Raissa!

Great entertainment, some free…!

by on July 18, 2010

Hey Friends: 

Here’s what’s going on for me in the coming months, and some of my recommendations – hope to see some of you at these shows.

JULY 24TH @ 8 pm at the DARIEN ARTS CENTER 203-655-5414 – you MUST make a reservation online or call.  
RAISSA in PUTTING THINGS AWAY  with:Musical Director, David Caldwell (Forbidden Broadway) and featuring some special guests and good friends: CT’s favorite songstress and an NYC cabaret star, MAUREEN HAMILL, award winning actor, singer and recording artist, MILES PHILLIPS and Soap Opera/Movie/TV Star, TONJA WALKER plus a surprise guest or two!

And in NYC, on JULY 29, 2010 at 8:00 PM, I’ll be performing a guest spot in The Danny Leary Variety Extravaganza in the Copper Room at Comix Comedy Nightclub, 353 West 14th Street, NYC - $10 Cover. NO Food or Drink Min. 

Don’t forget to join us for the next:   THE CONCERTS AT TUDOR CITY GREENS, on August 3rd (rain date, 8/4) – this month’s theme – “A Night At The Opera - Vocal and Instrumental Classics” featuring, Willy Falk (Miss Saigon), I’ve Got a Little Twist (Bistro Award Winner), Mark Janas (MAC /Bistro Award Winner), Laurel Masse (Manhattan Transfer), The Metropolis Opera Project, Sarah Rice (Sweeney Todd), Maureen Taylor, Bill Zeffiro, yours truly as hostess, and a few surprises!

And speaking of Bill Zeffiro, you can catch him every Tuesday night from 9 to 11at La Mediterranne, at 947 2nd Ave., between 50th and 51st, singing and playing, and you can join him for a song if you want.  There’s no cover and the food is great.
 
This Monday night, 7/19 and next, 7/26 at 7 pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, you must catch Phil Geoffrey Bond’s masterpiece of an idea, SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED.  Phil has invited some of the best and brightest from the Broadway and Cabaret world, to pay homage to “the master”, and it’s been so successful that he may bring the series back, so go while you can.  Visit my site to read more of my recommendations for the weeks ahead…
Love and Light,
Raissa

 

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