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WUNNERFUL RETURNS TO JOE’S PUB 4/10
March 18, 2016

WUNNERFUL RETURNS TO JOE’S PUB 4/10

Join co-hosts Leslie Goshko (Huffington Post Comedy) and James Bewley (Dale Radio) as they present an all-new musical salute to spring inspired by the long-running Lawrence Welk television program. Far from a traditional tribute, the hour-long event veers off into unexpected territory as petty jealousies, forbidden passions, and over-sized egos of the cast are revealed. Bewley, as his alter ego Dale Seever, picks up the celebrated conductor’s baton to lead an evening of popular songs as reimagined by a talented cast that includes:

Downtown cabaret sensation Molly Pope; genre-defying song stylist Salty Brine; singer- songwriter Cariad Harmon; three person brass section and comedy troupe The Trumpet Boys; emerging choreographer Carol Mendes & Artists; along with singing sirens Barrie McLain,
Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Tonya Glanz, and Shaye Troha; with an orchestra of handsome gents known as The Wunnerful Companions (Andrew Bancroft, Moondrunk; Chris “Shockwave” Sullivan, Freestyle Love Supreme; Eric Biondo, Antibalas; Steve O’Reilly, Tammany Hall NYC) .*
*Lineup subject to change

Wunnerful Wunnerful!: A Retro Variety Show will take place:
Sunday, April 10th, 2016, 9:30pm (doors open at 9:00pm)
@ Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place)
NY, NY 10003
212-967-7555

Tickets are $20 online. $12 food minimum or two drink minimum per person.
http://joespub.publictheater.org/

Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.

Even More Wunnerful June 25th!
June 9, 2015

Even More Wunnerful June 25th!

I’m incredibly excited to be performing and presenting another edition of Wunnerful Wunnerful! our weirdo-tribute to Lawrence Welk. This time we’re part of one of the most exciting new theater festivals in NYC, ANT Fest at Ars Nova. So many great theater projects have emerged from the festival and from the fine folks at Ars Nova. It’s an exceptional place for new work and we’re going to give it our all with this totally new iteration of the show. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door – but it’s a smaller venue, so it’s a good idea to get tickets early. Here’s the link.

Ars Nova is located at 511 WEST 54TH ST NEW YORK NY 10019
Show is Thursday, June 25th at 7pm – Running Time is about 70 minutes.

I’m so pleased that Leslie Goshko – the one and only, the fantastic, the exceptional – Leslie Goshko has agreed to collaborate once again on this project with me. Leslie brings the heat to the ivories and keeps the show off-kilter with her portrayal of Geraldine Shirley, Mistress of the Keys. Steve O’Reilly is leading up the band this time as Ace Calhoun. And we’ve got an all-star cast of rising talents and experienced pros doing numbers in a summer way. The theme is Summer Flings – so be prepared to be tempted by the sultry, embraced by the fleeting, and pine for the impossible. Also there will be bubbles.

Get some tickets and come out and celebrate a fun time with Cory McAbee, Reformed Whores, Melissa Elledge, Ashley Perez Flanagan, Josh Sharp, Julia Anrather, Abigayle Horrell, and the ladies from the band PEP! And in the band Jeff Scherer and Dan Menke with Steve O and Leslie.

See you there!! Keep a song in your heart!

Above photo by Mark Shaw.