Open Mic Night
7:00 - 9:00pm
$15 cover at the door, no pre-registration needed.
Come and enjoy a fun evening of entertainment!
• You must sign up by 6:55 to perform. Once the show starts we may not be able to accommodate additional performers.
• Bring music printed out in your key and Kenneth will accompany you at the piano for your moment at the microphone.
• Comedians, poets, writers and musicians welcomed as well.
• Some snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.
• After the event, we will move the party to a nearby restaurant/bar for a special 2 for 1 drink offer.
• The monthly Open Mic Night is hosted by singer/pianist Kenneth Gartman. This month's featured entertainer is DR. RICHARD WEIDLICH!
Kenneth Gartman (Host/Pianist)
Theatre: Inner Voices III: Arlington (Off-Broadway); Bryan Putnam’s The Toy Maker (Eugene O’Neill Theater Conference, 2012); Zapata! The Musical (NYMF2012) and subsequent cast recording; Once Removed, a new musical with music by Graham Russell of Air Supply; Show Choir! the Musical (NYMF2010); The Toy Maker (NYMF2009) and subsequent cast recording; Trouble in Shameland (FringeNYC) and subsequent cast recording. Cabaret/Concerts: Rev. Yolanda’s Old Time Gospel Hour, Joshing Around, Unity Benefit Concerts, Concerts for City Greens, Cabaret Cares, The Salon Open Mic (Host/Co-Host), A Ballsy Christmas Open Mic (Host). Singer/Performer: Kenneth Gartman…Not Like the Other Cavemen (cabaret debut), National Tour of The Music Man; Side by Side by Sondheim; Simply Sondheim LIVE! (BBC Broadcast); and A New York Songbook: Way Off Broadway. For more information, visit www.KennethGartman.com
Dr. Richard Weidlich (Featured Entertainer)
Dr. Richard Weidlich, baritone, is both a performer and teacher. Highlights include Opera: Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Schaunard in La Bohème, Nerone in Il Coronazione di Poppea, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, among others. Orchestral: St. Louis Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Tucson Symphony. Musical Theatre: Harold Hill in The Music Man, Ravenal in Showboat, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Nicky Arnstein in Funny Girl, Max Dettweiler in The Sound of Music, the King in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Matt in The Fantasticks, KoKo in The Mikado, and others. Dr. Weidlich teaches voice and directs the Opera Ensemble at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury and is Minister of Music at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Stamford, Connecticut.