Julie Reyburn To Perform Award-Winning Classic FATE IS KIND At Don't Tell Mama

By: Feb. 19, 2017
Get Access To Every Broadway Story

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click.




Existing user? Just click login.

Julie Reyburn will perform her classic cabaret show
FATE IS KIND at Don't Tell Mama on March 25 & April 22.
Photo by Maryann Lopinto

Award-winning cabaret performer Julie Reyburn launched her career in 2000 with the show Fate Is Kind--first at a Singer's Forum benefit and then for a run at Judy's Chelsea-and it so captured the hearts and minds of audiences it earned Reyburn the 2001 MAC and Bistro Awards for "Outstanding Female Cabaret Debut." Fifteen years later, cabaret show producer and publicist Stephen Hanks heard Reyburn's show at a church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and was so moved he came up with the idea for a new cabaret series called New York Cabaret's Greatest Hits. With the help of Associate Producer Fr. Jeffrey Hamblin, MD, Hanks launched the series at the Metropolitan Room in the summer of 2015 and Reyburn reprised Fate Is Kind that September, with her original Musical Director Mark Janas (Producer of the Award-Winning Open-Mic show Salon). Reyburn's performance earned this rave from BroadwayWorld.com:

"Reyburn consistently makes a strong emotional connection to the lyric that easily translates to her appreciative audience . . . She absolutely soars--her magnificent mezzo soprano voice ever strong and passionate to the end . . ."

Now Julie Reyburn is bringing back this celebrated cabaret piece for a two-show run at the legendary club, Don't Tell Mama (W 46th St, between 8th & 9th Ave) on March 25 and April 22, both shows at 7 pm. For reservations, call 212-757-0788 (after 4:00 pm).

Last December, Reyburn performed numbers from Fate Is Kind in a "Best Of" New York Cabaret's Greatest Hits show in the Urban Stages Winter Rhythms Festival and TheaterPizzazz.com wrote:

" . . . With beautifully evocative readings to go along with the songs, Julie Reyburn offered "Children Will Listen" and "When You Wish Upon a Star" with a powerful and emotional force that caused tissues to appear."

Fate Is Kind, may sound like it's telegraphing one of those eclectic cabaret sets built on existential self-examination, but it's a savvy and creative combination of songs and stories that not only forces audience members to flip the pages of their mental scrapbook all the way to early childhood, but also tugs on their parental heartstrings. Reyburn and Janas-with his sensitive and intricate-yet-accessible arrangements, and rich, orchestral piano--have taken fanciful notions of childhood and beautiful pieces of music and crafted them into a magical work of cabaret art.

Julie Reyburn is a four-time MAC Award-Winner and two-time Bistro Award Winner. She is the first ever Nightlife Award recipient for "Outstanding Female Vocalist" (2003), and was also a finalist for the award in 2005 and 2009. In 2007, Reyburn was presented with the coveted Julie Wilson Award from the Mabel Mercer Foundation.

For more information contact Stephen Hanks, Cabaret Life Productions, cabaretlifeproductions@gmail.com



Videos