Arthur Newman News

Originally from Canada, (she's big in Winnipeg) Vicki Knight moved to the Desert area in the early eighties and wasted no time making a name for herself in Southern California, quickly being dubbed 'The Desert's Songbird'. On Sunday, January 16, 2011, Ms. Knight will present her latest cabaret show, Song From The Heart, featuring her fans most requested songs: 'Put On A Happy Face', 'Make Someone Happy', 'On A Clear Day', 'As Long As He Needs Me', 'Mame', 'If He Walked Into My Life', 'Where Do You Start?'. 'Little Girl Blue', 'How Deep Is The Ocean?', 'Kretchma', 'Don't Tell Mama', 'Maybe This Time', and more, along with stories and patter delivered in the comedic style that's become her trademark.

It was just about one year ago when cabaret producer Les Michaels introduced Janene Lovullo at Billy Reed's in Palm Springs to a SRO crowd.

Les Michaels Life Is A Cabaret Concert Series moves to Sundays at 2 PM in 2011 when award-winning writer, singer, composer, pianist, Melissa Vardey debuts her latest one-woman show in which we find her inhabiting the wonderful world of being underwater- figuratively speaking. Her only lifeline: her wits, skills at the piano and a sense of optimism while performing a variety of songs on piano, ukulele and percussion instruments, drawing from her own originals and her love of jazz, blues, pop, Broadway and classical.

Actor, recording artist, and singer John Vance will brings his new show 'The Henry Mancini Songbook' to The Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert on Saturday, December 11th at 7 PM as part of Les Michaels' Life Is A Cabaret Concert Series which continues through December.

It was just about one year ago when cabaret producer Les Michaels introduced Janene Lovullo at Billy Reed's in Palm Springs to a SRO crowd.

Robyn Spangler brings her one woman cabaret show 'Let Me Sing!,' to The Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert at 7 PM as part of Les Michaels' Life Is A Cabaret Concert Series. Robyn has always been a singer but is probably best known for her 'day job' of appearing in over 150 commercials including Hilton Hotels, Ford Cars and Trucks, Gatorade and Polygrip.

Actor, recording artist, and singer John Vance will brings his new show 'The Henry Mancini Songbook' to The Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert on Saturday, December 11th at 7 PM as part of Les Michaels' Life Is A Cabaret Concert Series which continues through December.

Popular cabaret singer and Broadway star Jason Graae will brings his new show "Perfect Hermany," to The Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert on Saturday, November 27th at 7 PM as part of Les Michaels' Life Is A Cabaret Concert Series which began there in July and will continue through December.

Popular cabaret singer Francesca Amari brings her critically acclaimed show 'Secretly Square: Guilty Pleasure Songs,' to The Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert on Saturday, November 20th at 7 PM. Ms Amari's show is presented by Les Michaels as part of his Life Is A Cabaret Concert Series which began there in July and will continue through December but word is it will continue in 2011 due to it's overwhelming success.

Robyn Spangler brings her one woman cabaret show 'Let Me Sing!,' to The Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert at 7 PM as part of Les Michaels' Life Is A Cabaret Concert Series. Robyn has always been a singer but is probably best known for her 'day job' of appearing in over 150 commercials including Hilton Hotels, Ford Cars and Trucks, Gatorade and Polygrip.

Popular cabaret singer and Broadway star Jason Graae will brings his new show "Perfect Hermany," to The Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert on Saturday, November 27th at 7 PM as part of Les Michaels' Life Is A Cabaret Concert Series which began there in July and will continue through December.

Photos from inside The Rocky Horror Picture Show 35th anniversary to benefit The Painted Turtle at The Wiltern on October 28, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

Popular cabaret singer Francesca Amari brings her critically acclaimed show 'Secretly Square: Guilty Pleasure Songs,' to The Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert on Saturday, November 20th at 7 PM. Ms Amari's show is presented by Les Michaels as part of his Life Is A Cabaret Concert Series which began there in July and will continue through December but word is it will continue in 2011 due to it's overwhelming success.

Ron Cohn is a man with many hats; attorney, director, teacher, manager, publicist, and producer with an impressive list of credits as an acting and performance coach as well. This time around, Ron will focus on another facet of his many talents: singing - with one performance only on Saturday, October 16th at Arthur Newman Theatre in The Joslyn Center Theater in Palm Desert.

After a recent standing-room-only performances at the famed Gardenia in Los Angeles, Pat Whiteman reprises her new cabaret act 'The Mood I'm In' with one performance only on Saturday, October 9th at Arthur Newman Theatre in The Joslyn Center Theater in Palm Desert. Broadway's Jason Graae directed Ms. Whiteman's act, which is part of the Les Michaels Cabaret Concert Series, which has been running here since July and will continue through December. Cabaret Scenes Magazine calls Pat's show: 'the perfect cabaret show and a powerful, evocative singer with enough acting chops to convey a range of varied emotions in any song.'

Ron Cohn is a man with many hats; attorney, director, teacher, manager, publicist, and producer with an impressive list of credits as an acting and performance coach as well. This time around, Ron will focus on another facet of his many talents: singing - with one performance only on Saturday, October 16th at Arthur Newman Theatre in The Joslyn Center Theater in Palm Desert.

Born in Trenton, NJ, Sammy Williams toured in shows in upstate New York before making it to Broadway in 1973. While dancing in 'Seesaw,' a show by Broadway powerhouse Michael Bennett, Williams was picked for a group of dancers to participate in and be filmed, candidly discussing the trials and tribulations of life in the theater. What Williams didn't realize was that Bennett planned to turn the material into a history-making production called 'A Chorus Line.'

After a recent standing-room-only performances at the famed Gardenia in Los Angeles, Pat Whiteman reprises her new cabaret act 'The Mood I'm In' with one performance only on Saturday, October 9th at Arthur Newman Theatre in The Joslyn Center Theater in Palm Desert. Broadway's Jason Graae directed Ms. Whiteman's act, which is part of the Les Michaels Cabaret Concert Series, which has been running here since July and will continue through December. Cabaret Scenes Magazine calls Pat's show: 'the perfect cabaret show and a powerful, evocative singer with enough acting chops to convey a range of varied emotions in any song.'

Born in the Bronx New York, Jan Abrams' singing talent was influenced by her father and two uncles who were all piano tuners with an exceptional pitch and an affinity for the Great American Songbook.

The morning after they appeared at the Arthur Newman Theatre back in July, producer Les Michaels' phone was ringing off the hook with people saying it was one of the best shows they have seen in the desert in many a year and that they had to see it again and bring all their friends. Fortunately, Joslyn Center Director Peter Rittenhouse was getting the same calls and that helped him decide to extend Mr. Michaels Summer Cabaret Concert Series through August and now through December with another 10 dates.