The Invisible Theatre has this habit of making our hot summers even hotter.
And we are grateful for it.
The companyโs almost-annual Sizzling Summer Sounds launches Thursday, July 6 and keeps the heat on through July 14.
The cabaret series brings in some of Tucsonโs top musicians and singers โ and even a few from out of town.
And to make this a big city kind of experience, IT is teaming up with the Skyline Country Club, which provides the venue, and, if you so desire, a dinner (brunch on Sundays) before the show โ those folks will be getting primo seats.
Hereโs whatโs on the cabaret bill:
- โPure Imagination,โ 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, July 6-7. Jack Neubeck, Katherine Byrnes and Daniel โSlyโ Slipetsky team up to croon tunes by award-winning composer Leslie Bricusse. Among his hits: โWhat Kind of Fool Am I?โ,and โPure Imaginationโ from the โWillie Wonka and the Chocolate Factoryโ movie.
- โAn Evening with Steve Ross,โ 8 p.m. Saturday, July 8, and 2 p.m. Sunday, July 9. Ross cruises in from the Big Apple, were the New York Times once called him the โcrown prince of New York cabaret.โ He sings the standards โ think Gershwin, Porter, Sondheim, Coward โ with a voice that instantly seduces. His performances will include a tribute to Fred Astaire.
- โReflections,โ 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 12. Julie Anne, backed up by Richard Katz on keys and Mike Levy on bass, takes a trip through the Great American Songbook.
- โIn the Limelight,โ 8 p.m. July 13. Rob Boone, Christine Vivona and Ray Templin jazz things up performing tunes that were made famous in Vaudeville and on Broadway.
- โI Love Paris,โ 8 p.m. July 14. Neubeck, Byrnes and Slipetsky return with music with a French flair to celebrate Bastille Day.
