Fwd: Ashkenaz Fest Fundraiser, Toronto, June 17

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:30:33 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Ashkenaz <ashkenaz (at) mail(dot)echo-on(dot)net>
>
>
>ASHKENAZ presents the
>"KENSINGTON CABARET"
>STARRING MASTER SHOWMAN
>JOEL GREY
>
>JUNE 17th  SHERATON CENTRE, GRAND BALLROOM TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
>Cocktails at 6pm, Dinner at 7pm, Show at 8:30pm
>A fundraiser for ASHKENAZ: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture
>TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
>Hinda Silber, Chair of the Ashkenaz Gala Committee, today announced that
>tickets are now on sale for the "Kensington Cabaret" featuring master
>showman and star of Cabaret and Chicago , JOEL GREY. A black-tie
>fundraising gala in support of ASHKENAZ: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture
>(at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre August 30 to September 6), the
>"Kensington Cabaret" takes place on Thursday, June 17 at the Sheraton
>Centre, Grand Ballroom, 123 Queen Street West starting with cocktails at
>6pm, followed at 7pm by dinner and dancing and Grey's showstopping revue. A
>silent auction will run concurrently.
>
>This exceptional gala will feature a backdrop of a vital 30's and 40's
>world. Guests will stroll through a ballroom decorated with elements from
>their own and their ancestors' Kensington Market/Spadina Avenue past -- a
>universe in which the Yiddish language rang through the streets, Yiddish
>newspapers graced every newstand and Yiddish vaudeville flourished. The
>food, always important at any Jewish event, will be in keeping with the
>atmosphere of the evening -- gourmet, plentiful and, of course, strictly
>kosher.
>
>A performer of enormous range and power, Joel Grey will present a
>spectacular concert in both English and Yiddish backed by a 17-piece
>orchestra--but you don't have to understand Yiddish to enjoy! As recent
>critics noted:
>
>"Grey can do more with a one second shrug than most performers can do with
>a five-minute dance routine...a marvel to behold"            -- Chicago
>Reader, December 11, 1998
>
>"as appealing a demonstration of showmanship as I've seen in
>years...electrifying...masterfully used body language no less than
>voice...brilliantly theatrical"  -- New York Post, March 17, 1998
>
>Son of Yiddish comedian and vaudeville great Mickey Katz, Grey began his
>career as a child performer, appearing with his father on stages over half
>a century ago. He is best known, perhaps, for his Tony and Academy Award
>winning performance as the provocative Master of Ceremonies in both the
>stage and film versions of Cabaret and more recently as the hilariously
>hapless Amos Hart in the sultry revival of Chicago, for which he has
>garnered rave reviews and the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards.
>
>Tickets begin at $200 per person. Sponsorships are available beginning at
>$1,000. A tax receipt will be issued for the maximum amount allowable.
>
>Call the GALA HOTINE at 416-410-9851 for more information. Call the
>Ashkenaz office at 416-703-6892 to book your tickets or to become a
>sponsor.
>
>ASHKENAZ: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture
>Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
>August 30 - September 6, 1999
>phone (416) 703-6892  fax (416) 703-5489
>www.ashkenaz.org  ashkenaz (at) echo-on(dot)net
>
>

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