Eric Yves Garcia to Bring ONE NIGHT STANDARDS to Duncan Smith Theaer, 6/6-7

After a critically-lauded run in NYC, Holmdel Theatre Company alumnus Eric Yves Garcia brings his popular cabaret show, One Night Standards, to the Duncan Smith Theater for a special two-day only benefit performance on June 6 and 7 at 8pm.

The show pulls lesser known songs from the Great American Songbook canon, with selections reflecting the rigor and melancholy of the performers life, love and loss in the city, all while using his self-deprecating humor and cool affability to keep everything buoyant and fun for the audience.

"I refuse to perform these songs as if they are dusty museum pieces," says Mr. Garcia. "These are great songs that have just as much relevance today as they did 50 or so years ago."

One Night Standards debuted in November 2013 at the Laurie Beechman Theater on 42nd Street and received rave reviews from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

"Eric Yves Garcia belongs to the school of jazz-leaning connoisseurs of the American Songbook epitomized by the irreplaceable Bobby Short." said Stephen Holden, critic Bret the New York Times. "[T]he heart of an aspiring concert entertainer, waiting for his moment. [He] doesn't maintain a suave distance from his material [and] his tales of absurd encounters with fans are funny, self-deflating reflections on the entertainer's lot."

Will Friedwald of The Wall Street Journal wrote, "he puts everything together in a highly personal, intensely intimate fashion that allows the songs to come to us through him in a way that's by turns incredibly moving and very funny-often both at the same time. The great songs, Mr. Garcia says, "may bend, but they don't break," and he proves it, time after time."

Mr. Garcia burst onto the NYC cabaret scene last May when he was a featured artist in The Mabel Mercer Foundation's 45th Anniversary Celebration "REMEMBERING MABEL AND BOBBY" at The Town Hall, of which the New York Times said, "[t]he evening's brightest new discovery, Eric Yves Garcia, is a handsome young singer and pianist with genuine star quality." Since then, he has been named the recipient of the Margaret Whiting Award at the 24th New York Cabaret Convention held at Lincoln Center, received 2 MAC Award nominations for Best Debut Show and Restaurant/Lounge Instrumentalist, and was winner of the 2014 Bistro Award for Outstanding Singer/Instrumentalist.

He recently headlined a special Valentine's Day show at the Café Carlyle, and performed a short residency with his trio at the Carlyle Hotel's Bemelmans Bar during Sundays in February and March. He was invited to perform "ONE NIGHT STANDARDS" at the prestigious Brownville Concert Series in Nebraska during April, and earlier this month, he was part of a select group of performers asked to participate in Symphony Space's "WALL TO WALL CABARET". At Symphony Space he was included in their "CABARET NOW" section, heralding him as one of a few "up-and-coming cabaret superstars who are re-defining cabaret with their unique blend of traditional song stylings and modern performance art, expanding the repertoire into the world of pop, folk, and a new contemporary take on the classic American Songbook". Later this month, he'll be travelling to Paris, France for a five night engagement at the new nightspot Club Rayé, and in June he'll be participating in "IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING", a tribute show to the late Margaret Whiting being held in the Weill Recital Space at Carnegie Hall.

Eric is by no means a stranger to the Jersey Shore, or to the Duncan Smith Theater. Raised in Red Bank and Fair Haven, Eric started performing at an early age. One of his first shows as a child was at Holmdel in the musical "WORKING", during HTC's second season. He is emblematic of HTC's mission which seeks to integrate professional actors, technicians, designers and directors with nonprofessionals and young people in a synergistic artistic and educational exchange. Patrons of the Duncan Smith Theater will also remember Eric from his performances in "HAPPY HOURS", "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST", "COMEDY OF ERRORS", and "NOISES OFF".

One Night Standards will play for two special benefit performances on June 6 and 7 at 8pm at the Duncan Smith Theater, 36 Crawfords Corner Rd., Holmdel, New Jersey in front of the Holmdel High School. Ticket prices are $40. All transactions include a $3.50 processing fee. Reservations may be made via the website at www.holmdeltheatrecompany.org.

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