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Karen Joins others in A Tribute to Jazz Legend Barbara Lea
FRIDAY, JULY 25th at 7:30 p.m.

 

Yip Harburg in Long Beach, LI   May 16 - Cazenovia, NY   July 30 - Lake Hopatcong, NJ  Aug. 9

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one more time at the Metropolitan Room June 29!!
 

The Wizard of Words:  The Wit and Wisdom of Yip Harburg

Corbin & Raynolds American Grille, 20 W. Park Ave., Long Beach, Long Island
Friday, May 16, 2008, 8 PM

A fundraiser for Artists in Partnership, a non-profit cultural arts organization based in Long Beach

Learn more about AIP at www.aip-arts.org
and about Karen's evening at www.aip-arts.org/cabaret2008.htm

Come to the AIP Cabaret Festival 2008 and join Bistro Award winner Karen Oberlin in celebration of one of our best-loved lyricists, the man who brought the "Rainbow" to both Finian and "The Wizard of Oz," along with writing many more of our most beloved standards. In the New York Observer, Rex Reed calls the show "Thrilling," saying "Oberlin is as lovely to look at as she is to hear. (Her singing) rings true and funny and flawless."  Stephen Holden in The New York Times says Oberlin has "...impeccable pop style (and) musical intelligence... beautifully shaped readings... purity, naturalness and polished phrasing, with a jazzy spontaneity. In her show... she skillfully balances the two sides of Harburg’s sensibility."

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Metropolitan Room

Sunday, June 29 2008, 7PM.

"...purity, naturalness and polished phrasing, with added colors and a jazzy spontaneity." Stephen Holden, NY Times

 

 

link to Metropolitan Room link to HeatherSullivan.com link to James Millefoglie M-L-P.com

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The Wizard of Words: 
The Wit and Wisdom of Yip Harburg

The Society For New Music
Cazenovia Counterpoint
Wednesday, July 30th

details to follow
 

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The Wizard of Words: 
The Wit and Wisdom of Yip Harburg

Garden State Yacht Club
Lake Hopatcong
Saturday, August 9th
Dinner begins at 8pm, performance 9pm
 

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CABARET CONVENTION 2008

Saturday, November 1, 2008

(closing night)

Jazz at Lincoln Center

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Earlier ...

February  9th at the New York Sheet Music Society
 LIKE LOVE: The Popular Music of André Previn

Bistro Award-winning jazz-pop singer Karen Oberlin graces the New York Sheet Music Society for one afternoon only with her highly acclaimed show, “Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn,” for which she was a finalist for the critics’ Nightlife Awards in 2007. You'll be delighted and surprised by this varied collection of extraordinary songs –- some beloved, some virtually unknown, by a master composer who defies category. Lyricists Johnny Mercer, Alan Jay Lerner, the Bergmans, Comden and Green, Dory Langdon (Previn), and others, joined Andre Previn to create the stuff of a show rich with complex emotions, substance, and delicious wit.

The New York Sheet Music Society
 http://www.nysms.org/Nysms.htm 

Meetings held at
Local 802 – Musicians’ Hall
 322 West 48th Street, NYC
between 8th & 9th Avenues
Members FREE, Non-member guest fee $10

Arrangements and musical direction by
the incomparable Tedd Firth

One afternoon only!!
 Saturday, February 9, 2008  1:45 PM
 

 

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The Metropolitan Room
34 W. 22nd Street, NYC
reservations: (212) 206-0440
 http://www.metropolitanroom.com
 

Arrangements, musical direction and accompaniment by
the incomparable Tedd Firth & Co.

 

One night only!!
Tuesday November 13, 2007
7:00 PM
 

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"Wall of Fame" benefit concert
 for
 Nottingham High School in Syracuse
(Karen's alma mater)

at Drumlins in Syracuse
October 13th, 2007

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Karen joined in the

17TH BIRTHDAY SHOW FOR CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM
July 6th, 2007

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LIKE LOVE: The Popular Music of André Previn
 at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM
September 14 - 17  2006

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Two debut performances at
Danny's Skylight Room Cabaret
July 9th & 10th  2006
 

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