Music By Genre


Musical Theatre, Comedy, Theater,
Special Attractions, Tributes and Nostalgia

» ABBA-Mania
A rock musical which takes you back to the disco era of one of the best pop bands in history, ABBA. ABBAMANIA features nine incredible musicians and singers which are the main highlights of this musical. ABBAMANIA perform 21 of ABBA's hits, with all the costume changes, choreography, a live band, back-up singers and big studio sound. For all the ABBA fans, there are two shows you should see this year… Mama Mia a play which features the music of ABBA and ABBAMANIA which recreates ABBA in concert! Both shows are fantastic!

» Banu Gibson
Banu Gibson and The New Orleans Hot Jazz have performed at The Hollywood Bowl twice and were a star attraction with the Boston Pops for their millennium New Year’s Eve. Banu is one of the best entertainers and singers around. An evening with Banu and her band features songs by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Fats Waller, and George Gershwin.

» Beach Party Boys - Tribute to The Beach Boys
BEACH PARTY BOYS reproduce the authentic look, vocal harmony and instrumentation of the Beach Boys themselves!
This is a fun and interactive show wher you will find yourself singing along to songs like Surfin USA, Barbara Ann, Fun Fun Fun, and Good Virations. BEACH PARTY BOYS is available for Theatres, Exhibitions, Casinos, Corporate parties, and Fairs.
"We thought you were the real Beach Boys" - Denmark summer of 2010 - Played to 10,000 on the 4th of July in NY State!

» Bill Santiago in "Pardon My Spanglish"
Known best for his bilingual TV specials on Comedy Central, Pardon My Spanglish is a lighthearted look at life in America as seen through the eyes of a brilliant comic who finds humor in everything. Even everyday trips to K-Mart become side splitting laugh-a-thons as Bill points out all of the Spanglish you know, even if you don't know it. Bill is great for all audiences. Spanish speaking or English, it doesn't matter, everyone will walk away happy knowing they speak a second language.

» Chicago City Limits
Chicago City Limits is New York City's legendary Improv comedy show. Founded in Chicago in 1977 by actors participating in the Second City workshops, the group relocated to New York in 1980 and began an Off-Broadway run of over 8,500 performances. Through the years, the company has gotten rave reviews from critics and audiences alike, most recently receiving the 2008 Award for Best Comedy Group by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC).

» Dave Bennett
Only "twenty-something!" (born 1984)… Dave with his All-Star Septet play Goodman's big hits and "swing-era" classics: Moonglow, I've Got Rhythm, Body and Soul, Slipped Disc, Sing, Sing, Sing and many others. Dave Bennett is a jaw dropping clarinet prodigy who brings to life the music of "The King of Swing" with incredible technique, expression and sensitivity. Vocals made famous by such Goodman singers as Peggy Lee and Helen Forrest are brought to life by jazz singer, Anne Seabury.

» Donna Wissinger/Joy Myers
Donna and Joy pair to bring unparalleled fun to learning history, music and language arts. A hidden treasure for teachers? Through Beowulf and The World Turned Upside Down, the duo enthralls, engages and inspires students to develop their own curiosity and desire to learn!

Donna Wissinger is a 'flutist of rare gifts' (New York Times). Pianist Joy Myers graduated from Jacksonville University summa cum laude with departmental honors and a dual major in music education and music performance. Together they present two educational programs for children and young adults.

» Girls Only
Girls Only - the Secret Comedy of Women is an original comedy that celebrates the honor, truth, humor and silliness of being female. With a two-woman cast and audiences full of raucous, laughing ladies, the show has found quick popularity in its unique examination of all things girly.

Born out of the earnest and sweetly ridiculous writings the two authors discovered in their girlhood diaries, Girls Only is a mix of sketch comedy, improvisation, audience participation, and hilarious songs and videos. It reminds you that underneath, women all have very funny and very charming feminine similarities.

We encourage women to come and bring their mothers, daughters, sisters and girlfriends. We promise you'll leave laughing, ready to dig out your old diary.

Show advisory: This show contains feminine subject matter including teenage diaries, breast feeding, tampons, shadow puppets, pantyhose, menstrual cycles, slumber parties, menopause and maxi pads.

» Groove Society
Groove Society is an award winning vocal jazz sextet that is among the top rising stars on the world a cappella scene. In 2006, the group was named "Vocal Group of the Year" by the JPF International Music Awards, as were honored for "Best A Cappella Album" and "Best A Cappella Song." And in 2007, Groove Society received the prestigious "IAJE Award for Outstanding Service to Jazz Education" at the International Association for Jazz Education convention in New York City. Thoughtfully crafted arrangements, intricate rhythms, exhilarating improvisations, and astonishingly authentic vocal percussion give Groove Society a unique sound that leaves enthusiastic audiences amazed at the complexity and power that can be achieved by six vocalists with no instruments.

» Hit Parade Live
is a live musical tribute to the golden era of Top 40 radio. With a virtual MC hosting a staged, 60's style TV show re-creation, every song will bring back memories – your first date, your first car, graduation and more. Younger viewers will get a glimpse back to a far out, fascinating musical era when pop songs reigned supreme!

With amazing musicianship, the Mellow Yellow band meticulously recreates the songs that ruled the AM airwaves. Songs that you love. Songs that you know ALL the words to!

At the Hit Parade, EVERYONE IS FREE TO SING ALONG!

» Hotel California - The Original Tribute to the Eagles
The Original Tribute to THE EAGLES Hotel California prides itself on creating the illusion that you are listening to the actual Eagles. They've shared the stage with the Doobie Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Gretchen Wilson and many more International Artists. They've performed in Dubai, Japan, India, Bermuda & all over North America.

» Kathy Kosins
Rhapsody in Boop is a big band celebration of the songs that came out of the widely known Betty Boop films from the 1930's. The songs embrace women's liberation, politics, sex and were ahead of their time, and have cutting edge contemporary arrangements featuring the music of Cab Calloway, Don Redmond, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Ellington  and the list goes on. Rhapsody in BOOP is a celebration...not an impersonation of Betty Boop, her music, her life and times.  This unique event featuring American music appeals to audiences of all ages.

» Marcus Belgrave - Louis Armstrong
Marcus Belgrave is Detroit's internationally recognized jazz trumpet great. He is acclaimed not only for his great technical virtuosity, soulful tone and seemingly limitless improvisational creativity, but also for an on stage persona that exudes warmth and joy in music making. An original member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, his performances of Louis Armstrong's trumpet classics follow the general stylistic shape of the jazz legend's approach, with a personalized "Belgrave" interpretation and nuance. As a singer, Belgrave's low and gravelly voice exudes a "Satchmo-like" quality that comes naturally, evoking Armstrong's sound, spirit and warmth with uncanny ease. Vocalist, Joan Bow, captures the spirit of the many singers that Louis Armstrong worked with such as, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington and Billie Holiday.

» Michael Andrew and Swingerhead
Led by band leader-singer-songwriter Michael Andrew, these cats are making people swing! The dynamic show mesh 50's kitsch with the raw energy of the 90's club scene from Florida, California and New York, combining tunes from Frank Sinatra and others with originals. Catch Michael soon starring on Broadway in The Nutty Professor!

» Michael Jackson Tribute - Who's Bad
In glitzy jackets, glittering gloves and 80s regalia, Who's Bad, The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band, is an infectious party production that takes audiences on a musical expedition spanning three decades of Michael Jackson's chart-cresting music. From ABC to You Rock My World no song is forgotten in this electrifying revival of Pop Music's Royal Highness. Founded in 2004 by Vamsi Tadepalli and spearheaded by some of North Carolina's optimum musicians, Who's Bad has crafted an intricate performance complete with synchronized dance routines, blaring horn section and down-deep rhythms - each delivered with a precision that could only be superseded by the King himself. Since their first standing-room only concert, audiences have crowned them must-see entertainment singing along as if the moves, the music, and the memories belong to us all.

» "Night Fever" The Bee Gees Tribute
"Night Fever"-The Bee Gees Tribute is the largest production of the Bee Gees in the world. This all Canadian cast has been touring for the past ten years, from Disneyland to Russia, recreating the look and sound of the Bee Gees. Capturing a full history of the Bee Gees, "Night Fever" includes songs from "To Love Somebody," "Massachusetts," I Got to Get A Message," "I Started A Joke," "Jive Talking," "More Than A Woman," "Nite Fever," "You Should Be Dancing," "Tragedy," "Stayin’ Alive.," and many more.

» Portrait of Churchill

'Churchill' is a one-man play about Sir Winston Churchill. The play is written by Andrew Edlin and performed by Edmund Shaff.

The play is in two acts; the first an hour, the second half-an-hour. It is April 1955. Churchill agonizes in his wartime bunker below London whether to resign as Prime Minister. As he tries to decide he reviews his uniquely eventful career, filled with history-changing events and people, glorious speeches, pithy comments, funny stories, and all the wit and wisdom that has made Churchill beyond greatness into an imperishable legend.

» Queer Queens of Qomedy

The Queer Queens of Qomedy is an all-lesbian, national comedy tour that is produced and hosted by the internationally known comedian, Poppy Champlin.

Champlin chooses the best of the best, of lesbian comedians from around the country to join her. As the producer, she continually rotates the comics so no two comics ever meet in the same city more than once. Champlin is the only common denominator.

» RAGGS Live Dance Party!
In the Raggs LIVE Dance Party, the five canine members of The Raggs Band (Raggs, Trilby, Pido, B. Max and Razzles) each teach the audience their special two-step movement featured in a favorite song. B. Max's Dane-O-Meter, a giant interactive machine with an appetite, rates the dances (all winners, of course!) and a tie is broken when the pups combine the dances into one super, mega-dance! A human emcee named Roadie keeps things moving along! Larger shows also feature supporting dancers.

» Rusty Evans & Ring of Fire's, "Johnny Cash Tribute"
Rockabilly Hall of Famer, Rusty Evans and his band Ring of Fire have been burning up the California festival circuit with his rollicking tribute to country music icon Johnny Cash. With a voice of rolling thunder and a spirit like gentle rain RUSTY has been wowing audiences from Nashville to San Francisco with his stunning tribute to the "MAN IN BLACK." His weighted drawl doles out molasses-coated syllables, putting an upbeat spin on less than optimistic situations. Lending his own touch to world famous songs such as "I Walk the Line" and "Folsom Prison Blues" Rusty honors Johnny Cash with soulful honesty and exuberance.

» Straight Ahead
"Blues Women in the Twentieth Century" showcases all the great ladies of blues such as Mahalia, Billie, Aretha and many more with historical information and humor. Straight Ahead also perform their signature concert which combines all the elements of jazz into their own blend of traditional, transitional and contemporary jazz. These five women, widely recognized for their eclectic and soulful approach to creating music, move their sound comfortably from mainstream jazz to R&B ballads, avant-garde to Brazilian funk. Their live performances are a joyful celebration.

» Swing Sisters
The Swing Sisters in "The Fabulous '40s Patriotic Tribute Show" takes you back to the feelings and euphoria of being at a USO Show in the 1940's. Their beautiful harmonies and choreography take their audiences along with them through humorous and fun-filled antics.

» The Capitol Steps
The Capitol Steps are a troupe of Congressional staffers-turned-comedians who travel the States satirizing the very people and places that once employed them. People love to laugh at the foibles of public figures like President George W. Bush (Don’t Go Faking You're Smart"), Vice President Dick Cheney ("The Angina Monologues") or even Bill Clinton's new office ("In the Ghetto").

» The Mellow Yellow Experience
Led by band leader-singer-songwriter Michael Andrew, these cats are making people swing! The dynamic show mesh 50's kitsch with the raw energy of the 90's club scene from Florida, California and New York, combining tunes from Frank Sinatra and others with originals. Catch Michael soon starring on Broadway in The Nutty Professor!

» The Highwaymen-A Musical Tribute
Formed in 1985, the original Highwaymen consisted of Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash. This recreation of that amazing, never to be seen again band continues the legacy of perhaps the greatest super group in country music history.

» "The Queen of Bingo"
Audiences young and old will howl with laughter as two zany GUYS, playing two crazy GALS, light up the stage in the hit Off-Broadway comedy about Bingo, family bonds, widowhood, diet crazes, winning and losing and sibling rivalry. Following in the footsteps of Late Night Catechism, Fully Committed and Menopause, THE QUEEN OF BINGO is about a night in the lives of "Sis" and "Babe", two sisters on the other side of 50, who want to add a little fun, zest and excitement to their lives with a night out at the Bingo game. Featuring the "Middle Bird Special" just before intermission, the audience gets to join in the fun with a bingo game of its own and the winner gets a 10lb frozen turkey. Guaranteed to be the laugh hit of your season!

» The Wonderelles
Get ready to rock around the clock with The Wonderelles! A wholesome, high-energy, elegant 50s and 60s revue that will bring you back to that era. Watching this 50's & 60's Girl Group perform in either poodle skirts or rolled-up jeans outfits, or blue or red 50's style cocktail dresses, you will find it hard to sit still in your seat. From "Johnny Angel" to "Mustang Sally", from "Sugartime" to "Proud Mary", The Wonderelles give you a touch of nostalgia that will leave you with a smile on your face.

» Tony Sandler
Chevalier: Maurice & Me - Tony Sandler connects intimately with his audiences, relaxing them with his easy savoir-faire, and soothing them with his rich and versatile baritone voice as he pays homage to Maurice Chevalier.

» "Yesterday: A Tribute to The Beatles" and "The Legends of Yesterday"
Relive the incredible excitement of the most influential rock group in the history of pop music, when the #1 Beatles tribute act in the world, YESTERDAY, recreates the historic performances of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, at The Hollywood Bowl and at Shea Stadium with their "Magical Mystery Tour" of the Beatles career from 1964 to 1974. These four artists have thrilled audiences worldwide with their convincing and accurate portrayal of John, Paul, George and Ringo. The power of the Beatles recordings and concerts forever changed the perception of popular music in this country and the rest of the world beginning with their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. The first act of this revolutionary show focuses on the early years and the second act of the show chronicles their amazing career from the Sargent Pepper era on. Complete with several costume changes, witty stage banter, vintage film footage and their exciting vocals and musicianship, YESTERDAY transports the audience back to a bygone era of peace and love. Also available is THE LEGENDS OF YESTERDAY, a loving tribute to The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly and The Beatles all in one music-packed show. In addition they have arrangements, for full symphony orchestra for their Beatles tribute show, POPS GOES YESTERDAY.