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Jeff Harnar
Harnar in 2019
Harnar in 2019
Background information
Born (1959-07-27) July 27, 1959 (age 65)
Manhattan Beach, California
GenresPop standards, showtunes
LabelsPS Classics
Websitewww.jeffharnar.com

Jeff Harnar is an American cabaret singer, director, and recording artist.

Career

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Jeff Harnar has performed for over four decades[1][2][3] at most major cabaret venues. In New York, this includes the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel,[4] Feinstein's 54 Below,[5] Feinstein's at the Regency,[6] The Firebird Cafe,[7] The Ballroom,[8] The Russian Tea Room,[9] the Laurie Beechman Theatre,[10] and Birdland.[11] In Los Angeles and San Francisco, he has appeared at: The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel [12]and The Plush Room at the York Hotel.[13] Internationally, he has performed at The Pheasantry[14] in London.

Collaborations

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Harnar has collaborated with many cabaret, jazz, and musical theatre artists including;

Directing cabaret, he has worked with talent from screen, theatre, and cabaret such as Tovah Feldshuh,[28] Rita Gardner,[29] Dawn Derow,[30] Josephine Sanges,[31] Renee Katz,[32] Celia Berk,[33] Margo Brown,[34] Judi Mark,[35] Anna Bergman,[36] and Becca Kidwell.[37]

Awards

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Harnar's performances, recordings, and directing projects have garnered him multiple MAC Awards (Manhattan Association of Cabarets) and Bistro Awards over the expanse of his career. He won MAC Awards for best male vocalist, major male artist, celebrity artist, outstanding revue, major recording, and best director.[38][39][40][41][42][43] He received Bistro Awards for best newcomer, best male vocalist, outstanding show, outstanding revue, and best director.[44][45][46]

Harnar has won five Broadway World Cabaret Awards as a performer and two as a director.[47][48] He was awarded the Mabel Mercer Foundation Mabel Mercer Award in 2022, [49]received the Donald F Smith Award in 2015, [50]and received the Noel Coward Cabaret Award in 2012.[51] He became the National Honoree of the Chicago Cabaret Professionals that in 2022.[52]

Discography

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Albums

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  • Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn: The Second Time Around (PS Classics 2024)[53]
  • A Collective Cy: Jeff Harnar Sings Cy Coleman (PS Classics, 2023)[54]
  • I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim's Words (PS Classics, 2022)[55]
  • Dancing In The Dark (PS Classics, 2005)[56]
  • Sammy Cahn: All the Way (Jerome Records, 2001)[57]
  • Because of You: Fifties Gold (Varèse Sarabande Records,1997)[58]
  • 1959 Broadway Songbook (Original Cast Records, 1991)[59]

References

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  1. ^ Greenberg, Bart. "Jeff Harnar and Alex Rybeck: Our 40th Anniversary Songbook". Cabaret Scenes. Cabaret Scenes. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Jeff Harnar". AllMusic. AllMusic. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  3. ^ Holden, Stephen. "Review/ Cabaret: A New Singer of Songs". NYTimes.com. New York Times Company. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. ^ Adler, Nicholas. "Interview: So Now You Know with Jeff Harnar". BroadwayWorld.com. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  5. ^ Higgins, Molly. "Jeff Harnar is Revisiting Sammy Cahn With an Expanded Album and 54 Below Concerts". Playbill. Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  6. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Ziemba, Callaway, Reams and Marcovicci to Join Harnar for A Collective Cy". Playbill.com. Playbill. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Firebird Cabaret Set to Fly". New York Daily News. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  8. ^ Greenberg, Bart. "Jeff Harnar: Carried Away". Cabaret Scenes. Cabaret Scenes. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Award-Winning Cabaret, Concert, and Recording Artist Jeff Harnar Continues The Bradstan Cabaret Series". The Eldred Preserve. The Eldred Preserve. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  10. ^ Mosher, Stephen. "Review: Jeff Harnar Knows Cabaret And It Shows In I Know THings Now at The Laurie Beechman Theatre". BroadwayWorld.com. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  11. ^ Cohen, Alix. "Jeff Harnar: It's De-Lovely: Jeff Harnar Sings Cole Porter". Cabaret Scenes. Cabaret Scenes. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  12. ^ Martinez, Julio. "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever". Variety.com. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  13. ^ "A Stellar Convention Lineup / Cabaret stars crowd into San Francisco". SFGate. Hearst Communications, Inc. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn – The Pheasantry". Musical Theatre Review. Musical Theatre Review. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  15. ^ Callahan, Steve. "KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar pay tribute to Sondheim at the Gaslight Cabaret Festival, March 11 and 12". KDHX. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  16. ^ "Our Private World (featuring Liz Callaway)". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  17. ^ "I've Got Your Number (featuring Ann Hampton Callaway)". Spotify. Spotify. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  18. ^ Fassler, Ron. "Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn". Theater Pizzazz. Theater Pizzazz. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  19. ^ "Come Fly With Me". Come Fly With Me (featuring Nicole Zuraitis). Spotify. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  20. ^ Fassler, Ron. "Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn". Theater Pizzazz. Theater Pizzazz. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  21. ^ Culwell-Block, Logan. "Jeff Harnar to Share My Life in Sondheim's Words With New Solo Album". Playbill.com. Playbill. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  22. ^ Patterson, Denny. "Exclusive: Nightclub and Concert Artist Jeff Harnar". Instinct. Instinct Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  23. ^ Lester, Marilyn. "Jeff Harnar at 54 Below—A Triumphant Evening Celebrating Sammy Cahn, a CD and a Birthday". Nitelife Exchange. ScoBar Entertainment. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  24. ^ Higgins, Molly. "Jeff Harnar is Revisiting Sammy Cahn With an Expanded Album and 54 Below Concerts". Playbill.com. Playbill. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  25. ^ Fassler, Ron. "Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn". Theater Pizzazz. Theater Pizzazz. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  26. ^ Delatiner, Barbara. "Long Island Guide: AIDS Benefit". New York Times. New York Times Company. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  27. ^ Drake, David. "The Cabaret Beat: A Collective Cy". Playbill.com. Playbill. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  28. ^ Viagas, Robert. "Tovah Feldshuh Seeks to Prove Aging Is Optional in NYC and the Hamptons August 1–5". Playbill.com. Playbill. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  29. ^ Breyer-Grell, Melody. "A Conversation with Rita Gardner". Cabaret Scenes. Cabaret Scenes. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  30. ^ Dain, Frank. "A Conversation with Dawn Derow". Cabaret Scenes. Cabaret Scenes. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  31. ^ Cohen, Alix. "Josephine Sanges: How My Heart Sings". Woman Around Town. Woman Around Town. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  32. ^ Mathis, Winston. "Renee Katz at Don't Tell Mama". Nitelife Exchange. ScoBar Entertainment. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  33. ^ Wild, Stephi. "Celia Berk Will Reprise A Dream and a Song at the Laurie Beechman Theatre". BroadwayWorld.com. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  34. ^ Chanin, Myra. "Margo Brown's Birthday Debut at Don't Tell Mama". Theater Pizzazz. Theater Pizzazz. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  35. ^ Lester, Marilyn. "Judi Mark Reprises "Merely Marvelous—The Songs of Gwen Verdon" on Wednesdays, October 4 and 11 at Don't Tell Mama". Nitelife Exchange. ScoBar Entertainment. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  36. ^ Sander, Roy. "Anna Bergman". Bistro Awards. Bistro Awards. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  37. ^ Greenberg, Bart. "Becca Kidwell: If You Hadn't but You Did: Songs of Love, Sex and Murder". Cabaret Scenes. Cabaret Scenes. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  38. ^ "MAC Awards - 1989 Year by Year". MACNYC.org. Manhattan Association of Cabarets. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  39. ^ "MAC Awards - 2018 Year by Year". MACNYC.org. Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  40. ^ "MAC Awards - 2023 Year by Year". MACNYC.org. Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  41. ^ "MAC Awards - 2016 Year by Year". MACNYC.org. Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  42. ^ "MAC Awards - 2023 Year by Year". MACNYC.org. Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  43. ^ "MAC Awards - 2024 Year by Year". MACNYC.org. Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  44. ^ Eaker, Sherry. "Spotlight: Jeff Harnar, Appearing March 4". Bistro Awards. Bistro Awards. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  45. ^ "Kelli Barrett, Molly Pope and Jarrod Spector Among Bistro Award Winners". Playbill.com. Playbill. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  46. ^ Dain, Frank. "2018 Bistro Award Winners Announced!". Cabaret Scenes. Cabaret Scenes. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  47. ^ BWW Awards. "Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards". BroadwayWorld.com. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  48. ^ "Cabaret: It's De-Lovely | Jeff Harnar Sings Cole Porter". The Eldred Preserve. The Eldred Preserve. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  49. ^ "Interview: Jeff Harnar celebrates his new album A Collective Cy at London's The Pheasantry". Musical Theatre Review. Musical Theatre Review. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  50. ^ "Donald F. Smith Award, and the Noel Coward Cabaret Award in 2012". Mabel Mercer Foundation. Mabel Mercer Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  51. ^ "Noël Coward Cabaret Award". Mabel Mercer Foundation. Mabel Mercer Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  52. ^ "Gala Honorees". Chicago Cabaret Professionals. Chicago Cabaret Professionals. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  53. ^ Higgins, Molly. "Jeff Harnar is Revisiting Sammy Cahn With an Expanded Album and 54 Below Concerts". Playbill.com. Playbill. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  54. ^ "A Collective Cy: Jeff Harnar Sings Cy Coleman". Spotify. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  55. ^ "I Know Things Now: My Life In Sondheim's Words". Spotify. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  56. ^ "Dancing in the Dark". Spotify. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  57. ^ "Sammy Cahn: All The Way". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  58. ^ "Because of You (Fifties Gold)". Spotify. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  59. ^ "Jeff Harnar - Jeff Harnar Sings The 1959 Broadway Songbook". Discogs. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
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