Marimba Cabaret
Marimba Cabaret
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Marimba Cabaret is an evening of songs and stories featuring show tunes and pop covers re-imagined for marimba, vibraphone and voice. Brian Calhoon will sing and play marimba while often joined by percussionist and director, Greg Jukes. Winner of the 2017 Critic’s Choice Award at PortFringe Theater Festival, Marimba Cabaret invites you to undo the taboo in this award-winning musical coming out story.
See what happens when a classically-trained percussionist with a love of showtunes puts on a show. With performances in Boston, Washington D.C., Portland, San Francisco and Provincetown, see where Marimba Cabaret will play next.
"What's a marimba? Like a xylophone, but bigger and more fabulous — just like Brian.”
Meet The Team
Brian Calhoon (credit: Robert Torres)
Brian Calhoon combines his experience as a percussionist and vocalist to perform a diverse collection of music for marimba and his voice. In 2013, Brian made his stiletto debut as marimba soloist with the Boston Gay Men's Chorus during the Candelabra Cantata, opposite "Liberace" (Chad Weirick) in a battle of dueling keyboards.
Director and accompanist Greg Jukes is a percussionist and narrator who creates work that brings together music, acting, and dance in innovative ways. He is a founding member of The Fourth Wall, an internationally touring hybrid arts ensemble in which musicians are also actors and dancers.
Greg Jukes (credit: Robert Torres)
What Others Are Saying
"Such an imaginative concept, and exceptionally executed -- a fabulous time!"
"One of the best shows I've seen in Boston -- and I've seen a lot!"
"It's fun, unexpected, inventive, full of heart, and well done."
"From a total height of 7 feet, Calhoon sang about wanting to dance with somebody, sweeping around the stage in heels that mirrored the confidence in his own voice." - Huntington News, 9/2016
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