CHAWBARET 6: MAGIC TO DO!” FEATURING MANY DC CABARET NETWORK MEMBERS: OCT 17, 23 & 24

“CHAWBARET 6: MAGIC TO DO!” FEATURING MANY DC CABARET NETWORK MEMBERS: OCT 17, 23 & 24

Washington, D.C. – The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) and the GLBT Arts Consortium are presenting “CHAWbaret 6: Magic To Do!” an evening of pop songs, standards, and show tunes that will take you on a magical journey without leaving Capitol Hill! “Magic To Do!” will be performed on Friday, October 16, Saturday, October 17, Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24 at 8:00 PM at CHAW, 545 7th Street SE (Eastern Market, blue line). Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door, available at: www.chaw.org or 202-547-6839. (Advance purchase is strongly encouraged for this popular program). Doors open at 7:30pm. Refreshments will be available. Proceeds from the performances benefit CHAW’s and the GLBT Arts Consortium’s missions of building community through the arts.

CHAWbaret will feature D.C. Cabaret Network members, including: Matt Howe, Michael Miyazaki, Ron Squeri, Deborah Davidson, Dorie Hightower, Katherine McCann, Eileen Warner and Dean Reichard.

Musical direction is by Amy Conley, who co-instructs “Cabaret for Adults” at CHAW and has recently starred in the hilarious “Musical of Musicals: The Musical” at Dominion Stage, and has musical directed other CHAWbarets as well as many theatrical productions in the metropolitan DC area including Jesus Christ Superstar at St. Mark’s Players, Man of LaMancha at the Keegan Theatre and “Godspell” at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.

The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop is a non-profit, multidisciplinary arts education facility, located on the corner of 7th and G Streets, SE (just two blocks south of Eastern Market). For more information about classes, performances, exhibitions, and programs, visit www.chaw.org.

The GLBT Arts Consortium is a voluntary collaboration of varied arts organizations from the Washington, D.C. metro area which works to raise the visibility of GLBT arts. Since 2000, the Consortium has offered a summer production of a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta in CHAW’s black box theater. For more information, visit: www.dcglbtarts.org.

For more information about “CHAWbaret 6: Magic To Do!” call CHAW at 202-547-6839 or visit www.chaw.org.

“CHAWbaret 5: Road Trip!” is coming

More cabaret shenanigans — this time a “travel” theme — at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.

“CHAWbaret 5: Road Trip!”  will be performed Friday and Saturday Feb. 27 and 28

AND  Friday and Saturday March 6 and 7.

(that’s right, FOUR PERFORMANCES!)

Mark your calendars.  All proceeds go to Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.  And Dean and Matt will both be singing in this show.

CHAWbaret 4: Cabaret Connections … Finis!

Thanks to everyone who attended the three performances of CHAWbaret 4: Cabaret Connections at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.  Part of the show was that we took a photograph of the audience every night.  Below are all three nights: Oct. 24, Nov. 7, and Nov. 8th.

THANKS FOR COMING!!

the audience

The audience

The audience!

Cabaret Weekend + Tickets Going

“Return to Me”

Dean and Matt attended Katherine McCann’s premiere cabaret show this weekend, “Return To Me”, which was at the wonderfully intimate Playbill Cafe. The space was perfect for Kate’s show, which was very personal with an eclectic mix of songs. Katherine performed everything from Jerry Herman and Leonard Bernstein to Tori Amos and Trent Reznor, proving that cabaret shows can be as idiosyncratic as the person performing!

Congrats, Katherine!

“Double Entendre” … Our Show

Now … “Double Entendre” is only days away … Dean and Matt are rehearsing with Music Director Elisa Rosman. And director Judy Simmons is putting “the roses on the cake”, as she likes to make the analogy of cabaret and cake baking.

Tickets: Yes, we are accepting reservations for the show. Seating is GENERAL ADMISSION, but please let us know if you’re planning on coming.

Both nights have filled up past half-capacity, so we’re expecting full houses on the nights of the shows!

By the way, “Double Entendre” is being performed in a black box theater at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW). The theater is nice and intimate, seating approx. 55 people or so. And yes, the chairs are padded and comfortable!

Email Matt if you’d like to make a reservation: matthowe66@yahoo.com

Tell us (1) What date, (2) How many, (3) Your name. We’ll put your name on the reservation list and you can pay (cash only!) at the door that night. Seating is GENERAL ADMISSION, so make sure you get there early enough to park and procure the seat you prefer.

See you all there!! It’s gonna be great!!

Matt & Dean @ DCCN

Matt and Dean performed tonight at the D.C. Cabaret Network Member Showcase. A good time was had by all … It was a veritable potpourri of performers singing different songs and styles.

The entire set of photographs (of all the performers, taken by Matt) can be seen here >>

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