Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia News: May/June 2015

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Cabaret comes twice-over to the symphony! Audra McDonald appear with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap 6/22, and Tony DeSare, Ryan Silverman, Storm Large and Frankie Marino appear in Let’s Be Frank: The Songs of Frank Sinatra with the NSO Pops at the Kennedy Center 6/5 & 6.

The woman who told us that she’s a brass band in the movie of Sweet Charity appears at Strathmore in An Evening with Shirley MacLaine 5/9.  Elsewhere, the Manhattan Transfer appear at the Birchmere 6/10 and John Pizzarelli is scheduled for Blues Alley 5/14-17.

Baltimore’s Cabaret at Germano’s has its usual full slate: Jennifer Blades and the Peabody Institute’s Cabaret Class 5/1; Kings of Crownsville 5/2 & 6/6; Miles Wide 5/3; Rockabilly Nights with Jeanie Broderick 5/8;  Ghosts of Weimar 5/9; Grand Theft Auto…a love song with Eli Staples  and Jeff Reed 5/14; The Glenn Angus Jazz Quartet presents A Heapin’ Helpin’ o’ Herbie Hancock 5/15; The Apple Scruffs in The Beatles “Unplugged” 5/16; The Goddess Lakshmi Mayflower Tour 5/17; Matthew Kenworthy: Broadway Past and Future 5/21; Three Cent Trio 5/23; The Baltimore Mandolin Quartet 5/24; Nico Sarbanes: The Great American Songbook 5/28; Cold Spring Jazz Quartet 5/29; Three for a Song with Breaking Bad: Sinful Songs from the 1920s and ‘30s 5/30; Redwine Jazz Band 6/5; Julie Kurzava and Diane Kinsley: Wit, Whimsy, and the Gershwins 6/7; Melinda Whittington and Ethan Uslan: Downton Abbey Cabaret 6/12; Laurette Hankins-O’Connell in Broadway Goes to the Movies 6/13; César Orozco and Kamarata Jazz 6/14; In Session 6/19; Ayreheart in Concert 6/25; Howard Alden & Jeanne Gies with Buddy Wachter 6/26; Trio Caliente 6/27.

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Michael Miyazaki

Michael Miyazaki

Michael Miyazaki is a Washington DC/Baltimore area-based performer, director, and writer. He has performed at various venues in the DC area, and his most recent show is Thanks for the Memories: The Musical Legacy of Bob Hope. He has appeared with numerous local theater troupes including Scena Theatre, the Source Theatre, and Fraudulent Productions. He has attended the Perry-Mansfield Cabaret Workshop (working with master teachers Andrea Marcovicci, Karen Mason, Barry Kleinbort, Christopher Denny, Shelly Markham, and David Gaines), and has also studied under Sally Mayes, Tex Arnold, Lina Koutrakos, Rick Jensen, Amanda McBroom, and Alex Rybeck. He is the creator of the blog The Miyazaki Cabaret Update: DC & Beyond (currently on hiatus) and is a member of the DC Cabaret Network and the Arts Club of Washington.