I just came back from the DC Cabaret Network Members Only showcase at the Arts Club and am still thrilled with the performances I saw. It was so great to see a terrific variety of performers showing that “cabaret” can express so many different personalities and moods.
Special congratulations to Alex Tang who supplied superb music direction that really showcased the singers and to Judy Simmons whose producing and direction brought the evening off without any noticable hitch.
Here’s the line-up:
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Katherine McCann
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The Greatest Performance of My Life (“Sandro” / Anderle — Eng. lyric Allen)
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I’m Gonna Live Till I Die (Hoffman/Curtis/Kent)
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Davey Brown
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What Do You Do With a B.A. in English ? (Marx & Lopez)
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The More You Ruv Someone (Marx & Lopez)
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Mary Reilly
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I Have Dreamed (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
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What I Was Dreamin’ Of (Friedman)
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Barbara Pappendorp
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Nina (Coward)
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My Romance (Rodgers & Hart)
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Gita Morris
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I Wish You Love (Que Reste t-il des Nos Amours) (Trenet)
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Jill Leger
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The Sondheim Blues (Leger)
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My Safe Harbor (Leger)
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Dean Reichard
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Popular (Schwartz)
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No One Knows Who I Am (Wildhorn/Bricusse)
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Matt Howe
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Colored Lights (Kander & Ebb)
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Eileen Warner
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The People That You Never Get to Love (Newman)
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But Beautiful (Burke & Van Huesen)
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Justin Ritchie
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I’d Rather Be Sailin’ (Finn)
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Someone to Fall Back On (Brown)
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Emily Everson
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Sleepy Man (Waldman/Uhry)
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Miss Byrd (Maltby & Shire)
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Michael Sazonov
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Now and Forever (Marx)
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Grateful (Bucchino)
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(Top — Emily Everson, above – Matt Howe. More great pictures by Matt.)
Special thanks to Alex Tang for correcting the first version of this list!

February 11, 2008 at 5:53 pm |
So many thanks to Michael and to Matt for this. What a nice write-up and what terrific photos..and what a perfectly terrific night.
February 12, 2008 at 4:36 am |
Thanks so much everyone … this was my first official event with the DC Cabaret Network, and I was so happy to be a part of such a talented and unique group :O)
February 25, 2008 at 1:48 am |
Matt and Michael,
Thanks so much for the pictures and putting this blog together. You’re both wonderful!. I’m so glad I got to be a part of the Showcase and to be able to be in the company of such talented people.
Eileen