Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys at the Steve Allen Theatre
Trepany House (4773 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00*
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Laura Holton on Where to Park
Free parking, amen!!!
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Goldstar Member on Where to Park
Follow theater directions, parking lot attached. Easy.
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Scott Pitzer on What to Wear
"You can't overdress for a Janet Klein show" she says... "but comfortable is okay too."
Goldstar Member Reviews
Aviva
The entertainment was quite good, though we expected more varied acts, like some slapstick or magic. The vintage movies were a treat. The obscure Vaudeville songs fun. Klein could use a wise-cracking tap-dancing male companion to bounce off of, to counteract some of the Betty Boop sweetness. More audacious sassiness would have been fun; it was a little too clean. We came with school children, so especially did not care for the inordinately long, boring 50 minute intermission between movies and music, used to shamelessly plug the new CD and vintage-style polaroid pix one could buy (despite the free corndogs and hot pretzels, which were a nice Coney Island touch). Glad we went, but once is enough.Written on Apr 04 2008
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Mark M.
Another gem of an evening from the delightful Janet Klein and her top-notch band, the Parlor Boys. This is my favorite live event in the city and if you're not coming to these monthly shows, you're really missing out. Jerry Beck's film shorts that open each show are also very special.Written on Nov 04 2011
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W. N. I.
Janet Klein is a hoot. She has figured out how to own the old and the camp, and she does it with light hearted style and élan. Her "Parlor Boys" are very good musicians and are in on the fun, joking and stroking the star of the show, Klein. She is not exactly Betty Boop, but if you think a real life singing funny Betty Boop might make for a fun evening, then GO! If you are a clunk, you may not get it. If you are prepared to smile, or laugh, enjoy some wonderful old and esoteric music, be energized, and have fun, then this is a great evening. Go to a Tiki Bar, or somewhere on Hollywood Blvd, or somewhere kitsch and old fashioned prior to the performance, and you will really cap off a great evening.Written on Oct 19 2011
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Carlos Alberto
After reading all the reviews praising this show I had to see it. It started off with a boring 1930's cartoon which I thought would tie into the live act, but that was followed by another boring cartoon, then an old Rudy Vallee short, and yet boring another cartoon, and then a boring cartoon sing-along. By the time it was over I realized this was the first act and I did not care what the show was about and left at intermission.Written on May 07 2010
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Description
Janet Klein probably should have been born at the beginning of the 20th century, when the "obscure, naughty and lovely" songs she sings were popular. It's the era to which she feels most drawn, and whose spirit and style she so successfully recreates with her music.
The L.A.-based singer records and performs a vast repertoire of long-forgotten material-- songs from the 1910s, '20s and '30s that few people even know exist. "People think of music from the '20s as corny, but it's not... A lot of it is really full of life and bawdy and shockingly "cool", says Klein.
Most of Klein's material derives from obscure 78 rpm recordings and sheet music she and her bandmates collect. Some of the songs are from vaudeville acts that just happened to get recorded on film. Much of it is incredibly rare.
Klein's music goes beyond entertainment--it's also a history lesson, a means of keeping old music alive for a new audience, which encompasses everyone from goth girls and rock fans to people who grew up with the music.
About the Ticket Supplier: Janet Klein and the Trepany House
Called by the LA Weekly " A Betty Boop for the fin-de-siecle" Janet Klein with her band the Parlor Boys perform forgotten gems and naughty ditties from the 1910's, 20s and 30s with panache, style and wit. Nominated for a 1998 Music Award by the Los Angeles New Times, which calls Klein "Sweet and sexy like a classic showgirl...evoking the vamps of the silent era", Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys have been performing about town to great appreciation and soldout houses.