Lorna Luft, Steve Ross, Allan Harris and More Set for Nov 2015 Lineup at The Crazy Coqs

The Crazy Coqs has announced a month of November glamour at London's most luxurious live entertainment venue.

As the nights draw in, Steve Ross leads a rich variety of special November guests with an invitation to come along and listen to the hits of old Broadway. He is followed by the legendary star of British musicals, Marti Webb making her Crazy Coqs' debut. Another leading lady of musical theatre is not far behind with a celebration of the showbiz icon that is Julie Andrews in Sarah-Louise Young's acclaimed show Julie Madly Deeply. Then comes Tony Bennett's favourite singer/guitarist, the warm and elegant Allan Harris. As the progresses, the floor is taken by the astonishing vocal talents of Cassie Compton. Then, rounding things off comes a taste of showbiz aristocracy in the shape of the dazzling Lorna Luft with her brand new show Triumph.

The special guests are joined on the programme by an autumn abundance of residences and regulars. With an array of talent from Jay Rayner, to Michael Dore, Terence Blacker to Kai Hoffman, November offers a rich and refined prologue to the Christmas capers to follow.

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Crazy Coqs November Headliners:
All start at 8pm

TUESDAY 3rd TO SATURDAY 7th NOVEMBER - £35
STEVE ROSS ON BROADWAY

"The undisputed monarch of Manhattan cabaret." (The Huffington Post) performs songs he's always wanted to sing and songs you've always wanted to hear. Steve has compiled a wide-ranging program selected from early Broadway (the Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm, Lady Be Good through Dietz and Schwartz (Shine ON Your Shoes), Jerome Kern (All the Things You Are) Bob Merrill (Love Makes the World Go 'Round), Kander & Ebb (Nowadays) Kurt Weill (One Life To Live) Cole Porter (Nobody's Chasing Me) to Stephen Sondheim (Buddy's Blues).

Steve has been a fixture of the cabaret community in Manhattan for over forty years. His first major job in New York was as a successful singer/pianist at the now famous piano bar Ted Hook's Backstage. In 1981 he re-opened the legendary Oak Room at Manhattan's famed Hotel Algonquin where he held forth off and on for three decades. He has appeared on Broadway in Noel Coward's Present Laughter, starring Frank Langella and off-Broadway in his tribute to Fred Astaire entitled I Won't Dance. Internationally, he has performed in London, Paris, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Melbourne and Sydney as well as cabarets and theatres across America and on the high seas. He's hosted programs on the BBC and American public radio and was on the lecture/performance roster at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for eight years. He has been a sought after teacher at such temples of learning as the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in Sydney and the Royal Academy in London.

TUESDAY 10TH AND WEDNESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER - £25
MARTI WEBB

Marti Webb makes her cabaret debut at Crazy Coqs singing songs from her musical shows and recordings. She will be accompanied by her Quartet of Musicians led by Andy Read.

Long established as one of Britain's favourite musical stars she has performed leading roles in the West End productions of Stop The World I Want To Get Off, Half-a-Sixpence, Oliver, Godspell, The Card, Good Companions, Evita, Song and Dance, Cats, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Tell Me On A Sunday, Blood Brothers and The 7 Deadly Sins (for the ENO). In addition Marti has starred in the touring productions of Oliver, Evita, The Goodbye Girl, Annie, The King and I, Hot Flush, Oklahoma and 42nd Street.

Marti recently had a sell-out week at the St James Theatre with Tell Me On A Sunday which transferred to the Duchess Theatre for a further 3 weeks. It was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 and earned her a nomination for an Olivier Award. The musical was written for Marti by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black, originally a number 1 album and TV special. She has made nine solo albums, appeared in four Royal Variety performances and has made many TV appearances.

THURSDAY 12TH TO SATURDAY 14TH NOVEMBER - £25
JULIE MADLY DEEPLY
Written and performed by Sarah-Louise Young with Michael Roulston at the piano

Adored by millions, Dame Julie Andrews is a genuine showbiz icon across the globe. This charming yet cheeky cabaret takes an engaging look at fame and fandom, through the eyes and voice of award-winning singer, West End actress and Fascinating Aïda star, Sarah-Louise Young.

Julie's songs from musicals including Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady are intertwined with stories and anecdotes about Andrews' own life, from her beginnings as a child star to the recent challenges of losing her famous singing voice. What emerges is a delightfully funny and candid love letter to a true show business survivor.

Named one of Time Out's Top Ten cabaret performers and awarded Best Musical Variety Act in the London Cabaret Awards, Sarah-Louise is joined at the piano by long-term collaborator, Michael Roulston. Together they have appeared previously at the Crazy Coqs in their sell-out shows, 'Songs For Cynics' and 'Two Faced'.

The show premiered at the Edinburgh fringe 2013, transferred to Trafalgar Studios in London later that year prior to a major UK tour, and was part of the inaugural Best Of The Edinburgh Festival season co-produced with David Mirvish at the Panasonic Theatre, Toronto, in October 2014. This run coincides with the 50th anniversary of The Sound Of Music film.

TUESDAY 17TH TO THURSDAY 19TH NOVEMBER - £25
ALLAN HARRIS

Marking his debut at Crazy Coqs as part of the London Jazz Festival, vocalist/guitarist Allan Harris performing music from his recent recording Convergence, a tribute to Tony Bennett and Bill Evans

Ever since he burst on the jazz scene in the latter part of the twentieth century, The Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based vocalist/guitarist/bandleader/composer has reigned supreme as the most accomplished and exceptional singer of his generation. Aptly described by the Miami Herald as an artist blessed with, "the warmth of Tony Bennett, the bite and rhythmic sense of Sinatra, and the sly elegance of Nat 'King' Cole," the ample and aural evidence of Harris' moving and magisterial artistry can be heard on his ten recordings as a leader; his far-flung and critically-acclaimed concerts around the world, from Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, and Washington DC's Kennedy Center, to the 2012 London Olympics, and a number of prestigious bookings in Europe, The Middle East and Asia, and his numerous awards, which include the New York Nightlife Award for "Outstanding Jazz Vocalist" - which he won three times - the Backstage Bistro Award for "Ongoing Achievement in Jazz," and the Harlem Speaks "Jazz Museum of Harlem Award."

FRIDAY 20TH - SATURDAY 21ST NOVEMBER - £20
CASSIE COMPTON

Cassie Compton first came to public prominence on the first series of The X Factor, and has since evolved into one of the most exciting actresses of her generation both on the West End stage and on screen.

In the West End her many starring roles include Eponine in Les Miserables, Nessarose in Wicked, Jean in American Psycho opposite Matt Smith, and the lead in Dirty Dancing. On screen, she has appeared in Mr Selfridge and Call the Midwife.

TUESDAY 24TH -SATURDAY - 28TH NOVEMBER AND TUESDAY 1ST- SATURDAY 5TH DECEMBER - £35
LORNA LUFT
Lorna Luft returns to the Crazy Coqs' stage with her brand new show TRIUMPH!

Lorna has had starring roles in both television and film and has enjoyed numerous successes on the stage across the globe, including Broadway and the West End. She starred in the blockbuster UK premiere production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The Musical, reprised the same role on the first national tour, and at the Papermill Playhouse.

Concurrent with her theatrical career, Lorna is a gifted live performer frequently featured as a concert artist at the world's most prestigious venues including The Hollywood Bowl, Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, The London Palladium, and L'Olympia in Paris to name just a few. Her highly acclaimed multi-media production Songs My Mother Taught Me - The Judy Garland Songbook, melds one of the world's most familiar songbooks with personal memories of a loving daughter. Songs My Mother Taught Me, which Variety called "a rousing, dramatically riveting musical event," was awarded two Los Angeles Theatre Alliance Ovation Awards (Best World Premiere Musical & Best Musical Direction). The Los Angeles Times called her performance "heart-stopping and thrilling... an incandescent revelation not to be missed.