Press Release Summary: BITTER AND BE GAY! Everything She Touches Turns To Gay! Fri. Sept. 26, 2008 – 7:00 pm ONE NIGHT ONLY ! OCTAVIA LOUNGE in SF Musical Direction by Barry Lloyd • Written By Shawn Ryan
Press Release Body: www.CarlyOzardLive.com
Carly Ozard in BITTER AND BE GAY! Everything She Touches Turns To Gay! Fri. Sept. 26, 2008 – 7:00 pm ONE NIGHT ONLY ! OCTAVIA LOUNGE in SF Musical Direction by Barry Lloyd • Written By Shawn Ryan
"Carly Ozard is a cabaret version of Kathy Griffin … It’s been too long since we had a brassy, belting broad on the local cabaret stage."- Chad Jones, www.theaterdogs.net/Carly Ozard
ONE NIGHT ONLY- Critically-acclaimed musical theater singer and debut cabaret artist Carly Ozard welcomes you to the Pink Side of Fabulous. Her debut one-woman cabaret show Bitter and Be Gay! is a witty and touching look at her personal experiences dating three men who have come-out as gay. Undaunted, in 2003, she moved to San Francisco’s Castro district to be with the men who love her the most!
Co-written by Shawn Ryan with Musical Direction by Barry Lloyd – SF’s “Crown Prince of Cabaret”, Bitter and Be Gay! will be performed for One-Night Only, Fri., Sept. 26, 2008, at The Octavia Lounge - 1772 Market St. San Francisco 94102. Tickets are $15, plus 2-drink minimum. Reservations online www.opentable.com or by Phone: 415/ 863- 3516.
You tube link of a performance clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGV38_dEsDM
Bitter and Be Gay! is suitable for ages 16 and up. The Octavia Lounge is wheelchair accessible. Carly Ozard, a classically-trained mezzo-soprano, and no stranger to Bay Area musical theatre, celebrates her one-woman cabaret debut with Bitter and Be Gay! In addition to leads in The Golden Apple (42nd St. Moon), Carousel (Lamplighters), and featured as “Sally” in Follies opposite San Francisco Cabaret regulars Barry Lloyd, Lua Hadar, Russ Lorenson and Linda Kosut. Ozard has performed with Foothill Music Theatre, Broadway by the Bay, Altarena Playhouse, Notre Dame de Namur and as a cantor at the Castro’s Most Holy Redeemer Church. A frequent co-host of Open Mic at Octavia Lounge on Fridays, Ozard regularly performs at Martuni’s as a featured guest at Katya Presents! and in Trauma Flintstone's Bijou Nights. Ozard made her Plush Room debut in Nov. 2007.
ARTIST WEBSITE: www.CarlyOzardLive.com ARTIST MYSPACE PAGE: www.myspace.com/carlyozard
WHAT: BITTER AND BE GAY! Everything She Touches Turns To Gay! Cabaret debut of Carly Ozard Directed by Barry Lloyd & Shawn Ryan, written by Shawn Ryan
WHERE: OCTAVIA LOUNGE 1772 Market St. San Francisco 94102 415/ 863- 3516 www.octavialounge.com
WHEN: Fri. Sept. 26, 2008 – 7:00 pm
COST: $15 + 2 Drink Minimum
TICKETS: RESERVERVATIONS www.opentable.com or call 415/ 863- 3516
You tube link of a performance clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGV38_dEsDM
Web Site: http://www.CarlyOzardLive.com
Contact Details: OCTAVIA LOUNGE 1772 Market St. San Francisco 94102 415/ 863- 3516 www.octavialounge.com