The Artists in Partnership 17th Annual Cabaret Festival honoring the Great American Songbook in Long Island, NY will run from Tuesday, May 14 through Sunday, May 19, 2019 at the Long Beach Library. The event, themed “Changing Times, Changing Tunes, Changing Generations,”is free and includes special events as well as live performances by award-winning artists (MAC, Bistro, Broadway World, Nightlife awards, among others) and by participants in the Adela and Larry Elow American Songbook High School Competition (who are noted by *).
Featured events include:
TUESDAY, MAY 14 at 3:00 pm – “Cabaret Personalities” An opening presentation by Susan James, sharing videos of celebrity performers interpreting the Great American Songbook
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 at 2:00 pm – Cabaret Wall Of Honor unveiling. Posters of previous festivals and historical cabaret photos.
THURSDAY, MAY 16 at 7:30 pm – “Through The Decades” Singer, songwriter, pianist Tracy Stark performs and hosts teen singers Hannah Butcher*, Thomas Hogan*, and Annie Ross*
FRIDAY, MAY 17 at 7:30 pm – Cynthia Crane “This Is A Changing World, My Dear (whether you like it or not!)” with Musical Director John Bowen at the piano
SATURDAY, MAY 18 at 2:00 pm – “Cabaret Conversations: Inside The American Songbook” Award-winning artists perform and comment on the cabaret genre. Susan James hosts the discussion with Cynthia Crane, Natalie Douglas, KT Sullivan, musical director Tedd Firth, cabaret critic Rob Lester, and teen vocalists Jessica Ball*, Dwany Guzman*, Julia Parasram*, Hannah Jane Peterson* and Anais Reno*
SATURDAY, MAY 18 at 7:15 pm – Quintin Harris “Opening Act” and at 7:30 pm – Natalie Douglas “Freedom Songs: Jazz & Justice & Protest & Patriotism” with Musical Director Mark Hartman at the piano
SUNDAY, MAY 19 at 2:00 pm – “Sean & Friends” Sean Harkness on guitar with vocalists Thomas Hogan*, Marcus Goldhaber, Josephine Sanges, Marcus Simeone, Lisa Viggiano
SUNDAY, MAY 19 at 4:00 pm – Josephine Sanges “Finding Beauty” with Musical Director John M. Cook at the piano
Note: Schedule is subject to change. This event is made possible with public funds from the Long Beach Public Library.
The handicapped accessible library is located at 111 West Park Avenue, two blocks from the LIRR station in Long Beach, a 50-minute train ride from New York City’s Penn Station.
For further information, visit website www.aip-arts.org.
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