Mar. 4 & 5: American Showstoppers: An Evening with Cole Porter, featuring The Fred Barton Orchestra

 American SHOWSTOPPERS: 

 An Evening with COLE PORTER 

featuring
THE FRED BARTON ORCHESTRA

Friday, March 4 at 7:30 PM

The Schimmel Center for the Arts at PACE
3 Spruce Street, New York, NY 10038
Box Office: 212.346.1715

Saturday, March 5 at 8:00 PM
Leon M. Goldstein Center for the Arts
2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn, NY 11235-2398
Box Office: 718.368.5596 

Following last season’s tremendous Evening with Irving Berlin and Evening with Johnny Mercer Fred Barton and his 14-piece Orchestra, headlined by a cast of Broadway’s best, will present a collection of Cole Porter’s most distinctive showstoppers. From Broadway to Hollywood, memorable numbers such as "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "Too Darn Hot," "I’ve Got You Under My Skin," "Night And Day," and "Let’s Do It" will be featured alongside hidden gems and numbers that haven’t been heard with Broadway-style orchestration since their debuts up to 90 years ago.  

A TIME OUT Critic’s Pick!

The cast includes:

Tony Award©-winner Beth Leavel (Baby, It’s You, Mamma Mia!, 42nd Street); 

Karen Murphy (A Little Night Music, Titanic, Les Miserables); 

John Bolton (Dames At Sea, Curtains, Spamalot); 

Sean McGibbon (Million Dollar Quartet, The Buddy Holly Story); 

Lisa Howard (It Shoulda Been You, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee); 

Damon Kirsche (On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Strike Up The Band, Paradise Lost); 

Jesse Luttrell (Bawdy, Meet Me In St. Louis); 

Paula Leggett Chase (On The Twentieth Century, Bye Bye Birdie, Curtains, The Sound of Music live NBC broadcast). 

Scott Thompson directs and choreographs, incorporating his sensational Broadway dancers.

This evening promises to be a song and dance extravaganza in celebration of one of the all-time greatest American songwriters!

“Mr. Barton raised the level of the evening from mere entertainment to great entertainment…this evening was a great success!” – TheaterPizzazz.com

“Absolutely spine-tingling!” – Times Square Chronicles

Highlights from “American Showstoppers: An Evening with Irving Berlin"

Fred Barton (Wikipedia)

FRED BARTON is a musical director, orchestrator, and conductor whose credits include the Broadway production of Cabaret (with Joel Grey), Camelot (with Robert Goulet), Zorba (with Anthony Quinn), Carnegie Hall, and The New York, Boston, and California Pops Orchestras.  Previous “Showstoppers” performers include Tony Award©-winners Beth Leavel, Karen Ziemba and Lauren Worsham, Tony Award©-nominees Brent Barrett and Lee Roy Reams and Drama Desk Award-winner Toni DiBuono.

Feb. 6 - As Time Goes By with Mora’s Modern Swingtet

The Ebell Club of Los Angeles and

 The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles

present 

As Time Goes By

Remembering the 1940s 

at Rick's Cafe Americain, Casablanca

featuring:

Mora’s Modern Swingtet

with vocalists

Kayre Morrison & Damon Kirsche

February 6, 2016 at 8:30 PM

at The Ebell of Los Angeles 

743 South Lucerne Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90005

The Ebell of Los Angeles (Photo: Paper Moon)

Travel back in time to the 1940s for an elegant evening of cocktails, dinner and dancing at the glittering and historic surroundings of The Ebell of Los Angeles.

Admission: $60 (Ebell and ADSLA members),  $75 for non-members /  $25 for Ebell and ADSLA members for dancing only (starts 8:30PM), $30 for non-members.

Entertainment: Mora’s Modern Swingtet, playing favorite tunes of the 1940s. Vintage silver service on display. Our resident mixologists will concoct two signature cocktails to continue the 1940s theme.

Oct. 31: Dean Mora and his Haunted Orchestra - Cicada Club

Dine and dance to the finest Latin and Swing tunes of the 1940s and '50s at

THE CICADA CLUB'S MOST POPULAR NIGHT OF THE YEAR

Take a ghostly musical journey back in time to the lost days of Hollywood's most famous nightclubs:  THE COCONUT GROVE, THE MOCAMBO, THE TROCADERO, CIROS and many more!
DEAN MORA
and his HAUNTED ORCHESTRA

Featuring star vocalists
Kayre Morrison and Damon Kirsche
and special guest Johnny Holiday

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Buy Today: $30
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DINE AND DANCE SPECIAL
213-488-9488


THE WORLD FAMOUS CICADA CLUB
Vintage Halloween Costume Party
Dean Mora and his Haunted Orchestra

THE HISTORIC 1928 ART DECO OVIATT BUILDING
617 SOUTH OLIVE STREET • LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90014

DINNER SERVED FROM 6PM

FINE DINING - FULL BAR - VALET PARKING
DANCING ON TWO FLOORS
VINTAGE OR EVENING ATTIRE SUGGESTED.

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Damon Kirsche and Kayre Morrison with Dean Mora and his Orchestra (Photos: Dave Welch, Rusty Frank; Costume Designs: OurDancingDaughters, Valentines Costumes)

Oct. 9 & 10: American Showstoppers: An Evening of Johnny Mercer with the Fred Barton Orchestra

American

SHOWSTOPPERS:

An Evening of

JOHNNY MERCER

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Friday, October 9 at 7:30 PM

The Schimmel Center for the Arts
Pace University, 3 Spruce Street, New York, NY 10038
Box Office: 212.346.1715

Saturday, October 10 at 7:30 PM
Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre, 
Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ 07652 2001 
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“Damon Kirsche, Lee Roy Reams, Vivian Reed and More Slated for ‘AMERICAN SHOWSTOPPERS’ at Schimmel Center This Fall” Read more at BroadwayWorld.com.

Join Broadway's Fred Barton, his 14-piece orchestra, and a fleet of first-rate Broadway performers in a tribute to the celebrated lyricist, Johnny Mercer whose lyrics provided commentary on American life through much of the 20th century. His songbook includes such indelible standards as “Any Place I Hang My Hat is Home,” “Hooray for Hollywood,” and the Oscar award winning best song, “Moon River.” His scores for the Broadway stage include LI’L ABNER, ST. LOUIS WOMAN, TOP BANANA and the MGM musical picture "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” 

Damon Kirsche and Vivian Reed (Photo: Kevin Yatarola)

The cast of 16 Broadway singers and dancers, with direction and choreography by Scott Thompson, is headlined by Damon Kirsche, Tony nominee Lee Roy Reams, two time Tony nominee Vivian Reed, Nick Spangler, Tony Nominee Lauren Worsham, and Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba. The cast also features Jesse Luttrell, Sean McGibbon and Molly Pope.

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"Absolutely spine-tingling" - Times Square Chronicles

"One show-stopping number after another. Sensational!"  - TheaterPizzazz.com

Clockwise from upper left: Fred Barton / Brent Barrett, Lee Roy Reams, Karen Ziemba /
Bruce Landry, David Elder, Damon Kirsche, Karen Murphy, Jesse Luttrell / The Schimmel Center audience and Company a standing ovation / Natasha Yvette Williams / Damon Kirsche (Photos: Kevin Yatarola / Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts.) 

Fred Barton (Wikipedia)

FRED BARTON is a musical director, orchestrator, and conductor whose credits include the Broadway production of Cabaret (with Joel Grey), Camelot (with Robert Goulet), Zorba (with Anthony Quinn), Carnegie Hall, and The New York, Boston, and California Pops Orchestras.  Previous “Showstoppers” performers include Tony Award©-winner Beth Leavel, Tony-nominee Lee Roy Reams, and Drama Desk Award-winner Toni DiBuono.

Sep. 5: The 11th Annual Art Deco Festival - RMS Queen Mary

Kayre Morrison and Damon Kirsche at the 10th Annual Art Deco Ball (Photo: Chris Launi).
Click here to view photos from the 10th Annual Art Deco Festival

On Saturday, September 5, I'll join the Dean Mora Orchestra and special guest vocalist Mary Stanford at the 11th Annual Art Deco Grand Ball, “an exquisite vintage affair to remember with a delectable four-course historic menu,” aboard the legendary Queen Mary. In addition to tours, lectures, cocktails and dances, the Festival also makes an important contribution to ongoing efforts to preserve the original Art Deco design elements aboard the ship. Proceeds from the Grand Art Deco Ball will go to updating the Queen Mary Story Tour with new exhibits from the historic archives. Presented in association with the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles.

Dean Mora and his Orchestra

with vocalists Damon Kirsche and Mary Stanford

at the 11th Annual Art Deco Festival

Saturday, September 5, 2015, 7PM - 12AM

RMS Queen Mary, 1126 Queen's Highway

Long Beach, California 90802

Damon Kirsche and Mary Stanford

“Cruise” back in time to the Golden Age of Travel for a weekend aboard one of the greatest Maritime Monarchs in history. Drink, dine, dance and discover the opulence of this by-gone era immersed among the largest collection of Art Deco in the World.

The Queen Mary boasts some of the grandest and intricate interior designs ever accomplished on an ocean liner. Influenced by the Art Deco movement of the 1920s and 30s, her strong curves and geometric forms represent elegance, glamour, function and modernity. Art plays a prominent role in the décor of the ship. Further enhanced by the use of over 50 different types of woods from all over the world, The Queen Mary earned her nickname, the "Ship of Woods." With elaborate murals, paintings, sculptures and wood carvings found throughout the ship, it’s no wonder she is widely considered one of the best examples and landmarks of Art Deco style in the world.

To buy single tickets or find more information on the entire festival, visit the Queen Mary.com.

Aug. 10: An Evening of Classic Broadway at Rockwell Table and Stage

Rockwell Table and Stage 
and Fraser Entertainment Group present
AN EVENING OF CLASSIC BROADWAY

Sensational Singers! Sensational Show Tunes!

Monday, August 10 at 8 PM

Rockwell Table & Stage
1714 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, California 90027

$10, $15, $20 cover + 2-item food/beverage minimum. 

Valet and street parking. Doors open at 6:30 for the 8PM show.

Box Office: 818.769.0905

The critically-acclaimed An Evening of Classic Broadway presents its 9th show on Monday, August 10th at Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Feliz. Joining Brad Ellis and Dianne Fraser is an outrageously talented line-up, including Jahmaul Bakare, Nicci Claspell, Elizabeth Hayden, Damon Kirsche, Barbara Minkus, Kevin Odekirk and Valerie Perri. 

If you love Broadway show tunes, you will relish Fraser Entertainment Group’s dazzling evening of songs from landmark musicals. You’ll get goose-bumped and teary-eyed hearing dynamic renditions of your favorite numbers from classic shows, as well as classics from smaller/lesser-known Broadway musicals - always peppered with fun and laughs! Acclaimed musical director Brad Ellis (from the hit television series GLEE, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, etc.) leads a cast of superb singers.

“When the perfect singer/perfect song/perfect rendition occurred, you wouldn’t want to be anywhere else on the planet. At the top spot was a mustachioed Damon Kirsche, who decided to go all debonair with Cole Porter’s rarely performed “The Tale of the Oyster.” This witty and chic 1929 sendup of high society is from Fifty Million Frenchmen, which also produced “You Do Something to Me.” Speaking of High Society, Kirsche later teamed with Ellis for “Well, Did You Evah!”—a scandalous regaling of gossipy upper-classers that was made popular by Bing and Frank in the 1956 movie, but was actually introduced by Betty Grable in the 1939 Porter musical DuBarry Was a Lady. 

Funny and relaxed, the captivating Kirsche needs his own evening.”

- Tony Frankel, stageandcinema.com

“Damon Kirsche, a dashing leading man with an outstanding voice...” 

- Robert Machray, stagehappenings.com

“Sheer theatrical magic” - Cabaret Scenes

“A show that you hoped would never end” - Entertainment Today

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Rockwell Table and Stage
1714 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, California 90027

Jul. 17-26: OKLAHOMA! - Cabrillo Music Theater

Cabrillo Music Theatre’s production of OKLAHOMA! features soaring music, dazzling dance, and heart. Cabrillo’s Artistic Director Lewis Wilkenfeld directs, joined by Choreographer John Charron, whose work on last season’s BYE BYE BIRDIE earned him an Ovation Award Nomination. Musical Director Brian Kennedy conducts the Cabrillo Music Theatre Orchestra.

OKLAHOMA! 
Cabrillo Music Theatre
Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

Friday, July 17-26, 2015
Thursday at 7:30 PM
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM
Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 PM

- Special Matinee: Wednesday, July 22 at 1:00 PM.
- A post-show discussion with cast, staff, and audience will follow the Saturday, July 18th, 2:00 PM performance. 
- A signed performance for the deaf and hard-of-hearing will be on Friday, July 24th, at 8:00 PM.

For more information, visit: BroadwayWorld.com or CabrilloMusicTheatre.com.
Read the LA Times review here.

Callandra Olivia, Dynell Leigh, Melanie Mockobey and Damon Kirsche (Photo:Ed Krieger)

Jul. 3: Tribute to the Armed Forces at the Cicada Club

DEAN MORA AND HIS ORCHESTRA featuring Kayre Morrison and Damon Kirsche

TRIBUTE TO OUR ARMED FORCES PAST AND PRESENT

at

The Cicada Club at the Oviatt Building

617 S Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90014

Special Friday Night Show - July 3, 2015

Doors open 6 PM - Showtime 9 PM 

Advance Discount Tickets $22 / $25 at the Door

Begin your Independence Day Weekend with Dean Mora’s world famous Dance Orchestra's tribute to the men and women of our Armed Forces past and present, performing big band favorites from the World War II era.

For dinner reservations, call: 213-488-9488
For more information, visit: cicadaclub.com

Jun. 18: Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

Baritone Damon Kirsche, mezzo soprano Aleah Papes and  narrator / pianist Andrew Martin present selections from their revue “Down on the Farm: Food and Farming in the American Songbook,” featuring readings from American authors and songs from Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood which reflect on America’s cultural and historical relationship to food and farming and popular nostalgia for its agrarian past. The presentation is part of a dinner and lecture honoring author, farmer and philosopher Dr. Fred Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and President of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, featuring keynote speaker Wendell Berry.

Damon Kirsche at Stone Barns Center

Selections from 

“Down on the Farm: 

Food and Farming in the American Songbook”

June 18, 2015 at  6 PM

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

630 Bedford Rd, Pocantico Hills, NY 10591

May 16: The Avalon Ball, Catalina Island – Dean Mora, The Avalon Ball Orchestra

Damon Kirsche the 11th Annual Avalon Ball (Photo: Dave Welch – more photos)

On Saturday, May 16, Kayre Morrison and I will join Dean Mora and the Avalon Ball Dance Orchestra as we return to the Casino Ballroom in Avalon to present society dance orchestra tunes from the 1920s and '30s, at the 13th Annual Avalon Ball, presented by The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles:

"Now in it's 13th year, the Avalon Ball is an fantastic journey into the past when Big Bands played for huge audiences which were broadcast to the nation in the Art Deco Casino Ballroom built in 1929 and located in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island.  Completely restored just a few years ago, the ballroom retains its original romantic style--a lavish medley of rose-hued walls, an arching, fifty-foot ceiling with five Tiffany chandeliers, an elevated stage, raised seating areas around the dance floor, and a vintage, full-service bar in back. This magical night features an evening of dancing to music from the 1920s and 30s performed by Dean Mora & the Avalon Ball Dance Orchestra. Immerse yourself in glorious Deco opulence gliding across the 10,000 square foot dance floor surrounded by romantic ocean views."

Ferry tickets can be purchased through Catalina Express.
For tickets and more information, visit the Art Deco Society website.

Art Deco Casino Ballroom in Avalon on Catalina Island, built 1929.

The Avalon Ball

at The Casino Ballroom

Featuring Dean Mora

and the Avalon Ball Orchestra,

with vocalists Kayre Morrison and Damon Kirsche

Saturday, May 16, 2015

6:00 – 10:00 PM

1 Casino Way

Avalon, CA 90704

May 19-20, 29: California Dance Institute’s “Event of the Year"

This month, I’ll join fellow vocalist Karen Benjamin singing for the California Dance Institute’s 2015 “Event of the Year.” Since 2004, CDI has been recognized as one of the official Associates of the National Dance Institute (ANDI, inspired by the work of Jacques d’Amboise) which provides a forum of shared practices, and maintain standards of excellence which promote the growth of community arts and education programs for children. The non-profit arts education organization engages children to move toward success in life through dance and music.

Karen Benjamin and Damon Kirsche, lead vocalists
for California Dance Institute’s 2015 “Event of the Year"

California Dance Institute’s 2015 “Event of the Year”

WEST SIDE
The Ann and Jerry Moss Theater at the New Roads School
3131 Olympic Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90404

Tuesday, May 19th 7:00 PM – Tickets $10
Wednesday, May 20th 4:30 PM – Tickets $5
Wednesday, May 20th 7:00 PM – Tickets $10

EAST SIDE
The Louise K. Taylor Performing Arts Center
845 W. Colorado Blvd., Monrovia, CA 91016

Friday, May 29th 4:00 PM – Tickets $5
Friday, May 29th 6:30 PM – Tickets $10

www.CaliforniaDanceInstitute.org

3131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404 • 323.301.8900

May 3: Kritzerland presents: BERLIN to ROME - The Federal Bar

Kritzerland at Sterling’s Upstairs 

at The Federal

presents

BERLIN to ROME:  

The Songs of Irving Berlin and Harold Rome

Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 7 PM

at The Federal Bar 

5303 Lankershim Boulevard 

North Hollywood, CA 91601

TICKETS: (800) 838 3006

Starring (in alphabetical order):

Brittney Bertier (Off Broadway: O Night Divine. National Tour: Seussical. Regional: Hello Out There, Goodspeed Musicals. Local: Inside Out) 

Sydney DeMaria (25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee, Olive (Cappie Award); Seussical (JoJo); Annie (Annie)

Damon Kirsche (42nd Street (Marsh) MTWest; Mary Poppins (Banks) MTWichita; Paradise Lost (Logos) Disney Hall, Carnegie Hall) 

Madison Claire Parks (Oklahoma (Laurey) MTW; Caminito Theatre, Li’l Abner, Daisy Mae); Les Miserables (Cosette), Musical Theatre West) 

Adrienne Visnic (Inside Out (Sage); The Most Happy Fella (Cleo); LA's Next Great Stage Star, Finalist; USC BFA, USC Outstanding Actress) 

Robert Yacko (Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof; Company with Carol Burnett; Sunday in the Park (George); Ovation Award, Parade)

and Special Guest:

Terri White (Broadway: Tony-nominated Follies, for best revival musical; original “Joice Heth,” Barnum; Nell Carter understudy, in 1978, Ain’t Misbehavin’, later replacing her in the 1988 revival; The Club, (Obie Award), Nunsense I and II, Nuncrackers, Finian’s Rainbow (Drama desk and Outer Critics Circle Nominations, 2010), Stepping Out at Radio City with Liza Minnelli.

Reservations:

online:  brownpapertickets.com  

phone:  (800) 838 3006, ext. 1

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“If you have never experienced a Kritzerland show, you do not know what you are missing. Forever humorous Bruce Kimmel presents a dazzling array of talent singing some very precious material. And there are always surprises.” - Don Grigware, Broadway World

“Bruce Kimmel’s winning Kritzerland formula: talented singers, special guest stars and entertaining narration by Kimmel himself.” - Les Traub, Cabaret Scenes