Mad Cow Theatre Announces Programming for 10th Orlando Cabaret Festival

Mad Cow Theatre's intimate 2-theatre complex in Downtown Orlando plays host to The Tenth Annual Orlando Cabaret Festival, May 3-13, 2012. Over 25 performances of jazz, pop, Broadway, comedy, and a few surprises featuring many of Central Florida's favorite artists. 

Eight veteran vocalists team up to present four shows in this year's festival –the company includes Evan D'Angeles, Cami Miller, Zach Nadolski, Frank Siano, Trevor Southworth, Melissa Vasquez, Natalie Walker, and Julie Woods-Robinson.

The It Was A Very Good Year series returns this year to celebrate the Great American Songbook of 1962. An Animated Night of Cabaret revisits new and old classic tunes made famous by some of the most beloved animated films of all time from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Yellow Submarine, Shrek, and more! In A Gay Night for Singing! - We celebrate the music that recognizes the contributions of gay culture in the American musical theatre songbook. And The Tony Goes To... – An exciting night of cabaret awaits you while revisiting the best of the best from the Great White Way.

All of these series will have performances in the intimate Stage Right, where all-table seating transforms this lovely space into "Club Moo". There's a different lineup every night, where each evening of the Festival you can take in as many as three different and spectacular acts – a Cabaret-lover's dream.

Another feature of The Orlando Cabaret Festival is a series of weekday lunchtime performances designed for downtown workers and those looking for daytime entertainment. These performances last 45 minutes and you are encouraged to bring your lunch or order a box lunch from the theatre. Downtown workers can make it back to their offices within an hour. Groups – welcome – have a unique lunch with your friends and co-workers!

It Was A Very Good Year: 1962
Enter into a Time Machine as you walk thru the doors of Club Moo, Mad Cow Theatre's intimate nightclub room. Grab a chair at your table as you sip a cool drink and enjoy It Was A Very Good Year, a celebration of one year in the life of America: the news, the lifestyles, the gossip, and most important - the music.

A Gay Night for Singing
Long before Don't Ask Don't Tell and the prospect of same sex marriages, gay culture has had a dynamic presence throughout the world of entertainment. A Gay Night for Singing - one of Mad Cow's newest cabaret shows embraces gay culture and personalities from some of the most exciting Broadway shows including Avenue Q, The Boy from Oz, Falsettoland, A New Brain, Rent, and The Producers.

And the Tony Goes to...
Every year the Broadway community gathers to acknowledge the best of theatrical achievements – the Tony Awards! Join us for a night of cabaret revisiting the best of the best from legendary musicals including Kiss Me Kate, Damn Yankees, The Wiz, How To Succeed in Business without Really Trying, The Sound of Music, Bye Bye Birdie, Fiddler on the Roof, Sweeney Todd, Billy Elliot, and The Book of Mormon.

An Animated Night of Cabaret
Get your palate ready for a colorful journey through some of the best songs from animated musicals. Many of the Animated films that became classics did so because of the music! Revisit new and old classic tunes made famous by some of the most beloved animated films of all time from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Yellow Submarine, Shrek, and more!

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

DAY DATE TIME TITLE
Thursday
3-May 7:00p An Animated Night of Cabaret
Thursday
3-May 8:30p And the Tony Goes to...
Friday 4-May 7:00p An Animated Night of Cabaret
Friday 4-May 8:30p It Was A Very Good Year: 1962
Friday 4-May 10:00p A Gay Night for Singing
Saturday 5-May 7:00p It Was A Very Good Year: 1962
Saturday 5-May 8:30p An Animated Night of Cabaret
Saturday 5-May 10:00p And the Tony Goes to...
Sunday 6-May 2:00p And the Tony Goes to...
Sunday 6-May 3:30p A Gay Night for Singing
Sunday 6-May 5:00p It Was A Very Good Year: 1962
Monday 7-May 12n An Animated Night of Cabaret
Monday 7-May 7:00P And the Tony Goes to...
Tuesday 8-May 12n A Gay Night for Singing
Wednesday 9-May 12n And the Tony Goes to...
Wednesday 9-May 7:00p An Animated Night of Cabaret
Wednesday 9-May 8:30p A Gay Night for Singing
Thursday 10-May 12n It Was A Very Good Year: 1962
Thursday 10-May 7:00p A Gay Night for Singing
Thursday 10-May 8:30p And the Tony Goes to...
Friday 11-May 12n A Gay Night for Singing
Friday 11-May 7:00p And the Tony Goes to...
Friday 11-May 8:30p It Was A Very Good Year: 1962
Friday 11-May 10:00p A Gay Night for Singing
Saturday 12-May 8:30p An Animated Night of Cabaret
Saturday 12-May 10:00p A Gay Night for Singing
Sunday 13-May 2:00p It Was A Very Good Year: 1962
Sunday 13-May 3:30p And the Tony Goes To...
Sunday 13-May 5:00p An Animated Night of Cabaret

WHO:
Orlando Cabaret Festival

WHAT:
The 10th Annual Orlando Cabaret Festival
at Mad Cow Theatre

WHEN:
May 3 - May 13, 2012

WHERE:
Mad Cow Theatre
105 South Magnolia Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801

TICKETS:
Evening and Weekend performances are $32.
Lunchtime performances are $12
All ticket prices include a $2 facility fee.
Group discounts are available for parties of 10 or more.

Tickets may be purchased by calling the Mad Cow Theatre Box Office at 407.297.8788 or online at http://www.orlandocabaret.com/.