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UPCOMING SHOWS
APRIL 9th through the 12th
IRT Theater presents “My Ex-husbands funeral” by Lisa Ellex
A widow, a daughter, an ex, a friend, some cousins, an eccentric aunt, a sister, a few surprise guests. And every one has something to say.
Gretchen is thrilled to join the cast of the the funny and campy new musical, moving into it's second chapter of life, at the IRT Theater. The cast boasts of a cavalcade of stage and screen actors, comedians, and some of the NYC Cabaret World's best known performers. This hilarious romp takes a real life rite of passage and shares it through the loving and light hearted lens of music and comedy.
Award-winning playwright and filmmaker Lisa Ellex retells the story of her ex-husband’s funeral in this outrageous new musical-comedy. With 5 original songs and a few classic standards, the show is a poignant yet hilarious eulogy of a life wildly-lived. With music by the jazz trio, The Undertakers, it might be the best funeral you’ve ever attended.
Written by Lisa Ellex
Directed by James Luzar
Musical Director Declan Mills
With: Dan Berkey, Goldie Dver*, Lisa Ellex*, James Luzar, Sidney Myer*, Alison Nusbaum*, Gretchen Reinhagen*, Lulu Rose, Mary Ellen Ryan, Warren Schein
*Appears courtesy Actors Equity. This production is an Equity-approved showcase.
APRIL 24th at 7pm
donna hayes presents “the gift of the setback” at the cutting room in nyc
Get ready for an unforgettable evening of inspiration and entertainment as award-winning author of These Broken Roads and performer Donna Marie Hayes returns to The Cutting Room on Friday, April 24th, at 7:00 PM with the debut of her show, The Gift of the Setback: A Keynote Cabaret Experience! This isn’t just another one-woman show. She blends her keynote speech with dramatic scenes and a sprinkling of soulful songs to create a truly immersive experience.
Musical Director: Tim Matishek on piano, guitar, vocals
Director: Gretchen Reinhagen (making a guest appearance as well!)
“Music is thought, and vibration. It exists inside each of us. It exists around all of us. It never leaves us. Music has no judgment. Music has no limits. Music needs no translation. Music is ageless. Music is healthy. Music is strong. Music is powerful. Music is personal and private, and music is the ultimate connector. Music is prayer. Music is science and spirit and magic all at the same time. Music is timeless. Skill and knowledge and experience are secondary, because music is available to us all. Always. Music is breath, and and as long as we live, we will always have breath, so we will always have music. Music belongs to us all.” - Gretchen Reinhagen, 2021
Debut Album
“Gretchen Reinhagen sets the bar high with her new CD, Take It with Me. In doing so, she proves what everybody already knows—what a powerhouse she can be. ” - John Hoglund
“A performer widely known for her skill with comedy, Gretchen Reinhagen set the funny aside and put on her serious hat for her debut CD 'Take It With Me.' The versatile Reinhagen...is much more than a funny girl influenced by the comediennes who paved the way for a woman of her individuality and natural wit, as her maiden voyage into the recording studio proves. ...[Reinhagen's] technique as a singer and her inspiration as a storyteller afford her audience a sublimely artistic and surprisingly human journey, from start to finish.” - Stephen Mosher