Joe Giamalva News

Award winning tenor Dennis McNeil was the 1993 National Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. As a leading tenor at the New York City Opera he was awarded the Richard F. Gold Career Award for his portrayal as ‘Mark' in their New York Stage Premiere of Michael Tippet's A Midsummer Marriage. He also holds first place awards from the Southern California Opera Guild and the Victor Fuchs Memorial Competition and was a recipient of the Emily Baratelli Memorial Award from the New York Opera Index. He is a Sullivan Grant Recipient as well as a recipient of a Rex Foundation Grant from the Grateful Dead. On Sunday May 22 he will completely switch gears and perform a cabaret act @ Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's.

On Sunday November 7 Barbara Van Orden made a splashy return to the world of cabaret @ Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's after a three year absence in a new show directed by the ever resourceful Joe Giamalva. Van Orden belongs to the cabaret world of days gone by, when Sinatra was king and when tasteful music reigned supreme. Promising her audience at the top nostalgia and one exciting ride, she proceeded to captivate with a genuine warmth, fine voice and campy style of humor, all of which will grow even stronger as she continues to perform on a regular basis.

Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's, LA's 'Cabaret destination' as described by the Los Angeles Times, welcomes a stellar roster of headliners as summer temperatures in LA continue to soar.

The award-winning Musical Theatre Guild, a company of professional performers who present concert-staged readings of seldom seen musicals, will open its 14th season with the 1962 Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley musical: STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET OFF. The opening performance will take place on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 7:30 PM at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. A second, and final, performance will occur on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 3:00 PM at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza's Scherr Forum.

The award-winning Musical Theatre Guild, a company of professional performers who present concert-staged readings of seldom seen musicals, will open its 14th season with the 1962 Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley musical: STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET OFF. The opening performance will take place on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 7:30 PM at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. A second, and final, performance will occur on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 3:00 PM at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza's Scherr Forum.

The award-winning Musical Theatre Guild, a company of professional performers who present concert-staged readings of seldom seen musicals, will open its 14th season with the 1962 Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley musical: STOP THE WORLD - I WANT TO GET OFF. The opening performance will take place on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 7:30 PM at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. A second, and final, performance will occur on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 3:00 PM at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza's Scherr Forum.