 
Jazz Cabaret
From the age of three, when I first sang "Mary Had a Little
Lamb" into my father's brand new tape recorder, I have
always loved to sing. And although that number, along with
"You Are My Sunshine" ( a duet sung with my father) and "It's
Raining, It's Pouring" (sung by my mother to soothe me
when she shampooed my hair in the tub), are still in my
repertoire, the range of my musical tastes has expanded
over the years. When I'm not singing, I listen. Other singers
have been my best teachers and I have been strongly influenced by an eclectic group
of performers including Ethel Merman (I memorized the entire Broadway cast recording
of "Gypsy" at age ten!), the early Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Billy Holiday, Nina
Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, and Frank Sinatra. 'To this
list I would add contemporaries such as Rebecca Parris, Wesla Whitfield, Carol
Sloane, and Dee Dee Bridgewater.
My goal in performing is to communicate the beauty of the music and the message of
the lyric. Ideally, I like to perform in small, intimate settings where I can really connect
with the audience. To me, cabaret is just that - communicating in an intimate fashion.
Since so many of my "teachers" have been jazz singers, my music and style have
been naturally influenced by that genre. My repertoire however, includes Broadway
show tunes, jazz standards, rock and roll and blues.
Calendar
Upcoming Appearances:
GET OVER IT!
A musical celebration of the "martyrdom" of St. Valentine
Friday, February 11, 2011
Doors open at 6:00 PM for cocktails and full menu
Performance beginning promptly at 7:00 PM
Ryles Jazz Club
212 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA 02139
(617)876-9330
Please see our flyer
and the .
Join Boston cabaret and theater artists Pamela Enders and Wayne
Fritsche for a Valentine's party with a twist. Come for dinner or cocktails
with your special someone or your best pals and sit back for a sparkling
evening of satirical, sassy and sophisticated songs of heartbreak and the
ways we transcend it...
Or don't.
Musical direction by Doug Hammer
(with the Doug Hammer Trio)
Ticket Price: $20//Reservations are strongly recommended!
Prior Appearances:
A Very Merry Little
Christmas
Presented by Vox Humana Productions
Saturday, December
11, 2010
Doors open at 6:30 PM for cocktails and delicious fare, with the performance
beginning at 7:30 PM.
Ryles Jazz Club
212 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA 02139
(617)876-9330
This holiday cavalcade of nostalgic and new tunes will showcase many
Boston area musical theater, jazz and cabaret talents including Pamela
along with: Amanda Sousa, Morgan Neill, Michael Davis, Lianne Heywood,
Louise Van Aarsen, Wayne Fritsche, Heather Glenn Wixson, Shellie Giroux,
and Scott Mulligan. Also, Elora Rosch, Jeannette Rose, Jocelyn Rose,
Helena McCone and Jake Wetherbee.
Stylishly backed by a 3 piece jazz trio led by the piano wizardry of Boston's
Jim Rice, this upbeat, elegant, sassy evening is a terrific way to celebrate
the holidays in high style.
To purchase tickets go to
For more information email .
Tickets are $25 per person. General Seating
A Very Merry Little Christmas Cabaret
Friday, December 11, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Doors open at 6:30 PM for cocktails and light fare,
with the performance beginning at 7:30PM.
Club Cafe Cabaret
209 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA
There is metered on-street parking all around the Café and there is a nearby garage on Clarendon Street which charges only $9.00 for the evening.
See this link: .
(Please note: parking meters are in effect until 8 PM).
This 90 minute holiday cavalcade of tunes nostalgic and new will also showcase many Boston area musical theater and cabaret talents. Sharing the stage with Pamela will be David Bloom, Michael Davis, Heather Glenn Wixson, Kristopher Johansen, Kevin Hadfield, Eric Larivee and Scott Mulligan. Also, Elora Rosch, Jeannette Rose, Amy Strong, Hayley Travers, Jay Uhler and Jake Wetherbee.
Stylishly backed by a 3 piece trio led by Berklee School of Music and Boston Conservatory of Music pianist Nick Connell and the percussion wizardry of The Rhythm Room's Rick Morin, this upbeat, elegant, sassy evening is a terrific way to celebrate the holidays in high style.
To reserve tickets email:
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Tickets are $25 per person before December 10.
All at door tickets are $30 subject to availability.
John Bucchino and Friends in Concert
Concerts:
Friday, November 6, 2009 at 8 PM
Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 8 PM
(Reception with cast and Mr. Bucchino after the show)
Roberts Theater at the Calderwood Pavilion (near Hammersley's Bistro)
527 Tremont Street, Boston
In addition to the concerts, (John will be accompanying us), John is giving two master classes on Monday November 2nd and Wednesday, November 4th which will be open to the public. So if you are curious as to how performers are taught their craft, this is your chance to observe and learn. I will be one of the lucky people who will be coached by John.
Master Classes:
Monday, November 2, at 7 PM (open to public)
Wednesday, November 4, at 7 PM (open to public)
If you would like to attend the master classes and/or the concert, please call (617) 933-8600 to order tickets. When you do so, PLEASE give my name so I can get credit for the tickets (I do not get a cut but we were asked to do this). The only way I can get credit is if you give my name when you call; it cannot be done online and once the tickets are ordered you cannot go back and give my name. I do appreciate your patience with this.
You can also purchase tickets in person at: Calderwood Pavilion, 527 Tremont St. or BU Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave. in Boston.
You can also call me if you’d like more info – 617-491-3394.
John Bucchino's songs have been performed and recorded by renowned pop, theatre, cabaret and classical artists including Liza Minnelli, Barbara Cook, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Judy Collins, YoYo Ma, Art Garfunkel, Patti LuPone, Deborah Voight, Michael Feinstein, Audra McDonald, The Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in venues including Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, The Hollywood Bowl, The Sydney Opera House and The White House.
Among his honors are The Johnny Mercer Songwriter Award, The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, The Jonathan Larson Award, The Kleban Award, The Los Angeles Ovation Award (for the revue IT’S ONLY LIFE), The DVD Premiere Award (for the song “Better Than I”), and the first annual Fred Ebb Award.
He has written scores for the musicals URBAN MYTHS, LAVENDER GIRL, Broadway’s A CATERED AFFAIR (winner of the Drama League Award for Best Musical, with a book by Harvey Fierstein), IT’S ONLY LIFE, and the Dreamworks animated film JOSEPH, KING OF DREAMS, and lyrics for the children’s musical SIMEON’s GIFT (with a book by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton and music by Ian Fraser). Some recordings of his work are: GRATEFUL, THE SONGS OF JOHN BUCCHINO (with companion songbook), SOLITUDE LESSONS (another collection of original songs), ON RICHARD RODGERS’ PIANO (solo piano interpretations of Rodgers songs on the composer’s own Steinway), and the PS Classics releases of the IT’S ONLY LIFE (with companion songbook) and A CATERED AFFAIR cast albums. As part of their Julie Andrews Collection, Harper Collins published a children's book, based on John’s song, called “Grateful, A Song of Giving Thanks” which was awarded the Parents’ Choice Gold Award.
March is Cabaret month. I hope you have or will take advantage of our weekend of festivities. You have the opportunity of seeing me and many others on
March 13, 14, and 15th.
Pamela - On Demand!
True to its title, this show allows you, the audience, to choose which song you'd like me to sing. The evening doesn't stop with me, however. Your ticket allows you to see several other singers for a full evening of entertainment until 10:00 PM if you wish.
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
7:00 PM
Doug Hammer on Piano
Blacksmith House
Cambridge Center for Adult Education
56 Brattle Street in Cambridge
(Validated parking for Charles Hotel and University Garage)
It is likely that this show will sell out so if you're interested,
please get your tickets now!
To purchase tickets go to:
See Pamela in a reprise of her show -
Torch Songs and Other Hot Numbers!
Friday, March 24th at 7:30 PM
BOSTON ASSOCIATION OF CABARET ARTISTS
in a four day BACA Cabaret Celebration.
Jimmy Tingle's Off Broadway Theater, 255 Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville MA
Call 866-811-4111 for tickets and directions, or visit .
This show was SOLD OUT when it was performed on February 4th.
Don't miss it…reserve your seat now!
See Pamela perform in a special weekend of music and song:
Cabaret By the Sea
March 31, April 1, and April 2, 2006
Ogunquit, Maine
Featuring 7 wonderful cabaret artists in a series of shows
The performers are:
Michelle Currie, Kevin Douglass, Pamela Enders, Linette Miles, Alisa D. Miles, Alexia B. Motley, and Tony Perry with Tim Evans at the piano.
For more information please see .
Torch Songs and Other Hot Numbers
(the new and improved version!)
First performed four years ago to a standing-room-only audience, Torch Songs is a funny, poignant, and sassy evening of music featuring beloved standards from the Great American Songbook, Broadway show-stoppers, and hilarious comic numbers. Pamela has added many new songs for this special performance with Joe Della Penna at the piano.
Show Reviews:
CABARET JOY
The face of cabaret has changed. It used to be shrouded in mystery-in out-of-the-way, smoke filled cafes where performers crooned until the wee hours and patrons drank their scotch and sodas in the dark. Now that the smoke has disappeared, more often than not, the booze has, too. Venues like the "cabaret connection" at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education (In Harvard Square) offer a "theatrical" evening of cabaret. The shows may have a theme; some have a script, and often there's little difference between "cabaret" and a "theater" evening like Elaine Stritch's one-woman, Tony award winning performance in which she held forth (and told a few tales out of school) and sang her signature songs.
Pamela Enders' sparkling evening of torch songs last weekend combined her favorite music with touching memories, in a theatrical cabaret offering. Sweet stories of courtship were punctuated with witty remembrances and hilarious lyrics like the come-on from Sweet Charity, "Hey, Big Spender" (with one-man band Joe Della Penna on both keyboard and foot-pounding "organic" percussion) and Andy Razaf's cheeky "Handy Man"-with Enders channeling Peggy Lee and Mae West to regale us with what he can do for her front lawn.
Enders is such an elegant performer, with a sophisticated, soft, honey sound, that you're taken aback-and thoroughly amused-when she lets her hair down in a slightly naughty song like the Kander & Ebb teaser, "Arthur in the Afternoon" from And the World Goes Round. You would expect her French, and her Parisian vibrato, to be impeccable in Edith Piaf's "La Vie en Rose"-and it is!
Enders can break your heart with a love song to her late Labrador retriever and she gets way down, out of her normal range, for the funeral lament from Porgy and Bess. She puts a feminist spin on the Johnny Mercer standard, "Goody, Goody" and delivers a delicious parody, called "Hot Flash," of the Martha Reeves and the Vandellas' top-40 hit, "Heat Wave."
She opens the show with a classic Morton Gould/ Dorothy Fields number, "There Must Be Somethin' Better Than Love" and now we know. The only thing better than love is Enders singing about it.
For Theater Mirror
February, 2006
Beverly Creasey
Independent Reviewers
41 South Crescent Circuit
Boston, MA 02105
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