Curvy in the City of Angels and the official last post of 2011!

The City of Angels, specifically Studio City,  will forever be in the hearts of these curvy girls.  Our first ever official cabaret show, under the musical direction of Dan Ellis, was a truly amazing experience.  The room was filled with friends and family and even a couple of reviewers.  But, we’ll get to that…

It all started in June with confirmation of our being booked at Sterling’s Upstairs at Vitellos, a Los Angeles gem of a cabaret room and supper club reminiscent of  NYC.   Then it became a whirlwind of rehearsals, song choices, shows and just plain ol’ hard work! But, it was definitely all worth it!  We even had an official merchandise table (run by Karen’s MIL and SIL, thanks girls!) filled with cute stuff to buy and buy they did!

We were fortunate enough to be reviewed by 2 reviewers, Don Grigware  Don Grigware is an Ovation nominated actor and writer whose contributions to theatre through the years have included 6 years as theatre editor of NoHoLA, a contributor to LA Stage magazine and currently on his own website:    www.grigwaretalkstheatre.com    Here’s our review!  http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Reviews-Dangerous-Curves-Deliver-Harmoniously-Sterlings-20111206##ixzz1gpMFSnkm

and secondly by   Robert Machray   Robert Machray has appeared in over 150 plays and has worked at 14 Tony Award-winning theatres. He has been nominated for and won numerous awards. Robert has a B.A. from Yale and an M.F.A. from USC. He has taught at USC, UCLA, UCSB, and Pasadena City College. …   Visit Robert Machray’s author page — Robert Machray’s Blog    And here’s this one!  http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/cabaret-review-la-dangerous-curves-at/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bc%2Freviews+%28Blogcritics+Reviews%29#ixzz1gpMXawby

Here we are with Michael Sterling after our show and after a delicious meal of  salad and pasta (gluten free!) and lovely wine.

We are beside ourselves with glee and gratitude over these reviews!  We simply have to thank our husbands, our families and our friends for all their time, love and support in our effort to elevate and share our music beyond Las Vegas.  This endeavor would not happen without them and we are so blessed to have each and every one of them in our lives.

The world is looking mighty rosy and curvy as we peer into 2012.  Come along with us and let’s live out our dreams together!  Dangerous Curves is about the beauty of music and the strength of self. No matter who you are, where you are, what you are, you can achieve your dreams!  Let us know your plans and dreams and schemes for 2012, we’d love to hear from you.

The girls of Dangerous Curves, Lisa Smith, Margaret Menzies and Karen Michaels wish you a love-filled Holiday season, and a dream-filled 2012!

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Happy Thanksgiving and Hello LA from the girls of Dangerous Curves!

Can you believe it’s almost Thanksgiving?! We’ll tell you a big, curvy secret…WE CAN’T EITHER!  We’ve been writing shows, writing new arrangements, recording in the studio for our new Christmas EP and preparing for our cabaret debut at Sterling’s Upstairs at Vitello’s! To tell you the truth, it really is time for some delicious turkey, stuffing and a lovely glass of Chardonnay! Gluten free for Lisa, please! Check out her Gluten Free info here! 

Last weekend, we had the pleasure of performing at one of our local and beautiful theatres, Freedom Hall. What a lovely audience on a fab Vegas Sunday afternoon! We performed many Dangerous Curves favorites like our Radio Medley, with songs such as Sentimental Journey, Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy and features of actual radio moments of the past, Natural Woman, I’m A Woman and many more!

We even had a real merchandise table with our new items! A darling T shirt, a handy shopping bag, a useful keychain and of course our CD, Girl Talk!

We were quite overwhelmed with everyone’s interest and generosity with our merch and very grateful!  If you are interested in any of our items check out our Curvy Boutique.

Now, our focus is on December 4th and our cabaret debut at Sterling’s Upstairs at Vitello’s! Our show is called, Dangerous Curves…finding Harmony on the road less traveled… it is a blend of some of our faves and new arrangements too!  From Judy Garland to Stephen Sondheim to contemporary composers like Scott Alan, we are taking you on a musical journey to share the Dangerous Curves message.  What is that message?  YOU are wonderful and powerful, exactly as you are!  Work hard to make the most of yourself and you are sure to achieve love and success! It is our goal for ourselves and we want to share it with you! Plus, as you can see we just have so much fun with each other and our fabulous Musical Director, Dan Ellis, what better way to spend a Sunday evening than with Dangerous Curves?! Make reservations right away!

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Sam’s Town, Suncoast, San Gennaro Feast, Studio Time…

Let’s stick with the apparent “S” theme and say it’s been a simply spectacular time in this Curvy adventure of ours!

We had the pleasure of hosting the Thursday afternoon shows at Sam’s Town and the Suncoast Hotel & Casino with some truly amazing talent! Entertainers like, Tony Sacca, Art Vargas, Laura Schaffer, Dennis Michaels, some of the cast of Smokey Joe’s Cafe and Big Daddy Jeff Wayne (who is hilarious) to name just a few!  The audiences for these shows are absolutely wonderful and loving and we always have a fantastic time.

The San Gennaro Feast was held at the Rio and we performed on the main stage Wednesday night.  It rained all day until 4pm and then poof! Perfect, balmy,  breezy weather! Once again,  the audience was exuberant and loving and we had a blast!  The band, headed by our musical director, Dan Ellis, was fantastic! Other performers included the likes of  Lena Prima (we love her voice!), Domenick Allen, impersonators (Cher and Pat Benatar came out to play) and SO many more! The Festival is so much fun! Great food and fun and rides.  Check out that awesome Ferris Wheel in the background! You may be getting ready for the Autumn Equinox, (this Friday, September 23rd at 9:05 am Universal Time!) but we have visions of sugar plums and sleigh rides in the snow in ours! Yes, we are in the studio again and this time it’s for our first ever Holiday EP!  We are so excited,  we can hardly hold on to our proverbial Christmas stockings!  And, what a perfect stocking stuffer it would make!  As soon as we can, we’ll let you know the “what, where and how”!

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The Big Apple in Sin City!

Sin City put on her fancy pants, Wednesday and Thursday (August 24th and 25th) and welcomed Jim Caruso’s Cast Party straight from NYC and Birdland and locally produced by Dennis Ritz.  Cast Party is headlined by the sensational duo of Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch!  These two men exude charisma, charm and talent and it was an absolute pleasure to watch them work.

But, we are getting ahead of our Curvy selves! In case you are one of the 3 people who don’t know, let us tell you what Cast Party is all about! The Dynamic Duo comes to your town and and showcases some of the fabulous talent that resides there! Jim is the host and graciously leads each person through their “moment to shine”, while Billy’s monumental skills as an accompanist lift each singer to their best performance.  You can find their schedule here and even request a visit to your city!  Nothing but curvalicious fun!

Alexis Park All Suite Resort was the host hotel and they did a great job with room set up, delicious food offerings and yummy drinks served by great girls and guys, like our cocktail waitress, Brandi.

Now speaking of curvalicious fun, your very own Dangerous Curves were honored to perform not one, but two songs! We did our own curvified (thanks Gret for that great word!) versions of “Cloudburst” and “I’m A Woman” and had an absolute blast!  The room was positively filled to the brim with talent, like Kelly Clinton-Holmes, Clint Holmes, Bill Fayne, Dennis Michaels (yes, Karen’s husband did an awesome job on a comedy piece by Marcy and Zina!), Frankie Moreno and SO many more!  Read a full rundown of both nights and the great work done by all, by Las Vegas’ own and friend of the Curves, Claire Voyant.  If you missed it this time you are in luck! Jim Caruso’s Cast Party will be returning in September! Stay tuned!

We are about to go into the studio to begin recording on our newest CD, which will be released around December.  Yes, it was 106 degress today in fabulous Sin City, but we are thinking snowflakes, hallelujahs and midnight clears!  Uh-oh!  We don’t want to give away too much, but we are SO excited about this CD!

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Curvy and Talkin’ with The Will Edwards Show

We had the absolute delight and honor to be the musical guests of the newest talk show in Las Vegas, The Will Edwards Show.  Here’s their press release:

“The Will Edwards Show LIVE near the Las Vegas Strip! is a new local hot comedy variety late night talk show. Come on down to Theatre 7 in the Arts District and check out this local grown entertainment spectacular. We have a local special guest, video comedy sketches, local musical guests and The Will Edwards Show special game show segment where guests can play to win some great prizes. Tickets are $10 and include a drink. Join us for a local comedy experience. Every show is always different and fun.”

We have never done anything like that and we had a total blast! Here we are on the “red carpet” meet and greet area before the show!

We must admit it was quite fun to make an appearance of this kind! Interviews, singing and even a cocktail!  The team at The Will Edwards Show took very good care of us and we wish everyone the best in this fabulous endeavor!  You can follow the show on twitter @willtheshow.

Married in Las Vegas, Christmas carols in July, an LA debut and a new MD!

Just reading the title makes our Curvy selves shiver with delight!  Yes, its been a while since the Curves have posted in the blogosphere.  It’s not been for want or desire!  There’s lots going on in Curvy Land and it’s about time to catch up and share!

The most obvious piece of exciting news is our move to WordPress.com!  We loved our Blogger blog, but we just felt the need to get a fresh perspective on blogging about our Curvy adventures. Share us with your friends…we’d be ever so grateful!

Last month was filled with some wonderful opportunities for us but the highlight  of the month was the gig we had for Vodafone, UK.  The guests thought they were attending a real Las Vegas wedding.  Boy, were they in for a surprise! From wacky bridesmaids/nuns (that was us!) to barbershop style groomsmen (Fifth Ave), a handsome and wild Minister (Ron Smith), the crazy parents (Rob Hyatt and Terry Gandy) of the bride (Jennifer Vossmer) and of course the groom-turned-Elvis (Brian Mills) they were all in for quite a ride! We spent the whole evening entertaining these fine folks with awesome songs like “Say A Little Prayer” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” to our zany and splashy Nuns number, “I Will Follow Him”. There were silly antics like hoola hoops and a real pink Cadillac that drives right into the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel!  It was truly one of the most fun corporate gigs we have ever had and wonderful to be able to use our acting chops as well as sing.  As you can see, when the Curves get together, there is nothing but fun!

So, where do snowflakes and Christmas carols come in to play, here?  Dangerous Curves is hard at work on their sophomore effort in recording and this time it will be a Christmas EP. We are working on and singing through arrangements from all over the globe! As soon as we make our final song choices, we’ll let you know…meanwhile, it sure does help keep us cool in the hot summer sun of Vegas to sing through these super cool stylings of the season.

OK! ARE YOU READY?!  Dangerous Curves is THRILLED to announce their Los Angeles cabaret debut on December 4th, 2011 at Sterling’s Upstairs at Vitellos!  Cited as “LA’s cabaret destination” by the Los Angeles Times, Sterling’s Upstairs at Vitellos is the #1 Cabaret Supper Club in the greater Los Angeles area!  Stop it!!! How super curvy-licious is that?!  We are beyond excited for this enormous opportunity and we are already hard at work, writing this show.

We knew we had to bring in some big guns so along with that announcement, the Curves are over-the-moon to announce that  Dan Ellis has been officially chosen as our Musical Director.  Here’s a bit about Dan, straight from his Reverbnation page.

“Dan Ellis is not only the bandleader of the Las Vegas Classic Jazz Band, he’s the music director for the newest production to hit the Las Vegas Strip: Nunsense, at the Las Vegas Hilton. He is also the music director for “DRINKIN’ – SINGIN’ – SWINGIN’ – Salute to Frank Sinatra – Sammy Davis Jr. – Dean Martin.” which recently performed to a sold-out crowd of 5,000 at the Colloseum at Caesars Windsor, Ontario. A Cheesehead by birth (from Green Bay, WI) he met his wife, Vicki, while working the high seas as a Musician Supervisor for Carnival Cruise Lines. He now makes Henderson, NV his home and his proudest achievement is being Dad to sons Christopher (7) and Matthew (3).”

Alright Curvy friends, that is quite an exciting  line up of announcements for a Saturday afternoon in July! Feel free to drop us a line anytime and find us in all these fun places! Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, find us at dangerouscurveslasvegas.com! 

Road Trip to Roadhaven!

February starts us off with a road trip to Arizona. It was so much fun to travel together! We made huge plans, bought lottery tickets, drank wine and, of course, performed our most popular show “Girl Talk” for the lovely folks of Roadhaven Resort!

Our show “Girl Talk” is fully customizable, and we design it to suit our audience. This version included our “Judy Garland” and “Old Time Radio” medleys, uplifting songs like “How You Live” from Point of Grace, one of our faves “I’m A Woman” from Smokey Joes Cafe, and a whole lot more!

We just love these types of shows as they give us the chance to meet our audience. We were treated just beautifully, from help unloading and running our sound, to yummy treats and diet coke back stage…delish!

Plus, we enjoyed some lovely conversation with each other, which believe us is a treat.  Usually we have business to discuss and songs to rehearse and places to visit, but this time we had 6 hours in the car and then hotel time and uninterrupted wine and talk time. We even got locked out of the hotel in the pool area (we were enjoying the spa and talking and we lost track of time)! Luckily, the front desk guy was able to get us back in safe and sound. Just another Curvy adventure!

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Happy New Year 2011!

The Curvy girls wish you a Happy, Blessed and Prosperous New Year!

We are so grateful for all their fans, friends and families, and we could not be following our dreams without you! Whatever road you choose to take this year, may you find peace, joy and great happiness. Follow your dreams, live your life to the fullest and love unconditionally.

Happy New Year!

A Jazzy Christmas!

It is only the 2nd week of December and so much has already been accomplished! The biggest news is that Dangerous Curves produced the Christmas show for the Flamingo Library Theatre, “A Jazzy Christmas” and it was an absolute success! We had special guest stars, we had surprise guests, we had a gorgeous set, we sang the Hallelujah chorus! Yes, it’s true! Three girls in Las Vegas sang the Hallelujah chorus and rocked the house!

We were so very fortunate to have the Swing City Dolls as one of our guests. They are 3, absolutely adorable girls who do the “vintage” thing in a contemporary way. They sang “Hitch A Ride With Santa” and then we did a fantastic “Santa Medley” featuring each Doll on a favorite song-of-the-season with the Curves on back ups. We also had the pleasure of having the popular jazz quartet, Fifth Ave sing their amazing versions of Jolly Old Saint Nicholas and Carol of the Bells/My Favorite Things. If you have never heard these men sing, PUT IT ON THE TOP OF YOUR LIST! Their arrangements (Rob Hyatt) are truly magical and the Curves counted ourselves as lucky that they were available to share the stage with us.

Probably, the best moments for me were sharing the stage with our husbands! Yes, its true, all our husbands are awesome singers and truly brought the house down! Michael (Gret’s hubby) sang “Rudy” a jazzy version of “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” with all of us on back up duty, Ron (Lisa’s hubby) sang “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and my hubby sang “O Holy Night” with all of us on back up as well. The audience couldn’t get enough of our boys and we just loved it!

We made appearances this month at Sam’s Town and Nellis Air Force Base and several private parties and now, its time for a bit of a Christmas break.

All the Curves have lots going on with their solo gigs and family events and of course, our annual Curvy Christmas dinner together! Mmmm, can’t wait for delicious wine and food served up by one of our fave, gluten free place, Maggianos.

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Octoberfest of Music for the Curves!

It was an amazing month of music with the Curvy girls of Dangerous Curves! We sang our curvy tushes off!

Our first jaunt of the month was all the way in China Lake for the ladies of WACOM, an wonderful organization that raises money for those in need in their area. We had to meet up at 5am (thank you Starbucks!) to be on the road to make it in time for our sound check and show. It was a total blast, with Lisa’s Dad, Wayne Rogers taking good care of our sound and getting us safely there and back. Thanks, Wayne!

Next we had a gig at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino for the ladies of JAG. What a sweet group of ladies! We had a blast and they even shared their coffee with us after the show.

We were also invited to perform at the PASNV 20th Anniversary show at one of our favorite venues, the Flamingo LIbrary Theatre. There were lots of great performers there who had performed through the years and it was wonderful to chat with everyone. Lots of great musical memories!

Maybe the most exciting for us was the debut of an acoustic version of our show. We were proud to be a part of the “Green Girl Arts and Jazz Festival” this year. Green Girl empowers and celebrates female artists from spoken word to artist to musician. They also are dedicated to highlighting awareness to the carbon footprint and supporting The Shade Tree Shelter for women and children in need. Tony Bronco, our MD and all around fabulous pianist and person, played for us and it was totally dreamy! We were at The Resort at Mt. Charleston, surrounded by mountains and trees and creatures and singing our show in an MTV unplugged style and it was pure bliss! We felt so open and free and creative and we are ready to do it again!

Now, its Christmas time for the Curves as we prepare for our show on December 5th at the Flamingo Library Theatre. We are writing, producing and performing, and we even have some special guests planned. When all is confirmed, we’ll let you know!

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