June 21, 22, 28, 29 Karen Mason: Mason at Mama’s

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Karen Mason

Mason at Mama’s

Sunday June 21 & 28 & Monday June 22 & 29
All shows at 7:00 pm

Don’t Tell Mama
343 W. 46th St.
212.757.0788

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Photo: Maryann Lopinto

Karen returns to Don’t Tell Mama with her acclaimed show. Highly recommended!

“What continuously makes Karen Mason the top-shelf cabaret performer that she is is her intense honesty supported by physical grace and a remarkable vocal instrument. Mason has the amazing ability to make each audience member feel as if she is singing to him or her personally; she holds her body in ways that makes her approachable from any angle.” — Carla Gordon, Cabaret Scenes

“As If We Never Said Goodbye” from Sunset Boulevard, whose lead Mason played in New York and Los Angeles, deservedly brings down the house. Viscerally morphing as she sets the scene, Mason shepherds us with such speed and commitment, the first line -“I don’t know why I’m frightened,” creates empathetic frisson. Her Norma Desmond is no parody, no monstre sacrée, but rather a proud, fragile, desperate, flesh-and-blood woman with a persona of steel. Following the tour de force with a lustrous version of “Over the Rainbow”—two heartrending stunners in a row—elicit tears from this journalist. — Alix Cohen, Cabaret Scenes