March is Cabaret Month –
Start it off with cabaret for a cause (with paws)!
An evening of songs about – and inspired by – animals by Babbie Green, Tom Lehrer, Flaherty & Ahrens, Flanders & Swann, Maltby & Shire, Steven Schwartz, and (of course) B. Iris Tanner! Plus many more!
Musical direction and accompaniment by Doug Hammer.
Featuring special guest Ashley Lieberman.
Animal Instincts premiered during the Boston Association of Cabaret Artists' 2007 Cabaret Celebration at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. According to critic Beverly Creasey, the show is "full of songs about critters ... a tour de force for a singer like Tanner and a dazzling accompanist like Doug Hammer ... Tanner has lovely, resonant low notes and torchy, sophisticated high notes – and a wry sense of humor."
Two performances at:
The First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church
630 Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington, MA
Click here for directions.
Friday, 2/29, 8:00 pm – Buy tickets ($16) in advance here with a credit card or PayPal – We can only take cash at the door!*
*We will take checks at the door for the 3/1 performance, but you must write two, one for each shelter.
Saturday, 3/1, 8:00 pm – Benefit performance sponsored by the First Parish Social Justice Committee. Tickets are tax-deductible. Minimum donation $32.00. Proceeds go to the Nemasket Orphaned Animal Haven and The Ellen Gifford Sheltering Home.
To separate ticket funds for the two performances and provide receipts for tax purposes, tickets for the 3/1 show are categorized as Donations and can only be purchased one at a time. Print out your PayPal confirmation to use as a receipt.
If you would like to buy multiple tickets for this performance, please email Iris – she will reserve seats for you and prepare a receipt. You can pay at the door with cash or two checks, as noted above.
Buy tickets ($32 minimum donation) in advance here with a credit card or PayPal
– We will take checks at the door only for the 3/1 performance, but you must write two, one for each shelter.
Put Iris's music on your iPod!!
B. Iris Tanner's original songs are available for download via these direct links and can also be found on many other music download sites.
Iris's 2006 cabaret show, MORE Trouble with Men, is now available on DVD!
MORE Trouble with Men premiered March 23, 2006 at Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway, as part of the 2006 BACA Cabaret Celebration. A revamped, expanded version of Iris's 2005 show, The Trouble with Men, it's a humorous, tuneful rant about the dark side of love that interweaves classic standards with Iris's witty, yet touching originals. Anyone who's loved, lost, and somehow bounced back to love again will find that it strikes a familiar chord. As usual, Joe Della Penna is Iris's co-conspirator, music director, and accompanist par excellence.
Here's what BACA (Boston Association of Cabaret Artists) President Jim Keating had to say about the show:
"If you have not seen B. Iris Tanner lately you have missed something fine. Her show "More Trouble With Men" is a finely crafted, tightly scripted collage of her own material and fine standards. Joe Della Penna offered a talented mix of styles from pop to jazz to tango. Many in the audience commented that Iris has brought her performance to a new level. She had us engaged, alternately depressed and inspired, while laughing throughout."
Iris expects to perform the show again somewhere in the greater Boston area this summer. But no need to wait – the show is now available on DVD, recorded by videographer Alan Carvalho of Cambridge Video. (Furthermore, one of Iris's fabulous felines made a cameo appearance at the premiere and is consequently on the DVD – no promises that he will appear in subsequent performances.)
DVDs are $20 (includes mailing costs) and available only from Iris. Drop her a line at Iris@B-Iris.com to order. PayPal payments accepted.