Raissa and
Kenneth celebrate the songs that have inspired and uplifted us for decades.
Audiences will enjoy popular standards and show tunes by America’s greatest
composers – Rogers & Hammerstein, Berlin, Sondheim and more – plus the best
of a new generation of popular songwriters. These two good friends, superb
singer and musicians, will offer a wonderful evening of story and song.
Raissa and Kenneth’s performances earned them a MAC Award nomination (Manhattan
Association of Cabarets and Clubs) for “Outstanding Duo Show”.Raissa is best known for
playing “Christine Daae” in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA on Broadway, and for her
leading roles in the First National Tours of CATS and PARADE. She is a multiple
award winning headliner at Feinsteins, The Metropolitan Room and Laurie Beechman
Theatre. These critically acclaimed appearances have made her one of NYC’s most
sought after guest stars at many of Manhattan’s prestigious venues including:
Town Hall, The Cabaret Convention at Lincoln Center, 54 Below, The Iridium, The
Supper Club, The Rainbow Room, The Oak Room at the Algonquin and Radio City
Music Hall.
“A tart-tongued commentator
on modern life, her theatrical soprano is an effective vehicle for witty story
telling.” - NY Times
Kenneth performed in the
National Tour of THE MUSIC MAN. He has also performed internationally on a Live
BBC Broadway of SIMPLY SONDHEIM and throughout Ireland in A NEW YORK SONGBOOK:
WAY OFF BROADWAY. Kenneth has appeared as both a singer and a pianist in the
countries finest concert halls. Gartman’s work in cabaret garnered nominations
for Best Music Director and Best Male Debut in the 2012 Broadway World New York
Cabaret Awards.
“The immensely talented
Kenneth Gartman has the vocal power of a Broadway star with the nuance of a
cabaret singer who knows how to connect with an audience in a smaller venue.” – Broadwayworld.com
Tickets are $30. Cabaret
seating and BYO-everything. Doors open
at 7:15 pm.
Go to milfordarts.org for tickets or call 203-878-6647
Tuesdays-Fridays 10-5 pm.
Raissa Katona
Bennett and Kenneth Gartman come to the Milford Center for the Arts. May 13th
at 8 pm. Tickets are $30. Cabaret seating and BYO-everything.
For information and tickets, go to www.milfordarts.org.