Ambassador Productions & Provincetown CabaretFest 2019 is proud to present Marieann Meringolo & Warren Schein, as part of this year’s featured concerts. Provincetown CabaretFest 2019, (May 29 – June 2, 2019) is an annual event, which this year, stated producers Patricia Fitzpatrick & James Locke, “promises to be the biggest festival to date with over 40 cabaret performers, musicians & master class coaches descending on Ptown for our four-day festival.” Celebrating its 19th year, CabaretFest has grown to become the largest gathering of cabaret performers in New England. CabaretFest is popular with theatre-goers & audiences who cherish an intimate evening of live music, woven together with patter, warmth, wit & feelings.
MAC & Bistro Award-winning vocalist, Marieann Meringolo, making her Provincetown debut, will present a new show, Marieann Meringolo Explores the 60’s – from Warwick to Mathis to Legrand & more, on Saturday June 1 at 4pm at Pilgrim House. Song titles include “The Windmills of Your Mind,” “The April Fools,” “Theme from Valley of the Dolls” & “I Love Being Here with You.”
Coming off a 2019 MAC nomination for Major Female Artist, Marieann has been receiving critical acclaim for both her live show appearances at Feinstein’s/54 Below, The Iridium & Jazz at Lincoln Center, to her latest CD, Between Yesterday and Tomorrow : The Songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman. Marieann has also toured with the late comedian David Brenner & headlined on cruise ships around the world.
Will Friedwald noted in The Wall Street Journal, that “The music of the Bergmans, as movingly realized by Marieann Meringolo, transports us to a better and more ideal world!” Stephen Holden of the New York Times called wrote that “’Meadowlark,’ the Stephen Schwartz Ballad from The Baker’s Wife, needs a substantial voice to do it justice. Meringolo delivered one of the two or three strongest renditions I can remember!”
Warren Schein has entertained audiences on stages throughout the United States & Europe for decades. He has performed his one-man shows, Remembering Mel: A Musical Tribute to Mel Tormé & Spend An Evening with Mr. Saturday Night, a medley of timeless music & comedy to sold-out audiences throughout the country. Mr. Schein garnered glowing reviews from his show From the Borscht Belt to Broadway, which includes a tribute to entertainer extraordinaire, Al Jolson.
In the theatre, Warren has played leading roles Off-Broadway & regionally, including Max Bialystock in The Producers, Luther in South Pacific, Buddy in Follies, Nathan Detroit in Guys & Dolls, Sancho in Man of La Mancha & Micky in Sugar Babies. Other regional credits include Fiddler on the Roof, The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Oklahoma & The Music Man.
Warren has been the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy, the Rice Krispy M&M, the leprechaun for Lucky Charms & appeared on TV ads for the History Channel, AMC, A&E, Nick at Night & WPLJ Radio. He appeared on “Saturday Night Live,” “Boardwalk Empire, “Law & Order” & in the films, The Stepford Wives, Dark Room & The Orphan King. Warren enjoys a jazzy evening, Rhythm, Reeds & Brass, with a nineteen-piece big band that offered selections from the Great American Songbook. The list of performers he has opened for & performed with is impressive, sharing the stage many times with Danny Kaye, Rodney Dangerfield, Tony Martin, Red Buttons, Larry Storch, Totie Fields, Joey Bishop, Buddy Hackett & the comedy/music teams of Marty Allen & Steve Rossi, Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara, Tony Sandler & Ralph Young, to name a few. He is a master of improvisational comedy.
Jan Wallman said of Warren, “the voice is true & beautiful, the phrasing elegant & he never crosses that that fine line between emulation & imitation.”
Warren, along with musical director Tom LaMark, will debut his Dream Along with Me – The Perry Como Songbook, at the Provincetown Art House Theater on Saturday, June 1 @ 7pm. He will also host the Open Mic Party: Come Together on Thursday, May 30th at 8pm-midnight at The Harbor Hotel.
Information about the festival can be found on the CabaretFest website and at the website of Pilgrim House and the Provincetown Art House Theater.
An all-inclusive VIP Plus Pass is available for $175.00 until May 15 on the festival’s ticket page
www.provincetowncabaretfest.com
