“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.

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.

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!

The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) and the GLBT Arts Consortium are presenting “CHAWbaret 4: Cabaret Connections” an evening of pop songs, standards, and show tunes about family, friends, and the ties that bind us. “Cabaret Connections” will be performed on Friday, October 24, Friday, November 7, and Saturday, November 8 at 8:00 PM at CHAW, 545 7^th Street SE . 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). Refreshments will be available before the show to facilitate mixing-and-mingling. Proceeds from the performances benefit CHAW’s and the GLBT Arts Consortium’s missions of building community through the arts.

CHAWbaret will feature five D.C. Cabaret Network members, including: Emily Leatha Everson, Matt Howe, David McMullin, Dean Reichard, and Catherine Satterlee.

Musical direction is by Alex Tang, who has played for national tours of “Mamma Mia!” and “Lion King”. Tang was pianist-conductor for the Helen Hayes Award-winning production of “Urinetown” (Signature Theatre) and he regularly plays open mics and singers’ showcases for the D.C. Cabaret Network.

The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop is a non-profit, multidisciplinary arts education facility, located on the corner of 7^th 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 Art 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 4: Cabaret Connections,” call CHAW at 202-547-6839 or visit www.chaw.org.

CHAWbaret 4: Cabaret Connections (An evening of songs about family, friends, and the ties that bind us) will be presented by The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) and the GLBT Arts Consortium on three nights: October 24, November 7 and November 8, all at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit CHAW’s mission of building community through the arts.

The performers in Cabaret Connections are Emily Everson, Matt Howe, David McMullin, Dean Reichard, and Catherine Satterlee.  All are D.C. Cabaret Network members. Musical direction is by Alex Tang. Cabaret Connections will feature show tunes, pop songs, and standards.

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop is located at 545 7th Street, SE, Washington DC 20003.  Parking is limited.  The closest Metro stop is Eastern Market on the Blue and Orange line.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

* Our first rehearsal was tonight, and the show is going to be fantastic, with a great selection of tunes that go with our “theme” and some amazing performances.

“CHAWbaret 3: This STILL Isn’t Over!” will be performed on Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19th, 2008 at 7:30pm at CHAW, 545 7th Street SE (near Eastern Market metro stop, and at the corner of 7th and G SE).  Tickets $15 and $20

Thank you to everyone who came to see Dean and Matt perform this weekend!

“Double Entendre” was a success.  We sold out Friday night’s show.  And Saturday night was a near-sell-out.

We enjoyed performing for you all!

We’ll update the blog when we perform again.

Meanwhile, both Dean and Matt — and several other cabaret singers — will perform a variety of standards and show tunes at the third CHAWbaret on April 18 & 19.

“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!!

Cabaret Scenes 

Dean and Matt appear in the latest issue of “Cabaret Scenes” magazine (March 2008).  We’re listed under “Washington, D.C.” as one of the acts to catch in March.

Matt with “Cabaret Scenes” magazine

Katherine McCann

Our “cabaret friend” Katherine McCann’s show is also listed in March’s “Cabaret Scenes”.  By the way, we hope you all take the opportunity to catch Katherine’s show this weekend at the Playbill Cafe.  She’s sold out for Friday night (way to go, girl!), but still has tickets left for Saturday night.

Then, next weekend — as long as you’re on a “cabaret roll” — check out Dean & Matt at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.  Our show, “Double Entendre” is TWO NIGHTS ONLY, March 28 & 29.  We’re not sold out (yet), but Saturday night looks to be the busiest night so far, with the most reservations.

Dean and Matt attended cabaret singer Karen Akers’ opening night last evening at Signature Theatre.  She sang a show dedicated to the songs of Kander & Ebb.

Dean and Matt are actually singing a few K&E songs in “Double Entendre”, so it was interesting to see what Ms. Akers did with them.

“Double Entendre”, meanwhile, is a little over 2 weeks away, and Matt & Dean are rehearsing and preparing for the 2 night run.  Reservations are coming in, and so far it seems like Saturday night is going to be the most attended performance.

See you all there!