LA - On July 7th 'The Spotlight' Cabaret Shines Again!!!

Looking forward to it!
One step ahead of ya :)

I'd be great if we could find some cool ways to broaden our audience for this... Perhaps make fliers and have them at some of the better hotels in the area....or at the theaters that have shows running. True beuaty is getting the new people in to watch them and be wowed by the talent.

And as you know I fully support some type of open mic night, to discover someone Some people there would love the chance to join in and let their hair down for a moment ---like dont tell mamma. Thoughts? Let's discuss?

surprise guests?... you never know. i guess you'll have to come and find out. :)

Alright, I will do my best to sum this up. I usually babble when I'm tired so bare with me.

Sharon was up first. This was the first time I've seen her. One thing she lets you know right off the bat is that she's not someone to mess with. She's not trying to be cute or sing pretty... she's a self labeled outlaw... brassy and offensive. And for her, it works.

If you can fill in the blanks or make corrections please feel free. Here is a rough review of her songlist:
"In The Meantime"
"I've Got A Small Day Tomorrow"
"It's Gonna Be One of Those Days" by Amanda McBroom ...as a side note, this is now the 2nd time in a short period of days that I've now heard of Amanda. The first being at Stephanie's Birdland concert when she sang her song "Dieter's Prayer"
"Don't Give Up"??
A Judy Henske song, "Mad Dog"?
A funny song about Elves
"I'm Everybody's Girl" which she dedicated to Mae West who she considers one of the most offensive women performers (a compliment coming from her)
"Rich, Famous, and Powerful"... another sidenote, this is now the 2nd time I've heard of this song too. One of the contestants on America's Got Talent sang this and actually got passed through to the next round. They should've shown him!
A Billy Joel song? that I'm sorry to say I didn't recognize.
Her encore was "The Impossible Dream" that she dedicated to all couragous people.

Joey McIntyre... ummm, was in the bathroom when he was supposed to come on stage, or so he enjoyed disclosing to us one or two times. Once again, feel free to add and correct... this is a ROUGH review of his songlist:
"Lady Is A Tramp"
"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered"
"Where is Love", that was kind of segued to "I'd Do Anything"
"Gary, Indiana"
"Time To Move On" (from his Happy Days show)
"As Long As Your Mine" - just his part but he made it work! haha
A song from "Tic Tic Boom" with WILSON CRUZ and some other cast member Andrew "Andy" and a woman who's name I didn't catch
A variation on Wyclef's "Grateful"?
"Nothing About You I Would Change"? I think this was also something that he wrote but it began with a known song that he forgot the lyrics to?... maybe someone else can elaborate.

I should mention that Jennifer from the last cabaret was also there as well as some other people who looked familiar but I couldn't place.

They announced the next cabaret date in August but I don't think they have anyone set in stone yet. One of the ladies mentioned Deborah Gibson being on the list of people they were trying to get.

OK, it's late. This is long.... :)

I was there, but I guess that's a given. :)

It was another great night of Broadway cabaret in LA!

I am happy to report that the house was once again packed which gave us all the more incentive to keep working hard on this new cabaret!

Special thanks to Sharon McNight and Joey McIntyre. Two amazing and very different performers who brought everyone together for a night of great music.

This week be sure to check out www.thespotlightla.com for pics and updated information.

NEXT SHOW... FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th! Hope to see more Broadwayworlders there! and thanks Popular for your support! :)

Updated On: 7/8/06 at 04:09 PM

Ok, I totally wrote that they were considering Deborah Gibson ... how the hell did I not notice that SHE WAS THERE!?!

PS - pics from the night are now up.