Coming to New Jersey...
painting by Portchie
Thursday, September 18, 2008, 9:00 pm
in LE DOME
The Nightclub Under the Stars
at
THE MANOR
111 Prospect Avenue, West Orange, NJ
Four course, four star dinner & show: $74 ~ Show only: $35
Dinner seatings at 6:00, 6:15 & 6:30 pm ~ Show at 9:00 pm
Reservations & information: 973-731-2360, The Manor
Songs of hopes and dreams by contemporary lyricists:
Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Leslie Bricusse, Francesca Blumenthal, John Bucchino, Craig Carnelia,
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mike Craver, Dave Frishberg, Babbie Green, Marcy Heisler, Steven Lutvak, Paul McCartney,
Joni Mitchell, Stephen Schwartz, Michael Smith, Stephen Sondheim, John Wallowitch, and Maury Yeston.
CD PREVIEW SHOW!
SOPHIA BILIDES
HEART'S DESIRE
~ with Doug Hammer on piano ~
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Scullers Jazz Club, Boston, MA
In celebration of International Women's Day...
~ with Doug Hammer on piano ~
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Blacksmith House, Cambridge, MA
Songs from a female point of view, by Lynn Ahrens, Marilyn Bergman, Francesca Blumenthal, Judy Collins,
Betty Comden, Meredith d'Ambrosio, Dorothy Fields, Doris Fisher, Babbie Green, Carol Hall,
Nancy Hamilton, Marcy Heisler, Fran Landesman, Christine Lavin, Carolyn Leigh,
Amanda McBroom, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Krisanthi Pappas, Dorothy Parker, and Maeve Spain.
watercolor by Meredith d'Ambrosio
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Blacksmith House, Cambridge, MA
Songs
for the chill-challenged, daylight-deprived, and winter-weary,
by Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, Judy Collins,
Hal David,
Winnie Holzman,
Fran Landesman, Michel Legrand, Gordon Lightfoot, Hugh Martin,
Joni Mitchell, Connie Pearce, George Shearing, Daryl Sherman, and more.
A new cure for age old winter darkness; as bracing as a shot of brandy (Boston Globe)
WINTER WARM IS NOW ON CD
To Order
One of the Top Ten Cabaret CDs of 2007 (Cabaret Hotline Online)
A deeply satisfying new album; an accomplished piece of work. (Rob Lester, Talkin’ Broadway)
A great, great voice; a very warm and intimate CD. (Jordan Rich, WBZ Radio, Boston)
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CD RELEASE SHOW!
SOPHIA BILIDES
WINTER WARM: SONGS FOR THE SOLSTICE
~ with Doug Hammer on piano ~
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Scullers Jazz Club, Boston, MA
Friday & Saturday, December 15 & 16, 2006
Danny's Skylight Room, New York, NY
2007 MAC Award Nominee, New York Debut (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs)
watercolor by Elizabeth McRorie
~ with Jon Wheatley on guitar ~
Sunday,
March 26, 2006
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA |
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Wednesday,
June 16, 2004
Scullers Jazz Club, Boston, MA
2005
IRNE Award Winner
Best Female Cabaret Performer
(Independent Reviewers Of New England)
One of the Top Ten Cabaret Acts of 2004.
(Bay Windows)
Reviewed
in
Cabaret Scenes Magazine
Cutting
a striking figure in red dress and raven hair,
Sophia Bilides celebrated her half-century mark at Boston's
Scullers Jazz Club with one of her most
rewarding outings yet,
Young And Foolish: A 50th Birthday Cabaret.
Bilides' highly polished show, rich with songs spanning
even more than a half-century, was her most varied...
Her delightfully eclectic program
included
a swinging Don't Ask A Lady (Leigh/Coleman),
a hilarious country-style Every Time A Friend Succeeds (Green),
and a calypso Make Your Own Party (Heisler/Goldrich).
She played her Bordeaux deep voice like a cello
on a touchingly dramatic Flight (Carnelia) and like an alto
sax
on a poignant Inside My Body Is A Dancer (Lutvak).
On the lighter side, her sharp comic timing
bolstered Lutvak's hilarious Dinner Party,
and Rosemary Clooney's hit Come On-a My House,
where she made clever use of her Greek vocal technique.
I look forward to her next half-century. (John Amodeo)
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2004
BOSTON CABARET FESTIVAL
The
NEW Great American Songbook
A gala concert
of songs from the past 20 years
featuring
Sophia
Bilides • Brian De Lorenzo • Kent French
Belle Linda Halpern • Erica Leopold • Will McMillan
John O'Neil • Carol O'Shaughnessy • Jan Peters
performing
songs by
Ahrens
& Flaherty • Peter Allen •
Fed Barton • Bergman & Mandel
Francesca Blumenthal • Jason Robert
Brown • John Bucchino
Diane Bulgarelli • Craig Carnelia •
Alan Chapman • Carroll Coates
Cy Coleman • William Finn •
David Friedman • Goldrich & Heisler
Amanda Green • Kander & Ebb •
Brian Lasser • Christine Lavin
Ernie Lijoi • Andrew Lippa •
Dennis Livingston • Steven Lutvak
Maltby & Shire • Amanda McBroom
• Alan Menken •
Randy Newman
Laurence O'Keefe • Stephen Schwartz
• Cosy Sheridan
Stephen Sondheim • Maury Yeston •
Waldrop & Gallagher and
more!
accompanied on
piano by
Doug Hammer • Tom LaMark
• Ron Roy
hosted by
Sophia Bilides, Artistic Director
Saturday,
March 28,
2004
2nd Stage, Radisson Hotel, Boston
SOPHIA
BILIDES
Doug Hammer on piano
WINTER
WARM: SONGS FOR THE SOLSTICE
Friday,
December 19, 2003
The Center For
Arts, Natick, MA
SOPHIA
BILIDES
sings
S M Y R N E I
K A
Greek Cabaret
Sophia Bilides - vocals, santouri, zilia
Tom Babbin - guitar; Mike Gregian - doumbeleki
Sunday, August 3, 2003
Lincoln Center
Out Of Doors
Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts, New York, NY
SOPHIA
BILIDES
Tom LaMark Trio
W I T C H C R A F T
The Lyrics Of
CAROLYN LEIGH
Wednesday,
June 18, 2003
Scullers Jazz Club,
Boston, MA
The
songlist is wonderful, and you really "get" Carolyn. I'm just
thrilled.
(June
Silver, sister of Carolyn Leigh)
2003
BOSTON CABARET FESTIVAL
GREAT AMERICAN LYRICISTS
featuring
Sophia Bilides
• Mary Callanan
• Brian De Lorenzo
Kerry Dowling
• Kent French
• Belle Linda Halpern
• Manny Lim
Carol O'Shaughnessy
• Jan Peters
• Michael Ricca
singing the lyrics of
Johnny Burke, Sammy Cahn,
Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin, Yip Harburg, Lorenz Hart
Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim
accompanied
on piano by
Doug Hammer • Tom LaMark
• Ron Roy
hosted by
Sophia Bilides, Artistic Director
Saturday, March 29,
2003
Maxwell Auditorium, National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA
SOPHIA
BILIDES
Doug
Hammer Trio
MAKE
SOMEONE HAPPY
The
Songs Of Comden & Green
Wednesday,
May 22, 2002
Scullers
Jazz Club, Boston, MA
One
of the Top Ten Cabaret Performances of 2002 (Bay Windows)
Bilides spins gold with this show.
She can belt, lilt, swing, and serve up shtick or heart upon command.
The high-point of the evening was her rapid-fire reading of "If You Hadn't, But You Did,"
containing some of Comden & Green's wittiest wordplay, which Bilides handled with aplomb.
Charismatic, honest, and well grounded, Bilides is also one of the most unique vocalists around.
With Bilides, whose deep, sultry voice is like warm honey,
you wait for those
lush low notes, and they are worth the wait. (John Amodeo)
2003
IRNE Award Nominee
Best Female Cabaret Performer
(Independent Reviewers Of New England)
2002
BOSTON CABARET FESTIVAL
featuring
Sophia Bilides
• Mary Callanan
• Brian De Lorenzo
Erica
Leopold • Will McMillan
• John
O'Neil
Carol O'Shaughnessy
• Jan Peters
• Ben Sears
• Ida Zecco
accompanied
on piano by
Brad Conner • Doug Hammer • Tom LaMark • Brian Patton • Ron
Roy
hosted by
Sophia Bilides, Artistic Director
Sunday, April 7, 2002
Scullers Jazz Club, Boston, MA
One of the Top Ten Cabaret Events of 2002
(Bay Windows)
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