Parlor Palooza 2009 Fundraiser with Comedians and Cabaret
Steinway Hall (Los Angeles, CA)
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Parlor Palooza 2009 is a series of comedy, cabaret and solo theatre performances benefiting the in-production film Leave Them Laughing, about Carla Zilbersmith, an extraordinary jazz singer/ comedian/ former theatre professor diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). See the full event details for show lineups.
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Fields Pianos is closing its doors and Parlor Performance Producer Jeannine Frank who, for the past five years, has been producing shows in Fields’ underground recital space, Steinway Hall, is determined to squeeze the last drop of laughter from her beloved subterranean venue.
On Saturday and Sunday, August 15 & 16th, Frank will be producing Parlor Palooza 2009 -- a mini-marathon of comedy, cabaret and solo theatre. She plans to present 6 different performing artists per show with matinee and evening shows both days. Artists will be donating their time and talent, with all profits going toward the completion of a documentary film (Leave Them Laughing) by Academy Award-winning filmmaker John Zaritsky about Carla Zilbersmith -- the extraordinary jazz singer/ comedian/ former theatre professor with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease).
ALS is one of the worst diseases one can possibly get and yet Carla continues to live a meaningful life as creating music, wicked comedy and gut-wrenching essays (www.carlamuses.blogspot.com) which have touched thousands of lives and have connected her with a growing list of supporters around the world. The goal of the film is to show how one can to live life to the fullest under the most daunting of circumstances and how friends and family can participate. You can preview Leave Them Laughing, at www.leavethemlaughingfilm.com where you can also learn more about the film.
Saturday, August 15 4–6pm
Stephanie Satie’s “Coming to America”
Vicki Juditz’ “Adventures of the Green Housewife”
Brad Kay – witty, piano wizard
Teresa Willis’ “Eenie Meanie”
Hank Rosenfeld on “The Wicked Wit of the West”
Saturday, August 15 8-10pm
Sr. Citizen Cabaret Darling Ray Jessel
NPR humorist (Seinfeld’s Doris Klompus) Annie Korzen
Letterman favorite Andy Kindler
Musical wizardry and comic cabaret with Brad Kay
Dry-witted, brainy, former Roseanne writer Betsy Salkind
Comic multi-instrumentalist David Zasloff
Sunday, August 16 2-4pm
Fred Blanco as Cesar Chavez
Jonathan Solomon – NPR humorist, Huffington Post contributor
Darryl Henriques – environmental comedian
Carol Schlanger – Award-winning comedy writer/satirist
Conan & Letterman favorite Marc Maron
Sunday, August 16 8-10pm
John Crowther as Frank Lloyd Wright
Award-winning singer/songwriter Lisa Catherine Cohen
Four-time MAC Award-winner, witty songwriter Ray Jessel
Chanteuse Caroline Val Schmidt with Bob Remstein at piano
Musical comedy veteran, cabaret diva Amanda Abel
Murray Meyer – stand-up lawyer!
Comic Songwriter (and “Louis & Keely” piano man!) Richard Levinson
