APRIL – HAPPY SPRING!

APRIL “Camping”/Fishing! (Yes, in this cabin!)

MONDAY, APRIL 16 @ 7:00 pm
A MEMORIAL TO JAZZ LEGEND BARBARA LEA
St. Peter’s Church
54 th Street on Lexington Ave. (enter on the side)

Imagine the honor of being asked to sing at this event with the likes of people that knew and loved Barbara. People like: Daryl Sherman (host), Bob Dorough, Marlene VerPlanck, Ronny Whyte, Melissa Hamilton, Jack Kleinsinger, Joyce Breach, Roger Schore, Jan Wallman, Karen Oberlin, Sue Matsuki, Tedd Firth, Harry Allen, Annie Dinerman, Dick Miller, The Speakeasy Jazz Babies, James Chirillo, Boots Maleson, Saadi Zain and others. (Performers/speakers subject to change.)

SATURDAY, APRIL 21ST @ 8:00 pm
Broadway Concerts Direct Proudly Presents
BROADWAY COMES TO THE GARDEN
Community Church of Wurtsboro
134 Sullivan St. - Wurtsboro,  NY 12790
General Admission $15.00 & Students/Seniors $10
Reservations: 845-888-2798

One of my favorite places to sing and again, with a wonderful cast led by the lovely Sarah Rice. Delicious  home-baked goodies  are a special treat  at intermission!  These concerts were featured as one of the 50 best things about Sullivan County . Come hear what the excitement is about! STARRING: Celia Berk, Rich Flanders, Rob Gardner, Joanna Morton Gary, Janice Hall, Sarah Rice and David Vernon…oh and ME again! With Matthew Martin Ward on piano.

THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW YOU KNOW…
These Ladies Got Da Blues…
Hosted by Sue Matsuki
Musical Director: Tracy Stark

SUNDAY, ARIL 29 th 2012 @ 3:00 pm
DON’T TELL MAMA
46 th St. Between 8 th & 9 th Ave.
Reservations: 212-757-0788 (after 4:00 pm)
Or: www.donttellmamanyc.com
Just $10.00 / 2 drink minimum (no credit cards)  

*Starring The BROAD Band*
Joan Crowe
Tanya Holt
Laurie Krauz
Sue Matsuki
Gretchen Reinhagen
Tracy Stack AND…
You just never know who else might drop in!

This is going to be a VERY special People Show of my chick friends and me singing some blues and having a good time on stage together! Every single person on this list is an award winning performer! Could it BE any more fun? I think not!

MAY – TRAVELING THE WORLD AGAIN!
If you call my house needing to reach me, our house sitter will let me know and I’ll call you back. I’m also on my cell phone/internet as we travel.

JUNE/JULY – SAILING, SAILING!\

2012 SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

JANUARY – HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Traveling: Italy & Spain – OLÉ

FEBRUARY – HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
It’s going to be a busy New Year. Matsuki Productions presents a new monthly series that I will be booking at the newly renovated landmark Palace Theater in Danbury, CT starting with the show below in February.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4th @ 8:00 pm

THE NEW YORK INVASION:
AN EVENING OF NEW YORK CITY AWARD WINNING TALENT

The Palace Danbury
165 Main Street
Danbury, CT 06810
Telephone: 203-794-9944

Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door
General Admission
*Ticketing fee included

BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW at:
www.thepalacedanbury.com

Where else, for the price of a movie ticket, can you see not 1 but 7 major award-winning New York City Cabaret, Jazz, Pop, Opera and Theater singers on one stage? Well, tonight at The Palace Danbury, that’s exactly what you will see.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH @ 7:30 pm
THE LADIES SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RICHARD SKIPPER

A benefit for the Carol Channing Foundation for the Arts in loving memory of Carol’s late husband, Harry Kullijian.

DON’T TELL MAMA
343 West 46th Street (between 8th & 9th)
$15 Recommended Donation (just $10 for MAC & Hotline Members)
All money collected will go directly to Carol’s Endowment of the Arts
www.drchanningfoundation.org
2 beverage minimum – No credit cards
Reservations: 212-757-0788 (after 4:00 pm) or on line at:
www.donttellmamanyc.com

*STARRING*
5 gals who love Richard:
Diane Findlay - Peggy Herman – Dana Lorge – Sue Matsuki - Jana Robbins
With SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25th 2012 @ 5:30 pm

Hosted by Sue Matsuki
Musical Director: Barry Levitt

*Starring*
Bruch Clough
Gary Crawford
Joanna Morton Gary

Don’t Tell Mama -
46 th St. between 8 th & 9 th Ave.
Reservations: 212-757-0788 (after 4:00 pm)
Or: www.donttellmamanyc.com
$15.00 or just $10.00 for MAC/Hotline members
(2 drink minimum – no credit cards)

These are 3 INCREDIBLE talents that you need to meet and hear! We all know Gary Crawford as one of the most supportive people in our rooms. Come show HIM some love and hear his amazing voice. Bruce Clough and Joanna Morton Gary are two singers that can sing, blues, R&B, jazz and theater pieces with the best of them.

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MARCH – HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!

Saturday, March 3rd 2012
ELLA & ME – A Tribute to the First Lady of Song
8:00 pm
The Palace Danbury
165 Main Street
Danbury, CT 06810
Telephone: 203-794-9944

Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door
General Admission
*Ticketing fee included

BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!
www.thepalacedanbury.com

Bringing a few of her stellar jazz musicians with her, multi-award winning singer and MAC Award Winner for Female Jazz Vocalist, Sue Matsuki, will offer a tribute show of the tunes that Ella made famous during her American Songbook Series recorded on Capital Records. Music by Berlin, Porter, Cahn, Gillespie, Mercer, Arlen, Burke and featuring some of her most famous songs like: “How High the Moon”; her famous version of “Mack the Knife”; “Miss Otis Regrets”; “Lullaby of Birdland”; “A Night in Tunisia”; “Blue Skies”; “Love for Sale” and more!

"This is the music she was born to sing...I urge you, no I beg you to see this show!"
Stu Hamstra, CabaretHotlineOnLine.com

FRIDAYS, MARCH 16th, 23rd, 30th, APRIL 13th, 20th, 27th, MAY 4th & 11TH

UNCONN – 99 E. Main Street – Waterbury, CT
OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE
Go to: www.Waterbury.UCONN.edu/osher

Call me Professor Matsuki! Classes are currently being offered to Senior Citizens defined as 52 and up (I know, OUCH!). This is my 3rd semester teaching and I’ve gone from 1 to 2 to now 3 classes! This is a fun, save, loving environment to live your life long dream of singing…what are you waiting for? Come join us! You do not have to be a great singer, nor do you have to read music.

10:00 am – 11:30 am – How to Write a Show (Patter)
11:40 am – 1:00 pm – Life is a Cabaret Continues
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm – Life is a Cabaret Continues

SATURDAY, MARCH 17th @ 8:00pm
Broadway Concerts Direct Proudly Presents 
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION
Community Church of Wurtsboro
134 Sullivan St. - Wurtsboro   NY 12790
General Admission $15.00 & Students/Seniors $10
Reservations: 845-888-2798

One of my favorite places to sing and again, with a wonderful cast led by the lovely Sarah Rice. Delicious  home-baked goodies  are a  special treat  at intermission!  These concerts were featured as one of the  50 best things about Sullivan County . Come hear what the excitement is about! STARRING: Rich Flanders, Rob Gardner, Joanna Morton Gary, Janice Meyerson, Sarah Rice and David Vernon…oh and ME! With Eric Sedgwick on piano.

THE PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER…
Comics in the House!
Hosted by: SUE MATSUKI (Also doing stand up!)
SATURDAY, MARCH 24 th @ 6:00 PM

*Starring an ALL STAR Cast*
TOM RAGU NANCY REDMAN ADAM SHAPIRO LORI SOMMER
& OTHER SURPRISE GUESTS
With Very Special Guest Star MR. SIDNEY MYER

Don’t Tell Mama -
46 th St. between 8 th & 9 th Ave.
Reservations: 212-757-0788 (after 4:00 pm)
Or: www.donttellmamanyc.com
$15.00 or just $10.00 for MAC/Hotline members
(2 drink minimum – no credit cards)

This month we’re celebrating FUNNY with these very well-known, working comics on the NY comic scene who I’d like the Cabaret Community to know because they are all Fabulously Funny. There will be music to…funny music…and other surprises.   Click here to join: www.CabaretHotlineOnLine.com for show discounts and a guide to all things Cabaret around the country and to read my column:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28 – 7:00 – 10:00
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE IGUANA
Hosted By Dana Lorge
With Barry Levitt on piano & Saadi Zain on bass

The Iguana
240 West 54 th Street (between Broadway & 8th)
$12.00 Cover Charge / No Minimum (GREAT food!)
Reservations: (212) 765-5454

As always, a GREAT line up of singers at this Variety Show hosted by my dear friend, Dana Lorge. A few other names I know are on the bill are:

Corrina Sowers Alder, Edd Clark, Carole Demas, Bob Diamond, Patricia Fitzpatrick, Daryl Glenn, Helena Grenot, Stephen Hanks, Jillian Laurain, Sue Matsuki, Sharon McNight, Lauren Robert, Smooth Ed & Tom Vaughn.

THURSDAY, MARCH 29 – DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 PM
THE 26th ANNUAL MAC AWARDS
237 West 42nd Street
Reservations/Queries: www.macnyc.com

I am nominated this year in the Duo/Groups category with my best buddy Edd Clark for our Annual Show, “Sue & Edd’s FABULOUS Christmas!”

KEEP WATCHING…MORE TO COME!