CHAPMAN AND BENJAMIN PRESENT TWO SHOWS IN WHITTIER

Whittier College, in association with Little Bit Productions, inaugurates Club Cabaret, a two-week, six performance series featuring some of the finest cabaret performers in Southern California. Sponsored by Cabaret West and presented at the beautiful RUTH B. SHANNON CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (Whittier College, 6760 Painter Avenue, Whittier, CA - 562-907-4203 - http://www.shannoncenter.org/), the series runs August 5th, 6th & 7 and August 12th, 13th and 14th. Appearing August 7th and 14th is the popular husband and wife duo Alan Chapman and Karen Benjamin Other headliners in the series include Scott Drier (August 5th), Anne Kerry Ford (August 6th), Jennifer Gates (August 12th) and Ray Jessel (August 13th). Each program in Club Cabaret features a headliner and opening act. All tickets are $22.50 and include a complimentary first beverage. Showtime is 7:30 pm with seating onstage in a supper club setting. Parking is free.

Located midway between the cities of Los Angeles and Anaheim, the SHANNON CENTER at Whittier College has been producing professional entertainment for 13 successful years. Founded in 1999 by performer Lisa Bowman, LITTLE BIT PRODUCTIONS has produced numerous shows in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area, including several record-breaking Revues, large benefit Galas, and other individual shows. CABARET WEST is a non-profit association dedicated to the promotion, awareness and advancement of cabaret performance as an art form on the West Coast. Inaugurated in 1995, their nearly 400 members include established as well as up-and-coming performers, club and other venue owners, and the loyal patrons who attend their shows. Their website is http://www.cabaretwest.org/.

Alan Chapman and Karen Benjamin make their Shannon Center debut in not one but two appearances. They've appeared at the L.A. Music Center, Ford Amphitheatre, Geffen Playhouse, Cerritos Center, Friars Club Beverly Hills, Town Hall in New York City and at the Dallas Museum of Art. In 2000, they made their Carnegie Hall debut with Michael Feinstein.

Alan Chapman is widely recognized by radio listeners as the morning deejay on L.A.'s classical station KUSC. He is equally well-known in cabaret circles as a composer and lyricist. His song, "Everybody Wants To Be Sondheim (But Me)" received the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award for Songwriting. He has also been honored by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs). Chapman was tapped recently to record the narration on United Airlines' classical music channel.

Karen Benjamin has appeared in countless musicals, including four and a half years in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Her stunning rÈsumÈ includes featured performances with the L.A. Philharmonic Chamber Society in a Kurt Weill salute, a Sondheim tribute with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and a program of French cabaret songs at the Getty Museum. She also created the role of Rocket J. Squirrel in Los Angeles Opera's LES MOOSE: THE OPERATIC ADVENTURES OF ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE, a commissioned children's opera with music and lyrics by her husband.

Opening for Chapman and Benjamin on August 7th will be Palm Springs-based baritone Troy Skinner. Opening August 14th will be smoky jazz singer Amy Cochet. For more information about Alan Chapman and Karen Benjamin see http://www.karenandalan.com/ .

 

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