Artists in Partnership (AIP), a non-profit cultural arts organization, will host its 16th Annual Cabaret Festival, May 17-20 at the Long Beach Public Library, 111 West Park Avenue, Long Beach, NY. All performances are FREE to the public. (This event is made possible with funds from the Long Beach Public Library.) The festival will be a celebration of the cabaret genre honoring the Great American Songbook, with performances by renowned local and New York City-based artists. This year’s theme is a celebration of the families of vocalists and musicians, centering on music shared through generations, entitled “It’s All Relative!”
Featured events include:
- THURSDAY, MAY 17, 7:30 pm, Pianist BILL HELLER will accompany his son JONATHAN HELLER in a cabaret performance
- FRIDAY, MAY 18, 8 pm, STEARNS MATTHEWS will be accompanied by twin brothers ADAM & MATT PODD in “Me and the GershTwins: Songs of George and Ira Gershwin”
- SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2 pm– “Cabaret Conversations: Inside the American Songbook ” Established artists demonstrate and comment on the cabaret genre as they honor the songs and the songwriters. SUSAN JAMES will facilitate the discussion with cabaret critic ROB LESTER while artists perform. Husband and wife team ERIC COMSTOCK & BARBARA FASANO, PAMELA LEWIS, and MARIEANN MERINGOLO (singing songs of husband and wife team Alan and Marilyn Bergman) are featured
- SATURDAY, MAY 19, 8 pm Husband and wife team ERIC COMSTOCK and BARBARA FASANO
- SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2 pm ELIZABETH SULLIVAN sings and shares stories of her musical family with her daughter vocalist KT SULLIVAN in performance
(Note: schedule is subject to change.)
The Long Beach Public Library is handicapped accessible, located 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. To arrange performer interviews, call 516-322-1138.
Artists in Partnership, Inc. is a 501c3 cultural arts organization located in Long Beach, NY. The mission of AIP, “empowering artists and engaging the community,” is a unique collaboration supporting literary, visual and performing artists by showcasing their talents, creating new avenues of expression, developing multi-generational and cross-cultural projects, providing fiscal sponsorship’s, and allying with local organizations, businesses and city government to attain these goals. Upcoming 2018 projects include the Barrier Beach Blues and Arts Festival in June, Summer Arts in the Plaza on Saturdays from May to October, and a Fringe Festival in the fall. For details, visit web site at www.aip-arts.org.
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