Sarah Rice
SCREEN GEMS
Songs of Old Hollywood!
I am a winner of the 2010 Bistro Award and 2011 MAC Award, Female Vocalist for this show and the 2009 Cabaret Hotline MEMBERS’ CHOICE AWARD - Female Debut,
so I hope you will come and see why we won if you haven't been or hope
if you have seen the show, you'll come back and bring a friend. My
SCREEN GEMS Symphony Orchestra is so terrific, (Seth Weinstein on the
mighty Wurlitzer) it makes your heart happy.
My Special Guest for Feb 18 will be Frank Basile
a possessor of the beautiful, manly baritone voice. We will sing
selections from The New Moon and Desert Song. Ahhhh! Guaranteed to make
you swoon!
I
am expecting a full house again and I would be so sad that you couldn't
get in, if you are planning on coming, so please make your
reservations.
212-695-6909
or purchase your tickets through SmartTix
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I would really love for you to join me in in the fun as we Vamp our cares away.
Looking forward to seeing you there at the Laurie Beechman Theatre!
XOXO,
Sarah Rice
the original Johanna in SWEENEY TODD on Broadway,
2010 BISTRO AWARD Winner
2011 MAC AWARD, BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Sarah Rice
SCREEN GEMS
Songs of Old Hollywood
Jo Ann Yeoman, Director
Seth Weinstein, Piano
Frank Basile, Guest Artist
February 18, 2018
Monday @ 7PM
LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER
West Bank Cafe
407 W 42nd Street
New York, NY
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Reservations: 212-695-6909
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Cover: $25 premium seating/$15 general seating (MAC discount code MACNYC, will be asked to show card, $5 off )
+ $15 Food and/or Beverage Min.
House opens one hour prior to show.
For more information visit our web site
www.BwayDirect.com
Seating is limited and the previous show was sold out, so reserve your tickets early for this exciting event.
Sarah Rice
One
of the most dazzling and beloved singers on the worldwide cabaret and
concert scene today, Sarah brings her acclaimed, multiple award winning
show SCREEN GEMS, The Songs of Old Hollywood, back to the Laurie
Beechman. Starting with the silents --Rudolph Valentino, THE SHEIK,
Theda Bara, the original vamp, through Helen Kane (the original
boop-a-doop girl, prototype of Betty Boop), Pola Negri, A WOMAN
COMMANDS, Doloris Del Rio, REVENGE, Kathryn Grayson, THE SINGING BANDIT
Jeannette Mac Donald, a little Yma Sumac thrown in for good measure, and
more, through the 60s. Seth Weinstein on the Mighty Wurlitzer. Special
guest stars, Frank Basile! Get ready to swoon!
Featuring
the music of Nacio Herb Brown, Georges Auric, Moises Vivanco, Nino
Rota, Jerome Kern, The Sherman Bros., Byron Gay, Ted Snyder and many
other rediscovered musical gems.
Your father's Hollywood. SUITABLE FOR MOST AGES! (Not recommended for children under 8)
www.SarahRice.com
Excerpts from reviews of Sarah Rice in SCREEN GEMS, Songs of Old Hollywood:
"If
the glorious gods that govern cabaret were to take the coloratura vocal
stylings and elegance of Barbara Cook, merge them with the earthiness
and humor of Baby Jane Dexter, and wrap the whole package in a unique
bundle of sparkle, the end result would without question be Sarah Rice. A
Broadway legend perhaps best known for creating the role of Johanna in
the original production of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, the revival of her acclaimed act Screen Gems: Songs Of Old Hollywood,
is, quite simply, one of those evenings where one feels Beechman
herself is looking down upon the room from the heavens and applauding
with reckless abandon...
From
the opening strains of "At The Moving Picture Ball" coupled with "The
Vamp," and a delightful array of anecdotes about such silent film stars
as Theda Bara, Mary Pickford and Rudolph Valentino, Rice hits her stride
with a medley of "The Age Of Not Believing," "I'm Wishing" and "Someday
My Prince Will Come." Once firmly flying high in this particular
holding pattern, from there the evening soars to the skies on an
unequaled trip that takes us through a coupling of "Hindustan" and "The
Sheik Of Araby," the Helen Kane hit "He's So Unusual," sprinkled with
the appropriate Noo Yawk accent and boop-boopy-doops, and a true
standout, "Paradise," originally made famous by Pola Negri, and which
could not be more captivating on every level. ... As if none of this is
enough, her eleven o'clock number is a coupling of Meredith Willson's
"My White Knight" with "Bill" from Show Boat, impressive enough
to cause the audience to momentarily stop breathing. And by the time
Rice brings the evening to a close, with a singularly unique version of
Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini's "Moon River," the crowd gathered is
not merely her fans but a worshiping cult.
...Whether Sarah Rice makes her next appearance in Screen Gems or
an entirely new cabaret vehicle, one simply must run and not walk to
see and hear the power and the glory that will surely be her
performance." -- Andrew Martin, NightLife Exchange
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Sarah Rice Heats up The Stage!
"Sarah Rice, the original Johanna in Sweeney Todd was the idol of sopranos after she gloriously sang “Green Finch and Linnet Bird.” Now, she celebrates her idols in Screen Gems...
For
lovers of the silent and not so silent past, this is a gloriously sung
tribute. During most sopranos’ performances, audience members are so
besieged with high notes that border on shrill that they pray for the
lower register. However, Rice’s sumptuous bell tones have you wishing
for more and more you get. Her voice sounds simply effortless, and her
unforced warmth has the dulcet tones of a mother singing, just for
you... And not only can she sing; she can act, too. ... “Temptation,
Italian Street Song” and Yma Sumac’s “Taki Rari” showed a sense of humor
and vocal gymnastics that Rice makes appear effortless...
Guest
star Mark Watson joined Rice for “Wanting You” and their chemistry was
reminiscent of Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel, the original stars of Kiss Me, Kate."-- Suzanna Bowling, TIMES SQUARE CHRONICALS
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"For
a guided tour through varied vintage movie melodies, Sarah Rice’s show
is just the ticket... She’s comfortable and cozy wrapping her golden
soprano in their sheet music and like a song plugger of yore, she sells
you on their charms. And hers... Gloriously sung, or held back, the
showcase presents different sides of the radiant Rice voice." -- Rob
Lester, Cabaret Scenes
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"In
her entertaining new cabaret show of songs from or about "old
Hollywood," it is evident that her voice remains a ravishing
instrument... Not only is her acting commanding and her singing
exemplary...the result is quite simply the best and most riveting
rendition of "Pirate Jenny" I've ever heard...Speaking of giving in,
eleven years later, Pola Negri introduced "Paradise" (Nacio Herb Brown,
Gordon Clifford, from A Woman Commands), which was originally banned
from radio play because the humming sections of the lyric were
considered too arousing. Indeed, the song is overtly and rather
startlingly sexual, but at the same time understated and elegant; Rice's
performance is all of the above—and also charming...There are other
impressive numbers, among them: a smoldering medley of "Temptation"
(Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed), "Jalousie" (Vera Bloom, Jacob Gade),
and "Revenge" (Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Harry Akst); and an exquisitely
interpreted pairing of Meredith Willson's "My White Knight" and "Bill"
(Jerome Kern, P.G. Wodehouse, Oscar Hammerstein II)." -- Roy Sander, Bistro Awards
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Sarah Rice
Broadway: (SWEENEY TODD) Johanna, original, Theatre World Award, Grammy for Best Show Recording.
Off-Broadway: Luisa (FANTASTICKS); Susan (THE WAVES); Elizabeth (SWAN SONG).
Opera/Operetta/Music Theatre/Theatre:
leading
soprano and dramatic roles performed all over the world with a bunch of
great people (Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Leona Mitchell, Marni
Nixon, Angela Lansbury, Harold Prince and Stephen Sondheim among others)
and companies including the famed Gran Teatro la Fenice in Venice,
Italy, Santa Fe Opera, Central City Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Dallas
Opera in the leading soprano roles of DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT;
RIGOLETTO; LE NOZZE DI FIGARO; THE BARBER OF SEVILLE; PIRATES; STUDENT
PRINCE; NAUGHTY MARIETTA; MERRY WIDOW; DIE FLEDERMAUS; BITTERSWEET; THE
MEDIUM; SHOWBOAT; PHANTOM; DESERT SONG; CANDIDE; MUSIC MAN; and HAMLET;
to name a few.
2010
Bistro Award winner and 2011 MAC AWARD winner, Female Vocalist, for her
critically acclaimed solo cabaret debut, SARAH RICE sings SCREEN GEMS,
Songs of Old Hollywood and voted favorite female cabaret debut performer
by Cabaret Hotline Online readers in 2009.
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