Matt Howe Cabaret Show
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
March 28-29, 2008
8:00 pm
$15.00
Starring Matt Howe and Dean Reichard
Musical Director: Elisa Rosman

Dean & Matt Perform at DCCN Member Showcase: February

Dean and Matt are performing in the upcoming D.C. Cabaret Network (DCCN) Member Showcase, at The Arts Club on Sunday, February 10th.

More info about this performance can be found at the DCCN’s blog.

They’ll each have separate performance spots in the show.

Matt and Dean were in the audience watching last year’s Member Showcase and we both agree it is a fantastic night where, in one sitting, you get to see a cross-section of D.C.’s cabaret talent. We’re both excited that, this year, we get to be on stage performing.

Dean and Matt agree that this short performance opportunity will be a great “warm up” for our show in March!

“Double Entendre” – The Title of Our Show!

Dean and Matt have decided on the name of their two-man cabaret show:

“Double Entendre”

Isn’t that neat? We looked it up on Wikipedia, which said, “A double entendre is a figure of speech similar to the pun, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways.”

In our case (as you will see), a sung phrase can be understood two ways as well!

Plus, there’s two of us doing the show … like double. Like “double entendre”.

On top of that, there’s also a a risque, even sexual element to double entendre. We can’t promise anything titillating, but we’ll do our best in that department, LOL.

So that’s our explanation of the new, fabulous title for our show.

Here’s the basic info (in case you’re visiting our blog for the first time) about our upcoming show:

“Double Entendre”
The Matt Howe & Dean Reichard Cabaret Show
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
March 28-29, 2008
8:00 pm
$15.00

Starring Matt Howe and Dean Reichard