ELLA & ME – A Tribute to the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald
Saturday, March 3rd 2012 8:00 pm
Tickets: $20 advance $25 at the door General Admission *Ticketing fee included BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW
Bringing a few of her stellar jazz musicians with her, multi-award winning singer and MAC Award Winner for Female Jazz Vocalist, Sue Matsuki, will offer a tribute show of the tunes that Ella made famous during her American Songbook Series recorded on Capital Records. Music by Berlin, Porter, Cahn, Gillespie, Mercer, Arlen, Burke and featuring some of her most famous songs like: “How High the Moon”; her famous version of “Mack the Knife”; “Miss Otis Regrets”; “Lullaby of Birdland”; “A Night in Tunisia”; “Blue Skies”; “Love for Sale” and more! Please read her praises for this and other shows below!
SUE MATSUKI – Is the first Julie Wilson Award Winner for Cabaret excellence and a multi-MAC Award Winner in 7 different categories. Sue is a singer, songwriter, reviewer, columnist and producer and currently teaches a Cabaret course for OLLI at UCONN in Waterbury, CT, her home town.
What “they” are saying:
"This is the music she was born to sing...I urge you, no I beg you to see this show!" – Stu Hamstra, CabaretHotlineOnLine.com
"When was the last time a jazz singer delivered one liners worthy of a stand-up club? When was the last time a performer captured your heart with simple sincerity? But, it was her vibrant voice and impeccable musicianship that defined the evening." – Bill Van Sant, Essex Journal
"A relaxed and engaging alto that one could listen to for hours with a sweet sound that recalls Carol Sloane." – John Hoglund, Backstage Magazine
"Matsuki brings out the best of Ella and can be graded as the current "First Lady of Song" – Bea Smith, Essex Journal
"Matsuki's new show not only represents her best work to date, it is also one of the finest shows I've seen anyone deliver this year. The most striking element of the evening is the remarkable quality of her interpretations – each based on a chosen point of view, devoid of extraneous frills or gestures. There are times when I absolutely love what I do. This is one of them." – Roy Sander, Backstage.com
"...WOW, I was absolutely floored. Feminine, sure, unusual, mature, incredibly tasteful and tasty, extremely entertaining, outstanding singing and a band that understands what accompaniment means. – Betsyann Faiella, Savoy Communications
Tickets: $20 advance $25 at the door General Admission *Ticketing fee included BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW
You know you love it. You know you want it. It's the original high school musical. See it like you've never seen it before... The Grease Sing-A-Long
Rydell High's most famous graduating class is going back to school.
Join Danny and Sandy along with your own crew of Pink Ladies at T-Birds when Rydell High's most famous graduating class comes to The Palace Danbury's screen as a sing-a-long.
You're the one that we want at the Grease Sing-A-Long
A newly restored print brings the highest-grossing musical of all time, 'Grease', to the big screen as a sing-along.
Tickets: $15.00 Advance $18.00 At The Door Buy your tickets now
Family Theatre is coming to The Palace Danbury Saturday, March 31st Two Shows 2pm and 7pm All Tickets $15.00 General Admission *be sure to purchase tickets to desired show time
This super fun, wildly imaginative, new family musical delivers all your favorite fairy tales performed by the Brothers Grimm themselves. Oh and there's a showgirl!
Featuring spoofs and goofs of Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and much much more! It's the most ridiculously entertaining "happy ever after" show you'll ever see.
Saturday, March 31st Two Shows 2pm and 7pm All Tickets $15.00 General Admission Buy Tickets Now. *be sure to purchase tickets to desired show time
Tickets $30 advance $35 at the door Buy your tickets now
The Nutopians (formerly the John Lennon Song Project) is a unique and compelling multigenerational 8-piece ensemble. Founded and led by Rex Fowler of Aztec Two-Step and Tom Dean of Devonsquare, the band celebrates the genius and artistry of Lennon with exquisite renditions of his song compositions with the Fab Four as well as those from his solo years, often inspiring a whole new appreciation for the icon’s music. In a show that rave reviews have called "magical," hear three and four-part harmonies and a host of consummate musicians on acoustic, electric and bass guitars, cello, violin, piano, mandola, accordion, chromatic harmonica and light percussion. The group is touring with material from its Independent Music Award-winning debut CD “Imagined,” as well as from its follow-up album of Lennon compositions to be released in 2012. The band's new name, The Nutopians, was given to them by Yoko Ono to both tribute ''Nutopia,'' the fictitious country of peace that she and John envisioned, and to honor Lennon’s social and political activism. In that vein, as a member of WhyHunger’s ‘Artists Against Hunger & Poverty’ program, the ensemble will donate a portion of their proceeds from the performance as well as from their CD sales. www.thenutopians.com
“ With these intelligent heartfelt renditions of Lennon's songs, The Nutopians ranks right up there with the very best Lennon interpreters ever.” - Pete Fornatale, Music Historian and DJ, Mixed Bag Radio, WFUV FM, New York
April 13, 2012 8:00pm Show
Tickets $30 advance $35 at the door Buy your tickets now
See a video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XdQhyHUJ_8
