Gotta love this story from St. Pete Catalyst by the veteran music writer Bill DeYoung. Bill previewed our two upcoming Palladium Cabaret Series shows – March 21 with Queenie and March 26 with Nellie McKay, both in the Side Door Cabaret.
Queenie, Sydney Australia’s star of cabaret and theater, is bringing her Joni Mitchel show, Blue, to the Side Door at 8 p.m. on March 21. For tickets and information you can follow this link. And Nellie McKay, a quirky, multi-talented singer, songwriter and instrumentalist makes a rare Florida appearance on Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 in the Side Door. Follow this link for tickets and information on that show.
Now on to Bill’s wonderful preview which ladles praise on your favorite blogger – PalladiumPaul! (You can follow this link to Catalyst to read more)
By BILL DEYOUNG/St. PETE CATALYST
That Paul Wilborn, he’s a crafty one. Slowly but surely, the executive director of St. Petersburg College’s Palladium Theater has been building a cabaret series in the Side Door, the venue’s intimate lower-level club.
Nellie McKay
The Side Door has a small, three-feet-off-the-floor stage. And it seats approximately 180, and everyone sits at round tables, with real tablecloths, and every seat is just steps from the bar. All of which spells cabaret, old chum.
Wilborn is upping the ante considerably in March, with several cabaret shows that are unlike anything we’ve seen around St. Pete, at the Side Door or anyplace else, for that matter.
Australian music and comedy star Queenie van de Zandt is making a short swing through the United States, with a small band and a show called Blue: The Songs of Joni Mitchell. To see and hear a taste follow this link to YouTube.
Queenie
Queenie and the guys will play the Palladium Side Door Saturday, March 21. Wilborn expects this one to sell out quickly (anyone who was at the Florida Bjorkestra’s 2019 Joni tribute knows how great those songs are).
Thursday, March 26 brings British/American singer, actress and longtime animal rights activist Nellie McKay, whose music has been heard on Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, Weeds, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, Nurse Jackie and others. McKay has made numerous radio appearances on NPR’s Mountain Stage, A Prairie Home Companion, eTown, and Marion McPartland’s Piano Jazz.
She also conceived and performed musical biographies of Barbara Graham, Rachel Carson, Joan Rivers and Billy Tipton (named one of the Best Concerts of the Year by The New York Times). To sample Nellie’s magic, follow this link to YouTube.
The March Side Door calendar also includes the new York swing ensemble Svetlana and the Delancey 5, complete with dance floor (this Saturday, March 7); Women of Jazz XV (March 8), singer/songwriter and guitarist Willy Porter (March 12); the Irish Comedy Tour (March 15); Nate Najar’s Jazz Samba Celebration (March 20); jazz saxophonist Cathy Lopez and her band (March 31).
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