The
Hideaway Room at Helen's will begin its 2006 season with a return
engagement of a new show from "The
Queen of Cabaret," Julie Wilson at 9:30 PM on Tuesday, January 17th and Wednesday, January 18th.Since returning to New York in 1983, Julie Wilson
has established a reputation as one of the greatest cabaret performers
of all time. Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, she began her career
in the nightclubs of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, starting with Earl Carroll's Vanities.
As a featured singer at the Copacabana she introduced the song,
"There's An Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil." Miami and Hollywood clubs
dates followed, including the famous Mocambo. Over the decades that
followed she performed in such musicals as Legs Diamond, Panama
Hattie, Kiss Me, Kate, South Pacific, Bells Are Ringing, The Pajama
Game, Kismet, Show Boat, Jimmy, Silk Stockings, Follies, Company and A Little Night Music.
"Her
extraordinarily expressive face registers a thousand emotions as she
reacts seismically to each word, seemingly channeling the past. And
when the lyrics of a song are especially pungent, she invests them with
the weight of a theatrical oracle… a distillation of a long life that
remembers love, mourns loss and embraces laughter and a fierce will to
continue, despite the loss," wrote Stephen Holden of The New York Times.
The Hideaway Room at Helen's is located at 169 Eighth Avenue between 18th and 19th Streets in New York City.
The show has a cover of $25 with a $15 food/drink minimum.
Reservations are taken from 4 pm to 2 am daily. MasterCard, Visa and
American Express Cards are accepted. For reservations or club
information, please call 212-206-0609 or visit www.helensnyc.com.
