Jeff Harnar
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| Genres | Pop standards Showtunes |
| Labels | PS Classics |
| Website | www.jeffharnar.com |
Jeff Harnar is an American cabaret singer and recording artist.
Appearances[edit]
CARNEGIE HALL: Carnegie Hall appearances include the Cole Porter Centennial (1991) and Noel Coward Centennial (1998).
Carnegie Weill Recital Hall appearances include “A Talent To Amuse,” a Noel Coward Celebration Hosted by Sheridan Morley (1992); The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s celebrations of Cole Porter (2015) and Jimmy Van Heusen (2017) and a sold-out solo concert in 1993.
Carnegie Zankel Hall appearances include Michael Feinstein’s celebration of Jule Styne (2012).
TELEVISION: “The 1959 Broadway Songbook” (PBS); “Remember: Songs of the Holidays” with KT Sullivan (PBS); as the Singing Narrator of “Gershwin on Ice” starring Dorothy Hamill (A&E); CBS This Morning (Rodgers & Hammerstein Centennial) and “American Songbook Live from NJPAC: Stephen Sondheim” with KT Sullivan (PBS)
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS “I Got Rhythm: Mickey & Judy’s Hollywood” co-starring Shauna Hicks with The San Diego, Raleigh North Carolina, Spokane, Des Moines, Albany, Middletown Ohio Symphony Orchestras and at New York’s Town Hall with the Barry Levitt Orchestra.
MAJOR CABARET ENGAGEMENTS: NEW YORK: The historic Oak Room at The Algonquin Hotel; Feinstein’s/54 Below; Feinstein’s at The Regency, The Ballroom; The Firebird Cafe, The Russian Tea Room, and The Laurie Beechman Theater.
LOS ANGELES: The Cinegrill at The Hollywood Roosevelt
SAN FRANCISCO: The Plush Room at The York Hotel CHICAGO: Talouse, Davenport’s, The Mayfair Hotel
FLORIDA: The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, The Delray Beach Playhouse, Mizner Cultural Park in Boca Raton, The Asolo Repertory Theater in Sarasota
OFF-BROADWAY “The 1959 Broadway Songbook” 59e59 Theatres
FILM: The Nightclub Singer in “A Portrait if James Dean” (2012, Iconoclast)[1]
PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS: The Kravis (Palm Beach FL); NJPAC (New Jersey); Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center (NY), The Bay Street Playhouse (Sag Harbor, NY), The Signature Theater (Arlington VA); The Arts Garage (Delray Beach, FL); The Crest Theater (Delray Beach, FL); BlackRock Center For the Arts (Germantown, MD)
TOURING: As the Singing Narrator of “Gershwin on Ice” starring Dorothy Hamill: The Orpheum Theater in Memphis, The Hilton Atlantic City; and Foxwoods Resort Casino (1998)
OPENING ACT: For the McGuire Sisters at The Carousel Dinner Theater Akron, OH (1991) For Julie Wilson (1996), Vivian Reed (2005) and Barbara Carroll (2008) at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY
CRUISE LINES: Include Regent, Oceania, Cunard, Crystal, Holland America, Celebrity, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean and Royal Viking
Awards[edit]
Jeff Harnar is a multi-Award-winning performer and Director
Performer[edit]
2012 THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION AWARD
2015 THE DONALD F. SMITH AWARD
2022 NATIONAL HONOREE OF THE CHICAGO CABARET PROFESSIONALS
2022 THE MABEL MERCER FOUNDATION’S MABEL MERCER AWARD
BROADWAY WORLD CABARET AWARD[edit]
Best Male Vocalist 2014
Best Male Vocalist 2015
Best Male Vocalist 2017
Best Vocalist 2022
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATION OF CABARET AWARD (MAC AWARD)[edit]
Best Male Vocalist 1988
Best Male Vocalist 1990
Outstanding Revue 2016 - “Another Hundred People” with KT Sullivan
Major Male Artist 2018
Major Male Artist 2020
Major Recording 2023 “I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words”
Celebrity Artist 2023
Major Recording 2024 "A Collective Cy: Jeff Harnar Sings Cy Coleman"[2]
BISTRO AWARD[edit]
Best Newcomer 1987
Outstanding Male Vocalist 1988
Outstanding Show 1989 - “Carried Away: Jeff Harnar sings Comden & Green
Outstanding Show 2006 - “A Collective Cy”
Outstanding Revue 2016 - “Another Hundred People” with KT Sullivan
Director[edit]
BROADWAY WORLD CABARET AWARD[edit]
Best Director 2018
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATION OF CABARET AWARD (MAC AWARD)[edit]
Best Director 2017
Best Director 2018
Best Director 2024[3]
BISTRO AWARD[edit]
Outstanding Director 2017
Directing[edit]
Major Directing projects include:
“Tovah is Leona!”
Feinstein’s 54 Below
The Guild Hall (East Hampton NY)
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center (NY)
MAC Award Celebrity Artist nomination (Tovah Feldshuh)
MAC Award Best Director
Broadway World Award Best Director
“Aging is Optional”
Feinstein’s 54 Below
Feinstein’s at The Niko (San Francisco)
The Razz Room (Philadelphia PA)
“Much More: A Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt Songbook”
The Laurie Beechman Theater
MAC Award Best Director
DAWN DEROW
“My Ship: Songs from 1941”
The Laurie Beechman Theater
The Cape May Playhouse
The Crown & Anchor (Provincetown MA)
MAC Award Female Vocalist Dawn Derow
Bistro Award Best Director
“The House That Built Me”
The Laurie Beechman Theater
JOSEPHINE SANGES
“Come Rain or Come Shine:
"Josephine Sanges sings Harold Arlen”
The Laurie Beechman Theater
Davenport’s (Chicago IL)
MAC Award Female Vocalist (Josephine Sanges)
CELIA BERK:
“You Can’t Rush Spring”
The Metropolitan Room
Broadway World Cabaret Award Best Show
MAC Award New York Debut (Celia Berk)
Margaret Whiting Award (Celia Berk)
“Manhattan Serenade”
The Metropolitan Room
MARGO BROWN
“Margo sings Mercer”
The Metropolitan Room
Don’t Tell Mama
Broadway World Award New York Debut (Margo Brown)
“You’re All The World To Me”
Feinstein’s 54 Below
“You and The Night and The Music”
Feinstein’s at The Regency
JUDI MARK:
“Dancing Through Life”
The Triad
The Laurie Beechman Theater
“Merely Marvelous: The Songs Of Gwen Verdon”
Don’t Tell Mama
RICHARD HOLBROOK:
"Twenty Plus Three/Four In 2023/2024"
54 Below
BECCA C KIDWELL:
"Together Inside"[4]
Don't Tell Mama
"If You Hadn't But You Did, songs of love, sex, and murder"[5]
Don't Tell Mama
Club Cafe Boston
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
- A Collective Cy: Jeff Harnar Sings Cy Coleman (PS Classics, 2023)[6]
- I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words (PS Classics, 2022)[7]
- Dancing In The Dark (PS Classics, 2005)[8]
- Sammy Cahn: All the Way (Jerome Records, 2001)[9]
- Because of You: Fifties Gold (Varese Sarabande Records,1997)[10]
- 1959 Broadway Songbook (Original Cast Records, 1991)[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jeff Harnar". IMDB. IMDB. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "2024 Year by Year". MACNYC.org. Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "2024 Year by Year". MACNYC.org. Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets.
- ^ Mosher, Stephen. "Review: With TOGETHER INSIDE at Don't Tell Mama Becca Kidwell Graduates". BroadwayWorld.com. BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ Greenberg, Bart. "Becca Kidwell: If You Hadn't but You Did: Songs of Love, Sex and Murder". Cabaret Scenes. Cabaret Scenes. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "A Collective Cy: Jeff Harnar Sings Cy Coleman". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "I Know Things Now: My Life In Sondheim's Words". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Dancing in the Dark". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Sammy Cahn: All The Way". AllMusic. AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Because of You (Fifties Gold)". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Jeff Harnar - Jeff Harnar Sings The 1959 Broadway Songbook". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
External links[edit]
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- American jazz singers
- American male singers
- New Trier High School alumni
- American LGBT musicians
- Tisch School of the Arts alumni
- Living people
- 1959 births
- Musicians from Manhattan Beach, California
- Nightclub performers
- Singers from California
- People from Kenilworth, Illinois
- Jazz musicians from Illinois
- American male jazz musicians
- Jazz musicians from California