1968, a new cabaret, plays 5/2 at the Laurie Beechman

1968, a hard rock, psychedelic, Motown, folk, and country cabaret, opens at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at The West Bank Cafe, 407 W. 42nd St.at Ninth Avenue, New York, NY. For reservations call 212-695-6909.

1968 was a pivotal, iconic, singular year in global politics, youth culture, progressive movements, and music. It was the year of uprisings in Chicago, Paris, Prague, Mexico City (site of the summer Olympics), the year LBJ gave up his run, Eugene McCarthy campagined as a single-issue anti-war candidate, and sure loser Nixon won the general election. It was the year the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi hosted The Beatles in Rishikesh, India, and also toured with the Beach Boys. It was the year of the Tet Offensive and the siege of Khe San, the year of the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, of the shooting of Andy Warhol. The New Yardbirds became Led Zeppelin; the Hollies and Buffalo Springfield broke up and Crosby, Stills and Nash got together. James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, and Deep Purple released their first albums. Aretha Franklin recorded "Lady Soul." HAIR opened at the Biltmore Theater on Broadway. Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Allen Ginsberg, etc. protested the Democratic National Convention. Johnny Cash performed at Folsom Prison. 2001--A Space Odyssey, The Graduate, The Planet of the Apes, and Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet were in movie theaters.

Singer David Nathan Scott, bassist Pete Maness, drummer Alex Menge and Sheldon Forrest on piano and keyboards in a 90-minute revue of music written, recorded, and/or released in 1968. Artists to be covered include: Donovan, Sly and the Family Stone, The Rascals, Mary Hopkins, the Bee Gees, Jimmy Webb, Todd Rundgren, Marvin Gaye, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Aretha Franklin, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, Nino Rota, Harry Nilsson, Three Dog Night, Blood Sweat and Tears, Jimi Hendrix, Burt Bacharach, Leonard Cohen, The Beatles, Traffic, Joe Cocker, Stevie Wonder, Simon and Garfunkel, and Hugh Masekela.

Friday May 2 at 8pm and Tuesday May 6 at 7pm

Reservations at 212-695-6909; $15 cover+food/drink minimum.

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