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t7.NEW YORK THEATER: THE NEW BOHEMIA: A TRIUMPH! BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. The show revives the delights extravaganza of 1920s and 1930s Berlin, Munich, Paris and intellectual-erotic cabaret noir of the Mata Hari era. You can call it the art deco or art nouveau of the New York new theater direction...LA FEMME MAGAZINE

t11.UNDISCOVERED GREAT TALENTS: DIVAS IN THE MAKING. It is not an easy task to write about Sophia Dalle, nor to engage into a dialogue with this macabre and translucent Diva in the making. She lives in a world we are familiar with, and in a cosmos where only most daring thoughts, phantasmagoric visions and idealism blend and fade in. She is idealistic, a spiritual chic and abundant with multidimensional musical talent. She interrupts you all the time, she rushes to freeze and free words of wisdom, you wish you could totally understand, and she challenges your intellect, even though, she disdains ivy league cum laude graduates who analyze everything in life. LA FEMME MAGAZINE

Judy Collins WHO’S WHO OF THE BEST AMERICAN FEMALE SINGERS-ENTERTAINERS: THE BEST AMERICAN FEMALE SINGERS ENTERTAINERS FROM THE COTTON FIELDS ERA TO PRESENT, By MAXIMILLIEN de LAFAYETTE P.4- 19 STARS ILLUSTRATED

155. CABARET: MEET THE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN'S CABARET. BARB JUNGR. BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE

Diva Barb Jungr is a living legend. She is larger than life on stage. She is witty, captivating, warm and boiling with musical lava and unsurpassed vocal virtuosity. An English woman who sings like real, real, real Parisian cabaret singers? Like Piaf, for instance? Not really. Perhaps much better, because he is happier than those stuffy melodramatic French singers who complicate your life. French cabaret is intense because it is drama. Jungr's cabaret is happy, vivacious, filled with joy and hope. They compared her to Ute Lemper, Juliette Greco and Edith Piaf. .ART & STYLE MAGAZINE..

t1.Lyne Tremblay by Maximillien de Lafayette. She is de facto, Canada's most sophisticated, elegant and captivating cabaret Diva and "Femme Fatale". Her voice is an explosion and implosion of warmth, vocal virtuosity, seduction, truthful inner feelings and a magical "Un Je Ne Sais Quoi?". You look at Lyne and the scent of a Parisian Diva of La Belle Epoque or "Les Annees Folles" breath over you. You look at Lyne Tremblay, and Montmartre, Les Grands Boulevards, the dialogues of Jean...LA FEMME MAGAZINE

t2.CABARET: STARS AND LEGENDS, By MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. Wesla Whitfield made her own rules and enlarged the perimeter of performance excellence by sculpting an almost perfect sense of phrasing which magically and very tenderly reached the hearts and souls of multi-varied and demanding audiences. She brought to the traditional world of cabaret music, a very intimate, warm, pensive and personal musical and vocal interpretation which defied conventionalism. This delightful defying and charmingly innovative creativity is...LA FEMME MAGAZINE

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150.THE ESSENTIALS: THE BEST CABARET MUSIC AND SONGS CDs: BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. The ESSENTIALS are those CDs or recordings which are looked upon as major, important and most significant for the genre per se. Cabaret is my forte. Cabaret music is my favorite topic. And I will writing about it, and about the best cabaret CDs of recent years; CDs of American Cabaret singers and songwriters. Unquestionably, the greatest non Parisian, non ethnically French Cabaret singer in the world and outside France is RAQUEL BITTON who currently lives in California...ART & STYLE MAGAZINE..

t25.ENTERTAINMENT/NIGHTLIFE: NEW YORK 12 BEST SPOTS, BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. The most fun places in New York City. The best shows in town. The first class service. The fabulous decor, etc...We have visited New York's fancy and underground entertainment world, and this is what we found for your entertainment and pleasure... LA FEMME MAGAZINE

t34..SUPERSTARS AND LEGENDS: MAXIMILLIEN INTERVIEWS THE DIVAS. LA FEMME MAGAZINE

170-200. WORLD OF CABARET: AMERICAN MUSIC AND THE BIRTH OF CABARET FROM THE EARLY JAZZ ERA TO PRESENT. BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.

Artists, performers, entertainers, musicians, composers and singers of yesteryears and at the dawn of American music were so different from those who came to the scene of the modern American music of the 20^th and 21^st centuries. The music was real musical composition, no Rap crap and heavy metal distorting noises. The lyrics were simple, evocative, poetic and polite and consequently, songs could be sung by all generations and audiences of all ages. The musical productions were either super extravaganzas or daringly intimate and sentimental. ART & STYLE MAGAZINE..

tGLORIA LORING. BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. She did it all with class, beauty, intelligence, style, talent, unique creativity, guts and warmth. And she excelled in everything she accomplished. Grande Dame Loring is a published author, a national speaker, a world-class actress, an international celebrity, a star of the American cinema and television, a leading figure of the American theater and concert halls, a singer, a composer, a lyricist, a songwriter, a producer, a certified yoga teacher, a member of Who's Who in America and The World Who's Who of Women...LA FEMME MAGAZINE

t2.RAQUEL BITTON. BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. She is Edith Piaf’s soul, tears and joy, but she remains herself “The Grande Dame Raquel Bitton” with pure individuality, distinctive style and her own Jewish persona. Raquel Bitton is the foremost and single most important international singer responsible for reviving the repertoire of the legendary Edith Piaf worldwide. Raquel Bitton made her mark on the French world of music. Her previous engagements, appearances and credits include music documentaries and singing for PBS, National Public Radio, recitals at “Carnegie Hall” in New York...LA FEMME MAGAZINE

15.NEW YORK'S ENTERTAINMENT. BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. WORLD HOSPITALITY MAGAZINE

16.NEW YORK'S ART NEWS & EVENTS. WORLD HOSPITALITY MAGAZINE

3.AMERICAN LEGENDS. BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. GRANDE DAME PAULETTE ATTIE: LA CRÈME DE LA CRÈME. SHOWBIZ STAR OF THE YEAR, by MAXIMILLIEN de LAFAYETTE. To call Ms. Attie "Divine" or "Sensational" is a childish approach to understand, feel, sense, explore and admire the beautifully intelligent and warmly captivating multidimensional art and multifaceted universe of her creativity. P.20- 24 STARS ILLUSTRATED

270.WORLD CABARET: BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. NEW YORK CITY- Her October cabaret show at Joe's Pub in New York City was a smashing success. Barb Jungr took New York and the audience by storm. Listening to her albums is a delight. But, seeing her performing on stage is the ultimate musical treat and an experience at many levels, not to miss. From her very first song to Waterloo Sunset, her international hit, Barb Jungr shined brighter than midnight sunset, enrobed with a femme fatale aura, a sensual intellectualism and the implosion of a dignified femme fatale. Her show was a sort of a tribute to Bob Dylan. She sang his biggest hits, her style and her way and she excelled. But, when she delivered Jacques Brel's "Ay Marieke, Marieke", the audience went wild. She mesmerized the hell out of them. ART & STYLE MAGAZINE..

5.THE WORLD MOST FAMOUS AMERICAN FEMALE SINGERS AND NON-AMERICAN FEMALE SINGERS WHO SING IN ENGLISH. THE WORLD 50 FAVORITE FEMALE SINGERS AND ENTERTAINERS IN ALL LANGUAGES. P.177 -182 STARS ILLUSTRATED

22.THE VERY BEST OF NEW YORK, BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. ENTERTAINERS, SINGERS, ARTISTS, ART EVENTS, SHOWS. WORLD HOSPITALITY MAGAZINE

66. GRANDE DAMES AND DIVAS: BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. AMANDA McBROOM: THE ROSE OF ALL ROSES. Amanda McBroom has been called “…the greatest cabaret performer of her generation, an urban poet who writes like an angel and has a voice to match.” And WACJ calls her “The Immortal Living Legend And The Greatest Songwriter/Singer Of All Time”. Today, Amanda McBroom is the greatest songwriter/singer/entertainer in America... ART & STYLE MAGAZINE..

74. ARTISTS AND STARS OF THE YEAR: CINDY BENSON. America's first lady of the tragi-comic theater. ART & STYLE MAGAZINE..

79-80. WORLD-CLASS TALENTS: SOFIA LAITI. ysterious American chanteuse Sofia Laiti is making a big buzz with her recently released CD YOU DON'T KNOW ME, her debut recording of European and American cabaret repertoire. I just said Cabaret Debut, not a singer career debut, because she has already 3 CDs to her credit. She has been classically trained, but for some reasons, she decided to become a jazz singer. A short biography by Alex Henserson in All Music Guide sheds a light on the background of this singer...ART & STYLE MAGAZINE..

CABARET DRAMA. THE RISE AND FALL OF "LA GOULUE". THE FIRST QUEEN OF PARISIAN BURLESQUE CABARET: ENCHANTMENT AND HUMAN DRAMA OF THE WORLD OF CABARET, by MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. Her fall was as dramatic and spectacular as her rise and fame. She earned a fortune but spent it on friends, the needy, the poor, the homeless, the gigolos and scary business investments, including a partnership in an animal-taming act. The once upon a time, famous and wealthy "artiste" became homeless, and old before her time. She was a striper with a heart larger than life but her generosity did not save her from poverty. In 1925 she was found toothless and white-haired in Neuilly-sur-Marne. She returned to Montmartre in 1928 to sell peanuts, cigarettes, roses, cheap dried fruits and matches on the miserable streets of the poor districts of Paris and sometimes near the Moulin Rouge. Yes, she was the toast of Paris. While selling cigarettes in the streets, nobody recognized "La Reine Du Cabaret", the former queen of the Parisian Cabaret and entertainment. She died in 1929 without a name...she had hard time convincing the priest who gave her the last holy sacrament that she was indeed "La Goulue." This is her story and the tale of the early days of Montmatre cabaret and Parisian Can Can... P.209 -222 STARS ILLUSTRATED

THE WORLD OF CABARET FROM A TO Z. BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. ORIGIN, HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, STYLES, GENRES, LEGENDS, CELEBRITIES, STARS, SINGERS, REPERTOIRE, GLAMOUR, ELEGANCE, DRAMA... P.325 STARS ILLUSTRATED

CABARET: THE GREATEST SINGERS OF ALL TIME. WHO IS AND WHO IS NOT A TRUE CABARET SINGER IN THE UNITED STATES? By Maximillien de Lafayette. P.325 STARS ILLUSTRATED

WHO IS AND WHO IS NOT A TRUE CABARET SINGER IN THE UNITED STATES? P.325 STARS ILLUSTRATED

WHO ARE THOSE FEMME FATALES? BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. P.327 PORTRAIT OF A CABARET DIVA . P.328. DEFINING THE STARDOM OF A CABARET STAR . P.332. THE CABARET SONGWRITERS: DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE. P.333. SOPHISTICATION OF THE CABARET SINGER. P.335. INTERNATIONAL POLLS: AMERICA'S BEST CABARET SINGERS-ARTISTS-ENTERTAINERS. P.337. CABARET IS NOT AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT. P.339. WHAT MAKES A SINGER " A CABARET CHANTEUSE"? P.340. THE FIRST KNOWN CABARETS. AUTHENTICITY IN CABARET: HERITAGE AND INNER FEELINGS. P.342. STARS ILLUSTRATED

PLEASE, MADAME LEARN HOW TO PRONOUNCE "E" IN FRENCH. "E" IS PRONOUNCED "EU", NOT EH! P.342. STARS ILLUSTRATED If you are NOT a French-born singer, and you want to sing in French, please observe the following...IMPORTANT ADVICE! P.342. STARS ILLUSTRATED

BE AS AUTHENTIC AS POSSIBLE! EXPAND YOUR REPERTOIRE. P342-343. LA CHANTEUSE DE LA MAISON. P.344. WHAT IS CABARET?P.344. A PROTOTYPE OF A CABARET SINGER: THE AMERICAN-FRENCH CABARET SINGER AND DANCER. P.345. STARS ILLUSTRATED

THE AURA OF THE CAPTIVATING CABARET ARTISTE-CHANTEUSE. BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. CLASS, STYLE, ELEGANCE, GLAMOUR CREATE DRAMA AND PRESENCE. P.346. STARS ILLUSTRATED

HISTORY OF THE FRENCH CABARET AND ENTERTAINMENT BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE.

HISTORY OF MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, SHOWBIZ AND CABARET IN FRANCE FROM THE 17th CENTURY TO PRESENT. BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE. This is the true history of Cabaret and how it came to existence. Our story will bring so many memories and passages of history forgotten in the dark alleys of life and on the dusty shelves of our mind. Some names and places are familiar, while others are obscure and unknown for obvious reasons. More precisely, because many of those places disappeared long time ago from the old Parisian landscape. Some were ravished by the hardship of time, others demolished to give place and definition to modern edifices, offices buildings, parking lots, and in some instances to be replaced by modern Cabarets, facilities and locals. As to people’s names, some were forgotten because, they shined for a while and vanished for reasons we know and reasons we ignore. Once upon a time, their music and words entertained many sad souls and adventurers who found comfort and consolation in their warmth and imaginative style. But, unfortunately, they lost appeal because they became “Demodes” meaning out of fashion and out of style.

THE VERY BEGINNING. P.348. ARISTIDE BRUANT. P.349. THE BIZARRE CABARETS OF PARIS. P.350. THE "CABARET OF HELL" AND THE "CABARET OF HEAVEN" ARE SIDE BY SIDE.P.352.LE MOULIN ROUGE. P.352. STARS ILLUSTRATED