Cultural Arts: Stages
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER:
THE SONGS OF DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY
Diamonds Are Forever takes fifteen of Dame Shirley’s greatest hits, backs them with a sensational six-piece band, and has Broadway’s and L.A.’s Jennifer Leigh Warren perform them with Bassey’s trademark elegance, theatricality, glamour, and vocal pizzazz. Looking glamorous and singing with some of the biggest and best pipes around, Warren wows her audience with as sensational a one-woman show as you’re likely to see all year.
Conceived by Jennifer Leigh Warren
Directed by Richard Jay-Alexander
Produced by Los Angeles LGBT Center/Jon Imparato and Chris Isaacson/Upright Cabaret
Presented at the Center’s Renberg Theatre on June 16, 2011
THE CAST
DAME SHIRLEY BASSEY……….Jennifer Leigh Warren
THE BAND
Kenneth Crouch……….Music Director/Piano
Dave Bass……….Clarinet/Sax/Flute
Christopher Bautista……….Trumpet
Aron Forbes……….Guitar
Matt Lucich……….Drums
Wesley Smith……….Woodwinds
Carter Wallace……….Bass
Directed by Richard Jay Alexander; music director Kenneth Crouch; lighting design by Jim Smith III; wig designer Judi Lewin; make-up design by Drini; costumes by Ali Rahimi; production stage manager Ronn Goswick; production manager Patricia Sutherland; and technical advisors Shaunessy Quinn and Robert Selander.
