Stoneham Theatre & Boston Association of Cabaret Artists Present 2002 Summer Cabaret Showcase

Showcase will also have CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE editor Stu Hamstra as Guest of Honor

STONEHAM THEATRE (395 Main Street, Stoneham, MA - 781-279-2200 - http://www.stonehamtheatre.org/), in a joint effort with the Boston Association of Cabaret Artists (BACA), will present the 2002 Summer Cabaret Showcase on Friday, August 9th at 8 pm. Tickets are $15 ($13 BACA members) and may be purchased by calling the box office. Performers include Brian de Lorenzo, Jan Peters, Kent French and Ida Zecco.

Brian de Lorenzo, who appeared in "Forever Plaid" and "A Christmas Carol" at Stoneham Theatre and has been seen at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston and the American Stage Festival. Jan Peters has performed at Scullers and The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, at Club Cafœ and the Encore Cabaret in the Tremont Hotel. Kent French recently appeared in SpeakEasy's "The Wild Party," and Boston Theatre Works' "The Laramie Project" as well as in cabaret performances at Foxwoods Casino, Eighty Eights in New York, the Blacksmith House in Cambridge and the French Library in Boston. Ida Zecco has appeared in "Shear Madness" at the Charles Playhouse, on the Fox Network and in "Spenser for Hire" as well as in cabaret performances at the Regattabar and Scullers and in concerts at Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall and Alice Tully Hall. Accompanying the vocalists will be pianists Tommy LaMark and Brad Hatfield. A special surprise guest will be announced before the event.

Weylin Symes, Artistic Director of Stoneham Theatre, says of the partnership with BACA, "we wanted to show our commitment to fostering the Boston cabaret community by supporting individual performers as well as BACA's organizational efforts. Cabaret shows have consistently done well for us. Our audience loves cabaret and we have been fortunate to present some of the best entertainers in the world here at Stoneham Theatre. BACA is doing a wonderful job educating the public and the media on the modern form of cabaret and we wanted to show our support."

During the evening a special award will be presented to guest of honor, Stu Hamstra of Cabaret Hotline Online in New York in recognition of his support of the art form through his electronic newsletter that reaches over 2,000 subscribers weekly. Brian de Lorenzo, President of BACA, says, "Stu Hamstra lives and breathes cabaret. BACA and the Boston cabaret community are grateful for his passion and love of the art form as he is tireless in promoting cabaret performers in Boston, New York and the world over."

Hamstra began publishing a four-page monthly newsletter in 1990 called Cabaret Hotline which he mailed to about 40 friends and was a journal of his visits to cabarets and piano bars in Manhattan. As word spread, circulation grew to about 200 and within a few years, increased to more than 5,000. The newsletter grew to a 32 page magazine and in addition to the 1,000 paid subscriptions, another 4,000 were distributed free to clubs in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

In 1997 the rising costs of postage and printing brought the newsletter close to extinction until Hamstra discovered the digital domain and a new platform from which to distribute the newsletter. As a comprehensive source of information, news, reviews and chat from the cabaret world, Cabaret Hotline Online (http://www.cabarethotlineonline.com/) provides insights, trends and connections to its community of performers, patrons, booking agents and venue owners. Currently, over 2,000 subscribers receive the weekly newsletters, and the website is visited by over 20,000 people daily. Performers in the Cabaret Showcase include:

For more information about the STONEHAM THEATRE visit the website at http://www.stonehamtheatre.org/.

For information about BACA (Boston Association of Cabaret Artists) see http://www.bostoncabaret.org/.

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