Kimberly Schafer News

This New Year's Eve, tucked away just a block from Central Park on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Bistro Chat Noir (22 East 66th St. / www.BistroChatNoir.com / 212-794-2428) will present a special 1920s Speakeasy-Themed Celebration complete with four courses of stunning French cuisine, plus drinks, dancing, and a special performance of Speakeasy Moderne, an entertaining cabaret show featuring an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, and a touch of burlesque.

Usher in 2014 by rolling back the clock at NYC's sexiest party -- Speakeasy Moderne. On New Year's Eve, Tuesday 12/31 at 10pm, get swept up in a world where singers enchant, flappers flirt and dancers dazzle during a special night of live music, dance and cocktails. Located at STAGE 72 on the Upper West Side with host 'Official Hank' Stampfl, Speakeasy Moderne will feature an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, cabaret and a touch of burlesque. As the clock ticks closer to midnight, Speakeasy Moderne will also join the Times Square revelers (in spirit) with a live big screen screening of the ball drop and glasses of bubbly for all.

Tonight, June 20 at 9pm, award-winning recording artist and songwriter Todd Alsup and Dina Fanai (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) will guest star at NYC's sexiest party Speakeasy Moderne, where the audience gets swept up in a world where singers enchant, flappers flirt and dancers dazzle... Playing STAGE 72 each month and hosted by 'Official Hank' Stampfl, it's an unforgettable evening featuring an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, cabaret and a touch of burlesque.

Channeling the magnificent party atmosphere of The Great Gatsby, tonight, June 14 at 9pm at the East Hampton Studio (77 Industrial Road East Hampton, NY 11975), The Real Housewives of NYC's Sonja Morgan will guest star at a special Hamptons benefit performance of New York's sexiest party Speakeasy Moderne, an Unforgettable evening featuring an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, cabaret and a touch of burlesque. This special Hamptons performance will benefit the launch ofDavid Kilmnick's Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth (LIGALY) Center of the Hamptons (www.ligaly.org) and the Creative Coalition Music Foundation (www.thecreativecoalition.org).

On Thursday, June 20 at 9pm, award-winning recording artist and songwriter Todd Alsup and Dian Fanai (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) will guest star at NYC's sexiest party Speakeasy Moderne, where the audience gets swept up in a world where singers enchant, flappers flirt and dancers dazzle.

On Thursday, June 20 at 9pm, award-winning recording artist and songwriter Todd Alsup and Dina Fanai(Trans-Siberian Orchestra) will guest star at NYC's sexiest party Speakeasy Moderne, where the audience gets swept up in a world where singers enchant, flappers flirt and dancers dazzle… Playing STAGE 72 each month and hosted by 'Official Hank' Stampfl, it's an unforgettable evening featuring an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, cabaret and a touch of burlesque.

Channeling the magnificent party atmosphere of The Great Gatsby, on Friday, June 14 at 9pm at the East Hampton Studio (77 Industrial Road East Hampton, NY 11975), The Real Housewives of NYC's Sonja Morgan will guest star at a special Hamptons benefit performance of New York's sexiest party Speakeasy Moderne, an unforgettable evening featuring an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, cabaret and a touch of burlesque. This special Hamptons performance will benefit the launch ofDavid Kilmnick's Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth (LIGALY) Center of the Hamptons (www.ligaly.org) and the Creative Coalition Music Foundation (www.thecreativecoalition.org).

On Thursday, May 30 at 9pm at NYC's sexiest party Speakeasy Moderne, the show's host and producer "Official Hank" Stampfl will release his newly remixed single by DJ Mark Picchiotti (Kylie Minogue) titled "Gonna Get Better." Hank is also the owner of Feel Good Music Inc. and each month at Stage 72, Speakeasy Moderne offers an unforgettable evening featuring an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, cabaret and a touch of burlesque.

On Thursday, May 30 at 9pm, Broadway's Gabrielle Ruiz (Evita, In the Heights, the 1st National Tour of A Chorus Line) will guest star at NYC's sexiest party Speakeasy Moderne where the audience gets swept up in a world where singers enchant, flappers flirt and dancers dazzle… Playing STAGE 72 each month and hosted by 'Official Hank' Stampfl, it's an unforgettable evening featuring an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, cabaret and a touch of burlesque.

On Thursday, April 25 at 9pm, International Billboard Artist and classically-trained chanteuse Sasha Lazard will guest star at NYC's sexiest party Speakeasy Moderne. Sasha is currently working her fifth CD and will be debuting a sneak preview of her new single 'Lumiere' along with her hit single 'Ode to Innocence.'

Beginning tonight, March 28 at 9pm at Stage 72 (158 West 72nd St.), get swept up in the world of Speakeasy Moderne where singers enchant, flappers flirt and dancers dazzle...Set to play the Upper West Side venue each month and hosted by 'Official Hank' Stampfl, Speakeasy Moderne is unforgettable evening featuring an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, cabaret and a touch of burlesque.

Beginning on Thursday, March 28 at 9pm at Stage 72 (158 West 72nd St.), get swept up in the world of Speakeasy Moderne where singers enchant, flappers flirt and dancers dazzle...Set to play the Upper West Side venue each month and hosted by 'Official Hank' Stampfl, Speakeasy Moderne is unforgettable evening featuring an intoxicating blend of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, cabaret and a touch of burlesque.

"I know it is not a perfect show, the spit-take scene is lame and the monkey motif is labored ... but it does what a musical is supposed to do! It takes you to another world and it gives you a little tune to carry in your head for when you're feeling blue."

"I know it is not a perfect show, the spit-take scene is lame and the monkey motif is labored ... but it does what a musical is supposed to do! It takes you to another world and it gives you a little tune to carry in your head for when you're feeling blue." So says the narrator of the Tony Award-winning comedy "The Drowsy Chaperone," presented by the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at The Catholic University of America on two consecutive weekends, Friday, Feb. 22, through Sunday, March 2.

WESTCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE is Proud To Present FUNNY GIRL with music by JULE STYNE Lyrics by BOB MERRILL, book by ISOBEL LENNART runs March 26, 2009 - June 14, 2009 Starring JILL ABRAMOVITZ and GRANT NORMAN

Westchester Broadway Theatre production of FUNNY GIRL, which stars Jill Abramovitz as Fanny Brice and Grant Norman as the dashing, high flying gambler, Nicky Arnstein, begins previews tonight, March 26, 2009. The musical plays though to June 14, 2009

The cast has been announced for the Westchester Broadway Theatre production of FUNNY GIRL, which runs from March 26, 2009 - June 14, 2009 with an official press opening on April 4, 2009.