Barbara Brussell Plays Royal Room Cabaret in Palm Beach November 21-22 and 28-29

Nov. 19, 2008 - PRLog -- The Colony Hotel – which The Palm Beach Post has hailed as “probably the best cabaret on the planet” – plans another sizzling, song-filled season at the hotel’s celebrated Royal Room, featuring some really hot headliners straight from Manhattan’s most sophisticated nightspots and Broadway – including, in fact, a Royal Room regular who was a 2008 Tony Award nominee.
“The Colony’s 2008-2009 Cabaret Season will be our biggest and best ever. Instead of having to fly up to New York City to see major cabaret stars at the Algonquin’s Oak Room, the Carlyle or Feinstein’s at the Regency, fans of the Great American Songbook now can enjoy many of the same extraordinary performers within the cozy confines of the Royal Room. I can guarantee the quality of these performers because I personally reviewed each one,” promises Roger Everingham, general manager of Palm Beach’s favorite boutique hotel, which has repeatedly earned the highly coveted “4-Diamond Rating,” from AAA.
Widely considered to be one of the top cabaret venues in the country, The Colony’s Royal Room has scheduled another audience-pleasing line-up of performers.   A critically acclaimed singer and cabaret artist, Barbara Brussell has a masterful ability to integrate storytelling with sentiment, humor and an exquisite selection of songs, both classic and contemporary. At The Colony, she will be performing her highly acclaimed show, Almost Like Being in Love: The Songs of Alan Jay Lerner, with musical director Tex Arnold. The show will be held on November 21st and 22nd as well as November 28th and 29th.

Reviews of Barbara Brussell include Stephen Holden in The New York Times: “An off-kilter blend of zaniness and pathos that suggests the unpredictable mood swings of a Renee Zellweger character, (she) is a quick-change artist who injects an element of surprise into everything she sings.”  Rex Reed in The New York Observer said, “Captivating! Barbara Brussell is a new singer with wit, style, warmth, drive and impeccable musical taste… Barbara Brussell, the wittiest of girl singers, is interpreting the songs of Alan Jay Lerner, the most urbane and literate of lyricists. This treasure of good fortune...You’d be a fool to miss it. (Lerner) wrote as many different kinds of songs as she has moods, voices and mannerisms. Ms. Brussell can fulfill every fantasy with a snap of her fingers. She is real, she is tender, she is wacky. She’s such a fine actress that she can shine a flashlight on the subtext of a Lerner lyric in fresh ways that make you feel like you’re hearing it for the first time.... This much I promise: you'll love Barbara Brussell, no matter who you are.”
During the Fall cabaret season, through December 2008, each of the cabaret performers will do an 8 p.m. show on Friday and Saturday -- except for The Four Freshmen, who will perform Wednesday through Saturday, December 17-20.
During January through April 2009, the 8 p.m. shows will run Tuesday through Saturday, with a 10 p.m. late show on Friday and Saturday – except for Jack Jones (February 24 – March 7) who is not scheduled to perform any late shows.
For all Royal Room evening performances, the doors open at 6:45 p.m. for dinner and the show starts around 8.  To make reservations, call the hotel box-office at 561.659.8100 or send an email to robrussell@thecolonypalmbeach.com.