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Once again we will be presenting two awards at our annual birthday show in honor of two people who have contributed to the art and artists of cabaret in the past and are no longer with us, but should never be forgotten. We are very proud to announce this year's recipients, who will be honored at CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE's 19th Birthday show on July 9th.

JEFF MATSON AWARD - given annually to a person(s) who has done extraordinary work in supporting, mentoring and giving leadership to others in cabaret. This year we are presenting the award to Sue Matsuki, a lady who has done all those things over the years, in addition to performing, volunteering, and even promoting fellow performs (and attending a lot of shows).

The DOTTIE BURMAN SONGWRITER AWARD will be presented to Brett Kristofferson, who, like Dottie, writes original songs, but also mentors and gives attention to many of the younger singers in the world of cabaret. His work has been heard in numerous venues around New York City, including The Duplex, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, Don't Tell Mama, Rose's Turn, Manhattan Theatre Source, and Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC).

the 19th BIRTHDAY PARTY of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE to be held on Thursday, July 9th at 7:00 pm at THE WEST BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - ). Already announced cast members include cabaret legend Tom Andersen, recent cabaret newcomer Terrell Baker, cabaret/Broadway favorite Raissa Katona Bennett, host of Grace Notes, Grace Cosgrove, the delightful Moira Danis, the all-girl vocal group The Delivery Girls, singer/dancer Ryan Greer and the inimitable singer/actor Jim Speake. Musical director for the show is the 2009-double-MAC-Award winning Tracy Stark. MORE DETAILS

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Cabaret afficiondos from all over Australia, and indeed the world descended on the capital of South Australia for the Eighth Annual Adelaide Cabaret Festival, a feast of cabaret which ran from June 5th through June 20th, 2009. Here are the reports from the 2009 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

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NYC: METROJAM OPEN MIC MONTHLY WITH JENNA ESPOSITO

METROJAM, the monthly cabaret/jazz open mic event held at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440 - ), will have its next show on Friday, July 3rd at 10:00 pm featuring its new host, Jenna Esposito. Jenna is planning is to book a different surprise-guest headliner when the show is presented, on the first Friday of every month. Open-mic performers have a chance to perform with a full jazz band. Guest vocalists from the worlds of cabaret and jazz are always on hand to take a turn at the microphone. There is a $10 cover plus a 2-drink minimum.

NYC: THE DELIVERY GIRLS DEBUT AT FEINSTEIN'S

FEINSTEIN'S at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue, NYC - 212-339-4095 - ) presents the debut of THE DELIVERY GIRLS on Friday, July 3rd at 8:30 pm, in an evening of dazzling new arrangements of classic Rock & Roll favorites from the 50s, 60s and 70s. For their performance at Feinstein's THE DELIVERY GIRLS will present a vibrant and exciting new show of reinterpretations of songs from some of the greatest musical acts of the century. The four lead voices include mother and daughter team Mary and Amie Carey with the very gifted April Henry and Tracy Stark. These formidable talents - reminiscent of the girl groups of the 60's and 70's - evoke a sound best described as Rock & Roll meets the new millennium. Mary, April and Amie's powerful voices and sweeping vocal range can either raise the roof or whisper like smoke to communicate a lyric. Ms. Stark's technical prowess and romantic heart make her a sensitive bandleader and impressive soloist at the keys. The show promises to be a freewheeling adventure through unique twists on the best songs of the Rock and Roll era. There is a $30 cover plus a $25 food/drink minimum.

FLA: JOHNNY RODGER OPENS JULY AT THE ROYAL ROOM

Fresh from the Broadway smash hit Liza's at the Palace, in which he backed-up Liza Minnelli, Johnny Rodgers is returning to the THE ROYAL ROOM at THE COLONY HOTEL (155 Hammond Avenue, Palm Beach, FL - 561-659-8100 - ) after a six-year absence on Friday, July 3rd and Friday & Saturday, July 10th & 11th. The Miami-born Johnny Rodgers is an award winning singer-songwriter who has shared the stage with such diverse luminaries as Paul McCartney, Michael Feinstein, Ann Hampton Callaway and Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Bottom Line, Birdland and The Metropolitan Room. In 2008, Rodgers won the ASCAP Foundation's Songwriter's Hall of Fame Award, the 15th Annual Billboard World Song Contest, the MAC Award and Backstage Magazine's Bistro Award. All shows are at 8:00 pm. Dinner/show package is $85, show only $50.

S.F.AREA: SCOT ALAN IN "JUST ME .. AND THEM"

Composer and lyricist Scot Alan brings his new show "Just Me..And Them: The Songs of Scot Alan" to San Francisco for one night only at RRAZZ ROOM at THE HOTEL NIKKO (222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA - 415-394-1189 - ) on Friday, July 3rd at 11:00 pm. This one night only, intimate concert will also feature guest performers from the casts of Spamalot and Wicked. Scott wrote the book, music and lyrics for the musical Detour in Los Angeles. Since returning to New York City five years ago, many of Broadway's elite have sung his music, including Liz Callaway, Shoshana Bean, Adriane Lenox, Stephanie J. Block, Cheyenne Jackson, Eden Espinosa and more, all of which can be found featured on his debut CD Dreaming Wide Awake: The Music of Scott Alan now available on his website and iTunes. He has sold out concerts of his music in New York City at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre, The Laurie Beechman Theatre and Birdland and his forthcoming sold out concert in London's West End's The Duchess Theatre. Tickets are $30.

AUS: VAUDREY, MIDDLETON AND HODSON: REASONS WE LOVE IN LIFE

Vaudrey, Middleton and Hodson present: REASONS WE LOVE IN LIFE at THE BUTTERFLY CLUB (204 Bank Street, South Melbourne, VIC - 03 96902000 - ) on Fridays, July 3rd, 10th & 17th at 10:30 pm. When three wildly different musicians write a show with no restrictions the result is a meeting place where Bach drinks with Miles Davis and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Vaudrey, Middleton and Hodson perform original songs and arrangements. Three musicians, seven instruments and a passion for chord IV, colliding in the reasons they love in life. Tickets are $15.

S.A.: VERNON BARNARD WITH GOOD VIBRATIONS

"Good Vibrations", a nostalgic, foot-tapping and sing-a-long tribute to the music of The Beatles, Hollies, Kinks, Cliff Richard, Bee Gees, Beach Boys, Bryan Adams, and many more, starring Vernon Barnard will be presented at VILLA PASCAL (28 Van Der Westhuizen Street. Durbanville, Capetown, SA - Tel: 021-9752566 - ) on Friday, July 3rd at 7:00 pm. Call for cover/minimum information.

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NEW ORLEANS: RUNNING WITH SCISSORS ATTACKS VALLEY OF THE DOLLS THROUGH JULY 4th

Running With Scissors stumbles back to LE CHAT NOIR (715 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA - 504-581-5812 - ) on Fridays through Sundays, June 12th through July 4th at 8:00 pm (Sundays at 6:00 pm), bringing to life everyone's favorite guilty pleasure: Jacqueline Suzann's VALLEY OF THE DOLLS! First presented as a one-night-only staged reading in 2007, this one part homage, one part parody, Running With Scissors' adaptation of Suzann's camp classic, follows three very different young women as they enter the tantalizing, treacherous world of show-biz: Anne Welles (Brian Peterson), a WASPy good girl in search of true love; Jennifer North (Dorian Rush), a knockout model with seriously bad luck; and Neely O'Hara (Lisa Picone), a crass cutie who'd crawl over her own mother for a starring role or a stiff drink. A cavalcade of characters stands between these three and their glittery dreams nosy secretaries, invalid lounge singers, and of course, Helen Lawson (Bob Edes Jr.), a particularly blousy Broadway babe who's been around the block. The production also stars Brad Caldwell, Jack Long, and Dwayne Sepcich. Costumes are by Kate Jensen and Brian Peterson; sets by Brad Caldwell; props by Liz Zibilich. The script was adapted by the company from Suzann's novel, the subsequent movie, and other fabulous sources. Tickets are $26, including a $5 drink ticket.

S.F.AREA: COMIC ACTOR LESLIE JORDAN THROUGH JULY 4th

Leslie Jordan, actor, writer, comic and storyteller, brings his latest show to RRAZZ ROOM at THE HOTEL NIKKO (222 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA - 415-394-1189 - ) Tuesday through Saturday, June 30th through July 4th at 8:00 pm (7:00 pm on Sunday). Jordan claims he stepped off a Greyhound bus from the hills of Tennessee, said "hello" to Hollywood and has never looked back. With hundreds of television shows, films and commercials to his credit, he has become a familiar face on the entertainment scene, appearing as a guest in "Will and Grace," "Boston Legal," "Ugly Betty" and other comedy series. On stage, Mr. Jordan won the Ovation Award, The Garland Award and The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his portrayal of Preston Leroy, the aging, sodden barfly in Del Shores hit play "Southern Baptist Sissies." Tickets are $40.

NYC: LEW TABACKIN AND TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI QUARTET THROUGH JULY 4th

Lew Tabackin and Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet will perform at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080 - ) Wednesday through Saturday, July 1st through 4th, with sets at 8:30 & 11:00 pm. Lew Tabackin is one of the few jazz musicians who maintains a dual musical personality. As a tenor saxophonist, he is a hard-driving, tough-toned player reminiscent of Sonny Rollins or Don Byas. But as a flutist, he can also sound like a highly expressive master of Asian classical music. Lew moved to New York in the mid 1960s, where he was involved with the big bands of Cab Calloway, Maynard Ferguson, Thad Jones & Mel Lewis, among others. His distinctive sound has also graced various studio bands such as Dick Cavett's television orchestra. Tabackin met and married jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1968 and co-founded the award-winning Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, which had a New York residence at Birdland from 1996 until it disbanded in 2002. There is a $30 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.

AUS: LUKE GALLAGHER IN LUKE BACK IN ANGER THROUGH JULY 5th

On the downward slide to 40 and convinced he's running out of inspiration, Luke Gallagher (Friends of Barbra) jump-starts his neurons by opening the vault on the most humiliating and hilarious experiences that have helped define him at THE BUTTERFLY CLUB (204 Bank Street, South Melbourne, VIC - 03 96902000 - ), Thursday through Sunday, July 2nd through 5th at 9:00 pm (8:00 pm Sunday). Featuring songs by Cyndi Lauper, The Human League, Crowded House and Lindsay Lohan, the show is directed by Fiona Scott-Norman with musical direction and accompaniment by Cameron Thomas. LUKE BACK IN ANGER is excruciating fun for all those that enjoy laughing at the misfortune of others. Tickets are $25.

AUS: THREE GALS, WRONGTOWN AT THE BUTTERFLY CLUB THROUGH JULY 5th

THE BUTTERFLY CLUB (204 Bank Street, South Melbourne, VIC - 03 96902000 - ) presents Claire Bowman, Rose Sejean and Zoe McDonald in WRONGTOWN. Thursday through Sunday, July 2nd through 5th at 7:00 pm (6:00 pm Sunday). Three wrong towns don't make a right but they sure have produced a saucy trio. The Andrew Sisters with a twist, originating from three wrong towns: Adelaide, Geelong and Newcastle. These leggy lasses meet in Melbourne and their worlds collide in one big sexy explosion of brass, lipstick, hot vocals, high heels, spot lights, red lights and best of all headlights. Tickets are $22.

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