Saturday, November 18, 2017

Late Breaking News




Hi Gang,
It's me Barry with some exiting news. Plans for next year have changed slightly. I'm having to cancel both my two Ravinia shows in August and my holiday shows in London December and January  of 2019. Now before you freak out, have a kitten and get really pissed at me. I have some great news for all of you fans. So you better sit down while you read the rest of this this message. Here goes. "I'm going to be a headliner. I'm going to be a headliner." You heard me right I'm going to be a headliner at the Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City NJ. I'll be performing at the Showroom which is the Tropicana's entertainment venue. I'm starting my Tropicana run on Thursday July 5th. I'm doing three weeks each month I'm there. With four show Thursday thru Sunday of each week I'm there. This is my schedule so far for 2018. The calendar above has the dates I'm performing marked with an X. So far I'm there July, August November and December. During September and October My musical At The Mayflower will be at The Forrest Theatre for it's second regional run. I've signed up for a five year run. So I'll be at the Tropicana till 2022. Tickets for July, August, November and December  Tropicana shows will go on sale starting Monday January 15th 10AM EST. Ticket prices are $250, $175, $125 for main floor balcony is $95 and $65. Tropicana Casino Resorts entertainment venue is
called the Showroom which seats 2,000 people with no obstructed view. Vikki and I will be working on the BMIFC.s Just Another New Years Eve Weekend at the Tropicana. The New Years weekend will start on Thursday December 27th and go thru Sunday December 30th. More details on that next year. The first time I played in Atlantic City was in October 1985. That's when I took my Copacabana Tour to Caesars Circus Circus showroom. I remember I started the show with I'm Your Man. Then I sang At The Dance and during the song I invited a fan on stage to dance with me.  I took Brian Murphy's song Can't Smile Without You to do as a duet. I invited a lady in a sparkly jacket up on stage to sing it with me. That lady was my mom Edna who sang Can't Smile Without You with me.
I opened the second half with Copacabana. I then did Who Needs To Dream. I did a duet on Blue with Muffy Hendricks and a duet with James Jolis on  Big City Blues. I had dubbed that my rock and roll tour. I wore black leather pants, a  black or white buccaneer shirt, blue bolero jacket blue tie and black sued tie shoes. Then second half was the white pants, shirt, vest, bolero jacket and tie shoes. Powder blue socks and bow tie. I knew better than to wear pink. The only pink I have is a salmon pink tie. I'll let you all digest this exiting news. See you soon.
Take Care,
Barry

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