Entertainment

Lori Donato Celebrates the Marvelous Marilyn Maye!

On Saturday, April 21, the Purple Room presents “Lori Donato Celebrates Marvelous Marilyn Maye.”

Ms. Donato’s performance continues the Purple Room’s ongoing celebration of Ms. Maye’s thriving career, which starts on April 6th and 7th when Ms. Maye, herself, joins us to perform the weekend before her 90th birthday. Ms. Donato’s unique friendship with Ms. Maye spans five decades, starting at the New Inn Resort in Lake Okoboji, Iowa. Ms. Maye was the headliner and a young, aspiring singer, Ms. Donato, vacationing with her family, was asked to babysit Ms. Maye’s daughter. Over the years,

Ms. Maye became Ms. Donato’s treasured friend, muse, mentor, and inspiration. Ms. Donato became a successful international performer and teacher, and for the past six years has been the West Coast representative for Ms. Maye’s Master Classes.

Ms. Donato will be sharing stories and songs associated with Ms. Maye’s illustrious career and will be joined by the Rick Hils trio and another mutual friend of Ms. Maye’s, singer Jay Winger.

Dinner Reservations: 6pm, Show: 8pm.

Tickets: $30 and $25

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PLEASE NOTE
All ticketed shows require an advance ticket purchase.

TABLE & SEATING OPTIONS
The Purple Room offers cabaret-style seating. If your party size is smaller then the total number of seats a table holds, you will be seated with other individuals. Please pay special attention to choose your seats in the zone that matches your seating preference.

DINNER RESERVATIONS
Each ticket purchased includes an automatic dinner reservation. You do not need to make a separate reservation for dining.

REFUNDS & EXCHANGES
Please review your selections carefully including performance date, table location and quantity of seats asALL SALES ARE FINAL. There are no refunds or exchanges.

“What do you get when you mix an internationally acclaimed impersonator, outrageous comedy, great standards and a bevy of icons? The hysterical parody of Judy Garland and her guests found in Michael Holmes’ riotous, “The Judy Show!” 
Encore Magazine

The spirit of Judy Garland is alive and well and in Palm Springs at the famed Purple Room Supper Club every Sunday at 7:00! This blend of hysterical comedy and outstanding music explode into an evening of nonstop belly laughs, glamour and high camp, as celebrated entertainer Michael Holmes parodies Judy Garland, who in her 1964 television variety show, played host to some of the greatest female icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood. With a killer wardrobe and razor-sharp wit, Holmes plays and nails them all, singing your favorite songs and thrilling the audience with charm, zingers and stories.

The Judy Show’s guests are always changing, so audiences never know who will surprise and delight them on stage on any given evening. Be on the lookout for Carol Channing, Mae West, Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Pearl Bailey, Peggy Lee and Tallulah Bankhead, and of course, Holmes’ iconic interpretation of Judy Garland, all accompanied by Palm Springs’ celebrated pianist, Joel Baker.

As one of the most sought-after celebrity impressionists in the country, Holmes’ unique blend of outstanding vocals, dead-on impressions and outrageous humor leave audiences wanting more  and wanting to come back night after night to see who shows up on stage!

Based in Palm Springs, Holmes has established the award-winning The Judy Show as one of the longest-running and most popular cabaret shows in Southern California and regularly plays to sold-out houses throughout the US, Mexico and Europe.

“A raucous night of fun!” Palm Springs Life

“The exclamation point in The Judy Show! serves as apt punctuation for Michael Holmes’s high octane parody of Judy Garland’s eponymous 1963-64 CBS variety series.  His secret for keeping folks coming back week after week is his crisp wit and his improvisatory genius.  It is never the same show twice.” CabaretScenes Magazine

“Internationally-acclaimed impersonator Michael Holmes combines outrageous comedy and great musical standards in an hysterical parody of Judy Garland that will have you begging for more.Holmes’ seemingly channels Garland in her 1964 television variety show.” Guadalajara Reporter

“The Don Rickles of Drag! Hysterical!” The Desert Sun

TICKETS: Main Dining Room: $30; Other areas: $25

Ann Hampton Callaway – Diva Power!

Ann Hampton Callaway presents a soaring celebration of the legendary ladies who helped shape the soundtrack of our lives – Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Anita O’Day, Edith Piaf, Etta James, Carole King and Joni Mitchell. In this rare intimate setting, Callaway’s one woman show takes a personal look at the iconic women who were trailblazers in music and whose careers, voices and songs helped to shape Callaway’s artistry. Selections include Over the Rainbow, People, How High the Moon, Tenderly, La Vie En Rose, The Folks Who Live On the
Hill and A Case of You.

Awards:

Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical – Swing!
Theatre World Award for “Outstanding Broadway Debut”
Platinum award selling songwriter with seven Barbra Streisand cuts
2013 “The Streisand Songbook” won two Broadwayworld.com Awards and the
MAC Award for Show of the Year.
2014 BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Award for “Performer of the Year”
2016 Broadway World New York Cabaret Award “Best Jazz Vocalist”
2017 Broadway World New York Cabaret Award “Best Jazz Vocalist”
2017 Broadway World New York Cabaret Award “Best Tribute Show” for the
Ella Century.
She has received fifteen MAC Awards from the Manhattan Association of
Cabarets & Clubs
Two Backstage Bistro Awards
The 2005 Nightlife Award,
The Johnny Mercer Songwriter Award
Norman Vincent Peale Award for Positive Thinking

Dinner Reservations: 6pm, Show: 8pm.

Tickets: $65, $60 and $55

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PLEASE NOTE
All ticketed shows require an advance ticket purchase.

TABLE & SEATING OPTIONS
The Purple Room offers cabaret-style seating. If your party size is smaller then the total number of seats a table holds, you will be seated with other individuals. Please pay special attention to choose your seats in the zone that matches your seating preference.

DINNER RESERVATIONS
Each ticket purchased includes an automatic dinner reservation. You do not need to make a separate reservation for dining.

REFUNDS & EXCHANGES
Please review your selections carefully including performance date, table location and quantity of seats asALL SALES ARE FINAL. There are no refunds or exchanges.

Charles Herrera: “There’s Always Room for Cello, TOO!”

Charles Herrera is a multiple-award winning vocalist, actor and cabaret artist and is making his solo return to the Purple Room with his enthusiastically-received show, There’s Always Room for Cello.  Highlighting string instruments, Charles will dazzle you with his wide range of vocal styles, from pop, jazz, country and light opera.  You won’t want to miss this thoroughly entertaining musical journey through the world of string instruments.  Come out and experience, “There’s Always Room for Cello, TOO!”

Musical direction by Tim Bruneau, and featuring special guest vocalist, Keisha D!

Dinner Reservations: 6pm, Show: 8pm.

Tickets: $30 and $25

****

PLEASE NOTE
All ticketed shows require an advance ticket purchase.

TABLE & SEATING OPTIONS
The Purple Room offers cabaret-style seating. If your party size is smaller then the total number of seats a table holds, you will be seated with other individuals. Please pay special attention to choose your seats in the zone that matches your seating preference.

DINNER RESERVATIONS
Each ticket purchased includes an automatic dinner reservation. You do not need to make a separate reservation for dining.

REFUNDS & EXCHANGES
Please review your selections carefully including performance date, table location and quantity of seats asALL SALES ARE FINAL. There are no refunds or exchanges.

“What do you get when you mix an internationally acclaimed impersonator, outrageous comedy, great standards and a bevy of icons? The hysterical parody of Judy Garland and her guests found in Michael Holmes’ riotous, “The Judy Show!” 
Encore Magazine

The spirit of Judy Garland is alive and well and in Palm Springs at the famed Purple Room Supper Club every Sunday at 7:00! This blend of hysterical comedy and outstanding music explode into an evening of nonstop belly laughs, glamour and high camp, as celebrated entertainer Michael Holmes parodies Judy Garland, who in her 1964 television variety show, played host to some of the greatest female icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood. With a killer wardrobe and razor-sharp wit, Holmes plays and nails them all, singing your favorite songs and thrilling the audience with charm, zingers and stories.

The Judy Show’s guests are always changing, so audiences never know who will surprise and delight them on stage on any given evening. Be on the lookout for Carol Channing, Mae West, Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Pearl Bailey, Peggy Lee and Tallulah Bankhead, and of course, Holmes’ iconic interpretation of Judy Garland, all accompanied by Palm Springs’ celebrated pianist, Joel Baker.

As one of the most sought-after celebrity impressionists in the country, Holmes’ unique blend of outstanding vocals, dead-on impressions and outrageous humor leave audiences wanting more  and wanting to come back night after night to see who shows up on stage!

Based in Palm Springs, Holmes has established the award-winning The Judy Show as one of the longest-running and most popular cabaret shows in Southern California and regularly plays to sold-out houses throughout the US, Mexico and Europe.

“A raucous night of fun!” Palm Springs Life

“The exclamation point in The Judy Show! serves as apt punctuation for Michael Holmes’s high octane parody of Judy Garland’s eponymous 1963-64 CBS variety series.  His secret for keeping folks coming back week after week is his crisp wit and his improvisatory genius.  It is never the same show twice.” CabaretScenes Magazine

“Internationally-acclaimed impersonator Michael Holmes combines outrageous comedy and great musical standards in an hysterical parody of Judy Garland that will have you begging for more.Holmes’ seemingly channels Garland in her 1964 television variety show.” Guadalajara Reporter

“The Don Rickles of Drag! Hysterical!” The Desert Sun

TICKETS: Main Dining Room: $30; Other areas: $25