{"id":237703,"date":"2015-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/life-is-still-just-a-cabaret\/"},"modified":"2015-05-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T07:00:00","slug":"life-is-still-just-a-cabaret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/life-is-still-just-a-cabaret\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is still just a cabaret"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local favorite brings her newest show to The Westgate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sher Krieger | Special to Downtown News<\/p>\n

What do you get when you combine the old-world charm and elegance of the Westgate Hotel with a performance by a renowned singer and an exquisite three-course dinner created by a world-class French chef?<\/p>\n

An all-new Cabaret Soir\u00e9e dinner show, starring Karen Giorgio, in The Westgate’s Versailles Ballroom.<\/p>\n

Cabaret shows \u2014 which simply put, usually consist of a singer or two sharing the stage with a piano and perhaps a bass and telling stories through song \u2014 are making a return to mainstream entertainment.\u00a0Cabaret’s\u00a0origins trace back to 19th-century Paris, however it remains a very contemporary and ever-evolving art form.<\/p>\n

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Karen Giorgio brings her new cabaret show to The Westgate. (Photo by Seth Mayer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Karen Giorgio, one of San Diego\u2019s favorite entertainers, has been perfecting her style of cabaret for over a dozen years and brings her newest show, \u201cThe Spirit of Cabaret \u2013 It Lives in the Music,\u201d to the famed Downtown hotel May 30 at the invitation of Westgate management.<\/p>\n

From her New York roots and love of Broadway to her vast Sinatra-to-Sondheim repertoire, Giorgio has delighted audiences worldwide.<\/p>\n

Giorgio, who has been presenting her cabaret shows in Southern California for the last decade, is well known to San Diego audiences as well as to patrons of the Westgate Hotel. She was a staple performer in the Plaza Bar for many years and returned a year ago to present Karen at the Keys on the second Sunday of each month.<\/p>\n

For the May 30 event, Giorgio and her co-star Ric Henry, another well-known local performer, will\u00a0showcase songs by Cole Porter, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Jason Robert Brown, Steven Sondheim, and more, as they bring the spirit of cabaret to life.<\/p>\n

Patrons will also enjoy a delicious three-course dinner prepared by Fabrice\u00a0Hardel \u2014 the Westgate Hotel\u2019s fabulous French chef \u2014 prior to the performance. The setting in the elegant Versailles Ballroom of the classic Westgate Hotel will be reminiscent of European cabarets. Karen\u2019s engaging style brings the art of cabaret performance to this intimate dinner theatre setting.<\/p>\n

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Ric Henry will accompany Giorgio for the dinner show. (Photo by Ricki Douglas Photography)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Giorgio and Henry will entertain the audience with both familiar and little known songs interwoven with the stories behind the American songbook. Talented and well-known local musicians Bryan Verhoye on piano, Glen Fisher on bass and Adrienne Nims on sax and flute add to the evening\u2019s experience and enhance the cabaret tradition.<\/p>\n

Interest in cabaret shows has seen a resurgence\u00a0and many of today\u2019s most popular performers can be found not only in vast arenas but in intimate venues as well. Michael Feinstein, who has his own club in San Francisco, is a notable example.<\/p>\n

Martinis Above Fourth Table + Stage, in the Hillcrest neighborhood\u00a0of San Diego, has been diligently presenting cabaret shows in its intimate space for the last three years. Performers at that venue have included Giorgio, Molly Ringwald, Cheryl Bentyne,\u00a0Janis Siegel (Bentyne and Siegel\u00a0are both members of The Manhattan Transfer), as well as Broadway stars Sam Harris, Telly Leung and Levi Kreis.<\/p>\n

Upcoming shows at Martinis Above Fourth Table + Stage will feature Erich Bergen from TV\u2019s \u201cMadam Secretary\u201d and the \u201cJersey Boys\u201d movie, jazz legend Betty Bryant, and Grammy winner Juice Newton. And, after her sold-out show in March, Ringwald plans to\u00a0return in September.<\/p>\n

Andrea Marcovicci, one of the world’s most widely\u2013recognized cabaret performers, said it best when describing the popular art form.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Cabaret is] an evening of song and stories in an intimate space that shatters the \u2018fourth wall,\u2019\u201d Marcovicci said. \u201cPart stand-up comic, part balladeer, part evangelist; today\u2019s performer often has a theme that unifies the evening, knows a great deal about the music they\u2019re singing, and shares that information in witty and inventive ways. At its best, cabaret can amuse, entertain, and inform … it can dazzle you, catch you unawares and make you weep … The audience participates in a direct, emotional conversation with the artist …\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for Giorgio\u2019s May 30th dinner show event at The Westgate Hotel are $89 and include tax and gratuity. A no-host bar opens at 6:30 p.m. with the three-course gourmet dinner starting at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Westgate Hotel, a one-of-a-kind luxury boutique hotel located at 1055 Second Ave., in Downtown San Diego, was completed in 1970 and is filled with priceless antiques and appointments. Designed as a recreation of an anteroom in the Palace of Versailles, the Grand Lobby is noted for its magnificent antiques, Baccarat crystal chandeliers, Flemish and French tapestries and Persian carpets.<\/p>\n

For more information and to purchase tickets for the dinner show, visit TheSpiritOfCabaret.com<\/a> o KarenGiorgio.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Sher Krieger is a local PR consultant and freelance writer. Reach her at teamshareevents@yahoo.com.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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