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Sept 05 '07

MILLA GIVES LOVE A SPIN AT BARNES & NOBLE

Barnes & Noble’s Any Wednesday celebrates the best in jazz, cabaret and theater performers by inviting Milla Ilieva, whom BroadwayWorld.com’s Michael Dale describes as “on her way to joining the ranks of cabaret royalty,” to celebrate the release of her debut CD “Taking A Chance On Love” on Bruce Kimmel’s Kritzerland label in the spacious third floor events space at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble at 66th and Broadway in New York City on September 5. Milla’s performance begins at 6:00 p.m., lasts approximately a half hour and is followed by a signing/meet-and-greet session. As always, the events remain free and open to all. For questions, comments or require further information, please contact Bart Greenberg at AnyWednesdayBN@aol.com or 212-595-9340.

Milla will perform songs chosen from the following well-known and lesser known Broadway songs: "What A Night This Is Going To Be/Night Of Nights," "A Cockeyed Optimist," "When Does The Ravishing Begin," "Where’s That Rainbow, I Found Him/I Could Have Danced All Night," "Do What You Do/Do It Again," "Tess’s Torch Song," "Time Heals Everything," "Sara Lee," "Everybody’s Girl," "The Only Game In Town," "I’d Rather Wake Up By Myself," "Taking A Chance On Love," and "Half A Moment."

As Mark Twain said, "Twenty years from now, you'll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the things you did do. So explore! Dream! Discover!" Take a Chance on Love!

Barnes & Noble
66th and Broadway

July 16 '07

MILLA TRILLS AT TOWN HALL

Flash: Milla stars in "A Night At The Operetta" concert at Town Hall as part of the Summer Broadway Festival, created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for Town Hall. This is the same impresario behind the immensely popular "Broadway by the Year" and "Broadway Unplugged” concerts. "A Night At The Operetta" also features Christianne Noll, Sarah Jane McMahon, Douglas Ladnier, Marc Kudisch and others!

Monday, July 16 at 8P

Tickets, $40 and $35, via Ticketmaster both by phone (212) 307-4100 and online at www.ticketmaster.com as well as at Town Hall's Box Office (212/840-2824).

Town Hall

123 West 43rd Street

JAN 14, '07

MILLA HITS THE BOOKS AT MAHWAH LIBRARY

Milla will delight music lovers at the Mahwah Public Library with a revised version of "So Many Nights, So Many Men" called "Taking a Chance of Love."

Sunday January 14, 2pm

Mahwah Public Library, 100 Ridge Street, in Mahwah New Jersey. Free and open to the public.

DEC 31, ‘06

MILLA WOWS ‘EM IN WESTFIELD

To ring in the New Year, Milla will perform with The Westfield Symphony Orchestra in a revue called The American Songbook under the baton of Music Director David Wroe. Milla will be joined by Broadway veterans Marguerite Willbanks (Beauty and the Beast, The Secret Garden), David Gagnon (Les Mis) and New York City Opera’s leading baritone, Marcus DeLoach. The American Songbook promises to be a splendid revue of American Broadway classics and an insight into the whacky, the tender, the comic, and the tragic elements of American musical theater, all rolled up in friendly cabaret style. This is an event for the whole family.

Friday December 31 at 7:00pm

Westfield High School Auditorium

550 Dorian Road
Westfield, NJ

Tickets $30 and $60, may be purchased directly from the WSO, (908) 232-9400; or at one of the following WSO ticket outlets: Commerce Bank 560 N.Ave. E.); Fast Frame (111 Quimby Street, Westfield); Martin Jewelers (12 North Avenue West, Cranford).

DEC 29, '06

"SO MANY NIGHTS SO MANY MEN" BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

Milla pays tribute to Danny's Skylight Room in its final week as she brings back her critically acclaimed musical love fest "So Many Nights, So Many Men" for one night only on Friday December 29 at 9:15pm The hormonally charged, style-spanning romantic round robin of songs about love -- many rarely heard and some that will knock your clothes off -- is music directed by Paul Trueblood. Margery Beddow directs.

Friday December 29 at 9:15pm

Danny's Skylight Room Cabaret, 346 West 46th Street. The music charge is $20, with a $12 food and drink minimum

July 6, 06

CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE SWEET SIXTEEN PARTY

Commemorating the 16th birthday of Cabaret Hotline's publication. The party starts in the piano bar area with cash bar and open mic at 6:30 pm with the show in the back cabaret theater starting at 8:30 pm. The theme of the show is "Forever Young." Scheduled to perform with me are Tom Andersen, Marilyn Bettenger, Baby Jane Dexter, Alice Frazier, Gerta Grunen, Sidney Myer, Bronwyn Rucker, Anthony Santelmo, Jr., Adrianne Tolsch and Clark Warren.

Thursday, July 6th 8:30pm

DON'T TELL MAMA 343 West 46th Street www.donttellmama.com Tickets are $25 for 2006-2007 members, $35 for non-members. Tickets are on sale right now on the CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE website.

FEB 14, '06

TWO-TIME NIGHTLIFE AWARD FINALIST SEDUCES IN ONE-NIGHT STAND

Milla brings her critically acclaimed new show "So Many Nights, So Many Men" to Danny's Skylight Room Cabaret\ for a special one-night stand on Valentine's Day. The Siegels of TheaterMania.com called the style-spanning romantic round robin of songs about love "a saucy new show… a particularly well-crafted act".

Mixing Broadway ballads, rediscovered theatre comic curios, and a bon bon sampler from the American popular songbook, "So Many Nights, So Many Men" features musical director Paul Trueblood on piano, and is directed by Margery Beddow.

Come to Mama on Valentine's Day!

Tuesday February 14 at 7pm

Danny's Skylight Room Cabaret, 346 West 46th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues). Music charge $20, with a $12 food and drink minimum. Special prix fixe Valentine's Day menu available for before or after the show. For reservations call (212) 265-8133. Click here for more details.

OCT 28 to NOV 12 '05

ILIEVA PREMIERES "SO MANY NIGHTS, SO MANY MEN"

On three consecutive Fridays and Saturdays (Fridays at 9:30P; Saturdays at 5P), from October 28 to November 12, MILLA barrels back to New York cabaret with a brand new show about all the men in her life -- all of them!

"So Many Nights, So Many Men" -- a style-spanning romantic romp that mixes Broadway ballads, obscure comic gems, rediscovered theatre cult favorites and American popular songbook chestnuts -- features musical director Paul Trueblood on piano, and is directed by Margery Beddow.

At Times Square's popular new cabaret hotspot, The Encore, 266 West 47th Street.

Fridays and Saturdays: 10/28 at 9:30P, 10/29 at 5P; 11/4 at 9:30P, 11/5 at 5P; 11/11 at 9:30, 11/12 at 5P.

Tickets $20 Call Theatermania.com @ 212 - 352 3101 or at www.theatermania.com

OCT 15 & 29 'O4

MILLA ON STAGE WITH STEVE ROSS IN EXCITING SERIES

For two nights in October Milla performs with Steve Ross in "The Arts Hour at 6" a series presented by Mel Miller of Musicals Tonight. On October 15 the spotlight is on the marvelous lyricist and librettist Dorothy Fields, in honor of her centenary, and Paula Laurence sings and reminisces. On October 29 the Fred Ebb's recent passing is duly noted by his friends and admirers, including Peter Howard.

West 45th Street Theatre,
354 West 45th Street

SEPT 30, OCT 2 '04

LUDMILLA UNVEILS NEW VERSION OF "DO RE MILLA"

"Do Re Milla: Unplugged and Unhinged!" Bows in 1st Midtown Cabaret Fest

Straight from her appearance in "Broadway Unplugged" at Town Hall Milla rips the cords out of the walls once again as she performs a new, unplugged version of her critically acclaimed show "Do Re Milla." Still the wonderfully eclectic mix of Broadway ballads, obscure comic gems, and heart-tugging American songbook chestnuts. But this time totally off mic and off the charts!

Thur Sept 30 at 7P Sat Oct 2 at 9:30P

Where Eagles Dare Theatre

347 West 36th Street

Tickets $20 (MAC $5 off) via SmartTix 212/868-4444 or online at

www.smarttix.com ($25 at the door) 1st Midtown Cabaret Festival runs from Sept 16 through October 4.

SEPT 27 '04

ILIEVA SPARKS "BROADWAY UNPLUGGED"

This just in! Ludmilla Ilieva stars in the upcoming "Broadway Unplugged" concert at Town Hall on Monday September 27 at 8P. Produced by Scott Siegel, the impresario behind the immensely popular "Broadway by the Year" series, "Broadway Unplugged" also stars Nancy Anderson, Christine Andreas, Stephanie J. Block, Michael Cerveris, Chuck Cooper, B.J. Crosby, Bill Daugherty, Darius DeHaas, George Dvorsky, Davis Gaines, Debbie Gravitte, Ann Harada, Cady Huffman, A.J. Irvin, Eddie Korbich, Alix Korey, Marc Kudisch, Jeff McCarthy, Howard McGillin, Euan Morton, Julia Murney, Emily Skinner, Mary Testa, Tom Wopat, and Karen Ziemba.

Tickets, $25 and $50, via Ticketmaster by phone (212) 307-4100, or online at www.theatermania.com

Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street

JULY 1 & 2 '04
MILLA TWO NIGHTS ONLY AT IRIDIUM

JAZZ / CABARET VALENTINE TO THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF LOVE

Cabaret vocal sensation Ludmilla Ilieva brings her highly acclaimed jazz/cabaret show "Do Re Milla" to the Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 Broadway, for a special two-night stand on Thursday & Friday July 1 & 2 at 7P that is part of the venue's brand new series, "The Classic Night Club Hour." "Do Re Milla" premiered in August 2003 at Dillon's Supper Club and Cabaret where its six-week engagement earned lavish praise for the quick-witted country girl from Virginia descended from White Russian nobility. "Do Re Milla" features musical director Paul Trueblood on piano, and is directed by Margery Beddow. The series runs through August 15 and features some of New York's most intriguing jazz and cabaret talents.

Moving, as she puts it, from "one clef-hanger to another," this Juilliard-trained soprano frankly confides the emotional highs and lows of her life by selecting material that spans several styles and genres. In songs as different as Sissle and Blake's "I'm a Great Big Baby," Croswell and Pockriss' "Bower Bird" and "Tear Joint" (one of two songs by musical director Paul Trueblood with lyrics by Jim Morgan), Ms. Ilieva sings with the Mermanesque abandon of a crowd-pleasing musical comedienne. In one of the happier interpretations of "Funny Valentine" you'll see (with an innovative jazz arrangement by Jeffrey Chappell) Ms. Ilieva indulges her vast romanticism. This romantic streak gets several turns under the microscope -- in Harbach and Kern's "Yesterdays" for example, and, breathtakingly, in a medley pairing Mercer and Mancini's "Whistling in the Dark" with Dietz and Schwartz's "Dancing in the Dark."