Sue Matsuki & Gregory Toroian: Reservations for Two

November 8 @ 9:30 pm - 10:40 pm

Award-winning musical duo Sue Matsuki and Gregory Toroian are coming home to Mama’s! Bistro and MAC Award winning team Matsuki and Toroian celebrate 30 years of musical collaboration in Reservations for Two, a show of famous duets: Ella & Louis, Steve & Eydie, Rosemary & Bing, Bennett & Gaga, Jackie & Roy, Patti & James, Dolly & Kenny, Keely & Louie, and more! Featuring the Gregory Toroian Trio – Skip Ward on bass, David Silliman on drums, and Toroian on the keys! Directed by Lina Koutrakos. This show also marks Matsuki’s 38th year of appearing at Don’t Tell Mama!

“Whether singing with a girlish innocence, showing her soulful side or in an unrestrained blues style, her delivery is always flawless. Then there’s her sheer joy in performing… AND she’s really funny!” – Lavender After Dark

“She can do the ballads and the belts, the swing and the sweet…in between the insanely well-arranged musical numbers, Sue shared stories about her life… thus bringing her audience to her, to know her, to know her artistry, to know her heart. And at the end of the day, that is what a cabaret singer wants to give to their audience: their heart.” – Broadway World

“Such clarity and consistency are possible only when the musical arrangements share and support the singer’s artistic vision, so kudos to Toroian, who devised the arrangements in collaboration with Matsuki… and his piano accompaniment is positively poetic.” – Backstage

Sue Matsuki an award-winning singer and songwriter who has played every club in New York as well as Carnegie Hall and The Metropolitan Opera. Matsuki has over 300 songs in her repertoire including jazz, blues, show tunes, country and American Songbook. She is the first recipient of the Julie Wilson Award chosen by Julie personally and a Bistro Award Winner for Outstanding Collaboration with her long-time Musical Director, Gregory Toroian. She has received MAC Awards for Jazz Vocalist, Original Song and Jazz Duo. She is lovingly referred to as “The Godmother of Cabaret” and is co-author of the book “So You Want to Sing Cabaret” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020).

Gregory Toroian is a musical director, arranger, jazz pianist, vocalist, songwriter, and educator. He has been featured in Cabaret Scenes magazine and was the 2020 Bistro Award winner for Outstanding Collaboration with Sue Matsuki, with whom he had also won a MAC award for Best Duo Production. In addition to working with such artists as Tony Bennett, Jon Hendricks, Cab Calloway, Donna Summer, Melissa Errico, Marilyn Maye, Karen Mason, and Jane Olivor, he has appeared in almost every jazz club and cabaret (major and minor) in New York. He has toured with principal dancers from the New York City Ballet and has made numerous radio and television appearances including the Today Show and Maury Povich. His recording work includes CDs of Leslee Warren, Suzanna Ross, Nancy Stearns, and Sue Matsuki. Toroian’s vocal arrangements have been featured on a series of albums in the US and Japan, by the vocal group String of Pearls.

Reservations for Two

Friday, November 8 at 9:30 PM (Doors open 9:00 PM)

Don’t Tell Mama

343 W 46th St. (8th & 9th Ave.)

New York, NY 10036

donttellmamanyc.com

$30 cover + $20 minimum (must include 2 drinks) food menu available. (CASH ONLY)

Tickets: https://shows.donttellmamanyc.com/8449-sue-matsuki-gregory-toroain-reservations-for-two-11-8-24

Details

Date:: November 8
Time:: 9:30 pm - 10:40 pm
Website:: https://shows.donttellmamanyc.com/8449-sue-matsuki-gregory-toroain-reservations-for-two-11-8-24

Venue

: Don't Tell Mama
: 343 W 46th Street
New York, New York 10036 + Google Map
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