The Waterfront Playhouse box office is officially open for holiday ticket sales for "Closer Than Ever." The cabaret style musical revue offers heart warming musical entertainment for the entire family. Produced by the Key West Players, the show runs Dec. 16 to Jan. 8.
Written by Maltby & Shire, the team that also scored "Big," "Miss Saigon" and other Broadway hits, "Closer Than Ever" weaves fresh lyrics and original tunes together in a way proven to delight audiences. Its comic but poignant look at the upwardly mobile times covers everything from parenthood to trophy wives, working moms to biological clocks.
Musical director Vincent Zito, who directed the show's first regional production in 1993, says this piece is a singer's dream. "Closer than Ever: is written to show off the singers' voices," he says. "And we've got some great voices here."
Staged by director Daniel Bonnett, the show stars top Key West performers Melissa Goins Tausche, Eric Davis, Frances Edge and Jim Trainor. Numbers feature difficult harmony as well as solos.
Tickets are $20 and $25; call the box office at 294-5015 for reservations. For season subscriptions, call 296-8269.
LARRY SMITH'S SUNDAY SHOWCASE guest this Sunday, Dec. 12, is singer Libby York. The show starts at 9 p.m. at Berlin's Cocktail Bar, upstairs at the A&B Lobster House. York, who has homes in Chicago and Key West, has appeared at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, the Fairmount in Chicago and LIttle Palm Island, here in the Keys. As an added treat, local singer Kathleen Peace will join Smith and York for an encore set Sunday night.
THE JACK NASTY BAND has a new home. The group will be at Tipsy Flamingo Friday and Saturday nights through Christmas— then five nights a week through the season. Band members are: Brian Davis, lead guitar (pictured, left); Pete Frazier, drums; Flip Ferrari, bass; Kurt Gooch, keyboards, and Craig Eubanks, rhythm guitar.
ONLY KEY WEST CHEF ON THE LIST— Anyone who has experienced the culinary magic of Chef Alice Weingarten will not be surprised to learn that she has been selected as one of the top 10 chefs in South Florida by South Florida Gourmet newspaper. She is the only chef in Key West on the list. Chef Alice does her thing daily at Alice's at LaTeDa, 1125 Duval.