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The Bon
Soir Reopens |
News/June 2012 |
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Owners
of
the
recently
opened
Pink
Elephant
night
club
in
Greenwich
Village
were
quick
to
honor
the
history
of
their
new
venue. |
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Familiar Sounds Across the Pond
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July
21,
2012 |
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Carla
Del
Villaggio
(New
York) |
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Carla
Del
Villaggio
is a
marvelous
tribute
artist
who
recently
re-opened
the
Bon
Soir
in
New
York.
Her
vocals
and
fantastic
costumes
help
create
a
spot
on
illusion
as
Barbra.
Carla
will
be
appearing
at
the
West
Bank
Cafe
on
July
25
with
her
show,
Barbra,
Back
to
Broadway.
For
more
information
about
Carla,
visit
her
web
site
at
simplystreisand.net. |
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Lisa
Faye
(London) |
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Lisa
Faye
recently
ended
a
successful
run
in
the
West
End
with
her
show,
"Streisand
-
The
Main
Event."
Lisa
tells
us
her
show
"is
a
musical
celebration,
not
a
tribute
act."
She
will
reprise
her
London
show
(for
one
night
only)
at
Upstairs
At
The
Gatehouse
in
Highgate
Village
on
Aug.
11.
To
learn
more
about
Lisa,
and
for
ticket
information,
visit
lisa-faye.com. |
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Inside the
(new) Bon Soir
June 27, 2012
On June 4, Streisand
impersonator Carla del
Villaggio headlined a
tribute to the real Barbra
Streisand at New York's
newest
nightclub, Bon Soir at
the Pink Elephant.
It's the same location
that was the original
Bon Soir back in the
1960s and the place where
Barbra Streisand got her
start as a professional
singer.
At
the (new) Bon Soir: Carla
del Villaggio as Barbra
Carla has posted a video
from her performance of
June 4th - our
first updated glimpse inside the
hallowed (but renovated)
showroom.
Go to Carla's
Facebook page
and see what the
inside of Bon Soir looks
like today.
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Bon Soir
Reopens ... with Barbra
Tribute
June 7, 2012
The Pink Elephant
nightclub opened last
week in the space once
occupied by legendary
Bon Soir.
Barbra Streisand, of
course, achieved
monumental notoriety
at the Bon Soir
during the early days
of her career.
And this past Monday,
the new owners were
quick to pay homage to
both Barbra and the
Bon Soir with a
special tribute
evening. The exclusive
invitation to the
event reads as
follows:
In
1960,
an
unknown
singer
named
Barbra
Streisand
was
discovered
in a
little
Greenwich
Village
nightclub
called
the
Bon
Soir.
Things
worked
out
well
for
Barbra,
but
the
Bon
Soir
closed
in
the
60's.
A
brand
new
club,
Pink
Elephant,
has
just
opened
in
the
legendary
space.
Tonight,
the
Bon
Soir
is
back.
And
so
is
Barbra,
for
one
night
only.
Please
join
us
for
cocktails
as
Carla
delVillaggio
stars
in
an
extraordinary
recreation
of
Streisand's
most
iconic
moments.
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Bon Soir to
Reopen
April
12, 2012
Did
you
ever
wish
you
could
visit
the
old
Bon
Soir
nightclub
in
New
York?
Well,
soon
you'll
be
able
to
do
just
that.
The
famed
Greenwich
nightclub
where
Barbra
Streisand
achieved
early
success
as a
nightclub
performer
is
set
to
reopen
under
another
name
on
May 31.
The
4,000
square-foot
space
once
occupied
by
The
Bon
Soir
will
open
as a
trendy
Village
nightclub
called
Pink
Elephant.
The
new
club
will
offer
"intimate,
elegant,
cabaret-style
entertainment
...
paying
homage
to
the
Village
and
nostalgic
history
when
people
dressed
up
for
a
night
out
on
the
town."
Pink
Elephant
is a
favorite
destination
for
jetsetters
with
clubs
in
Brazil,
Mexico,
and
soon
Las
Vegas
and
Dubai.
The
old
Bon
Soir
location
has
been
boarded
up
and
dormant
for
decades.
The
opening
of a
new
nightclub
in
the
same
space
- 50
years
after
she
last
appeared
there
-
will
give
people
another
opportunity
to
explore
and rediscover
Barbra
Streisand's
Greenwich
Village
roots.
In
2010,
The
Lion,
where
Barbra
first
sang
as a
paid
performer
reopened
around
the
corner.
David Sarner, who heads Pink Elephant, spoke about the opening
with Steve Lewis of
blackbookmag.com:
"We
wanted a venue that was easily accessible to get to and, just
as importantly, leave, so we didn’t want to be too close to
anyone else. The 8th street location is perfect because it’s
directly between the Meatpacking District and the Lower East
Side, and it’s very accessible from both 5th and 6th Avenues.
Additionally, the whole block is going upscale with the team
from The Bowery Hotel opening a boutique hotel on the block,
the team from Masa opening an amazing new Japanese restaurant,
Stumptown Coffee Roasters is opening adjacent to Pink
Elephant, as well as several other places which are in various
stages of development. The space itself is unique because it
has a tremendous history in the annals of New York nightlife
for being the home of a number of famous venues for over a
hundred years. I loved the idea of paying tribute and
rediscovering the history of this great venue.
In the 1920s, it was Rominy Marie’s, a club for all the great
political thinkers, artists, poets, designers and bon vivants
of the day, including Eugene O’Neil, Picasso, Calder, Brancusi,
Duchamp, E.E. Cummings, Noguchi, Stieglitz, de Kooning, and
tons of other major talents that are still remembered today by
a single name.
Then, in the 1950s and ‘60s it was the Bon Soir, a cabaret
that had some of the hottest talents of the day. Barbra
Streisand actually got her start in this very room. Pink
Elephant will also feature weekly cabaret performances that
are directly reflective of entertainment from the jazz era
through the 1960s, from torch song singers, songstresses, and
other styles of entertainment, more Café Carlyle than The Box.
In fact, in June, our first cabaret event is with Carla
DelVillaggio whose Streisand-channeled performances are
amazing and uncanny."
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