COBY
KOEHL'S "RAW DEAL" AT LA MAMA E.T.C.
LA
MAMA E.T.C. (74 A East Fourth Street, NYC - 212-475-7710 - http://www.lamama.org/)
presents "The Raw Deal," a new cabaret evening performed by singer-songwriter
Coby Koehl, Thursdays through Sundays, June 5th through 15th. Funny,
yet intense and moving, it will be an evening of Koehl singing from
the heart. The performance addresses, with Koehl's strong tenor voice,
a selection of his own songs, plus tunes which were made famous by
artists from Nina Simone to Bruce Springsteen. The show is directed
by Vic DiMonda. Musical Director Brandon Ethridge is collaborating
with Koehl for the first time. Shows are at 10:00 pm, Thursday through
Saturday, and 5:30 pm on Sunday. Tickets are $15.
Coby Koehl is a singer-songwriter
who has performed numerous times at cabarets in New York, including
headlining at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 1-212-757-0788
- http://www.donttellmama.com/)
and UPSTAIRS AT ROSE'S TURN (55 Grove Street, NYC - 1-212-366-5438)
a half dozen times. He has also performed at clubs like the Tunnel,
Limelight, Mother, Stonewall and others. He performed in "Soppin'
Juice" at Dixon Place and also produced and performed "East Infection,"
his Sunday Night extravaganza at Flamingo East.
Koehl's musical style
ranges from R&B to pop, jazz, soft rock, house, alternative, folk,
Broadway and standards. He has done voice over and commercial work
including the European campaign for the fragrance "WISH" for which
he supplied both the original composition and vocals. He can also
be heard on numerous dance music recordings. He appears solo and regularly
at The Stonewall, where he was discovered and invited to La MaMa by
Nicky Paraiso, Cultural Minister of The Club.
Last fall, Coby made his
La MaMa debut in a workshop production, "Survival of the Fetus," which
was an autobiographical musical about a young gay man, born two months
prematurely in Israel, who must overcome obstacles and naysayers as
he finds his own self.
Vic DiMonda has directed
and choreographed productions of Carousel, High Society, The All Night
Strut, The Taffetas, Forever Plaid and Smokey Joe's Cafò. He has choreographed
The Roar Of The Greasepaint ..., Mame, Cyrano.com, Grease, Do I Hear
A Waltz?, and The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. Each year Vic choreographs
The Financial Writers Follies at the New York City Marriott, Midtown.
Other regional credits include Kiss Me, Kate, How To Succeed ...,
Peter Pan, Cinderella, The Music Man, West Side Story, Fiddler On
The Roof and A Perfectly Normal Boy. He is an artist-in-residence
for the Metropolitan Opera Guild and spent two years at the Central
Park Wildlife Center as a member of their education department's theater
staff. He is a faculty member of the American Academy of Dramatic
Arts, where he teaches Jazz and Theater Dance, and at Alvin Ailey,
where he teaches Tap. He is also the artistic director for the Harkness
Dance Center's Tap Team. He staged Koehl's "Survival of the Fetus"
last fall.
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