Raissa!

The July Concert at Tudor City Greens

by on June 26, 2010

A Child's Garden of Verses

FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT AT TUDOR CITY GREENS!
Tuesday, July 6th @ 12 noon
(Rain date: Wednesday, July 7th)

2010 BISTRO AWARD: Outstanding Series
2010 MAC AWARD nominee: Outstanding Recurring Series/Variety

The new season of the Tudor City Greens FREE outdoor concert series continues on Tuesday, July 6th at 12 noon. (Rain date: Wednesday, July 7th .) This event will feature performers from Broadway and the New York City cabaret scene. The concert will be hosted by Tudor City resident, Broadway and cabaret performer Raissa Katona Bennett (Phantom of the Opera, Chess). The afternoon concert is called A Child’s Garden of Verse: Songs By, About, For, and With Children. Guests scheduled to appear are Broadway’s Mimi Bessette (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), Bart Shatto (Civil War, Les Miserables), MAC, Bistro, and Nightlife Award winner Julie Reyburn, cabaret performers Joshua Desjardins, Peter Haas, Christine Reisner and young theatre performers Connor Shatto and Peter Charney. Broadway performer and multiple award-winning cabaret artist Eric Michael Gillett will make a special appearance as well. Accompanists for the concert will be Tex Arnold, David Caldwell, Cindy Gooden, Sean Harkness, and Bill Zeffiro.

The event will take place in the South Park of Tudor City Greens Park – enter at Tudor City Place between East 41st and 42nd Streets, between 1st and 2nd avenues.

The Concerts at Tudor City Greens Series were organized by Raissa Katona Bennett in 2008 to present the art and vitality of cabaret to an untapped audience while also promoting the concerts to increase donations for the Tudor City Greens parks.

The concerts are being produced in association with the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) – an organization dedicated to the support and promotion of the art of live entertainment in NYC (www.MACNYC.com) This year, Tom Stajmiger, a producer of theatre, concerts and cabaret around the country, joins the series, as associate producer.

Sponsored, in part, by SMART WORKOUT.
Special thanks to:
925 LOUNGE for beverage services
Feinstein’s at the Regency for donating printing services.
Hector Coris for donating graphic design and press services.
Sound system provided by Dr. Garrett Bennett, Facial Plastics and Nasal Surgery
Stage Buddy for video services

Press contact: Hector Coris
(718) 791-5739 or hectorcoris@gmail.com

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