My duet in Gotta Getta Gimmick’s interactive caberat was featured in this review of the event. Here’s a quote:

[quote]Jazz singer Kathy Alexander and friend Kelley O’Connor, a Victoria Operatic Society regular, brought down the house with their The Grass Is Always Greener duet from Woman of the Year.[/quote]

Times Colonist – By: Michael D. Reid

Celebrating the musical; Event a must for anyone who loves the spectacle and grandeur of musical theatre

Fabulous doesn’t begin to describe the launch Fof this town’s intoxicating new cultural event, the Chorus/Line/Cabaret.

The brainchild of Victoria’s Gotta Getta Gimmick Arts Society, this new artistic venture isn’t just a dynamic celebration of musical theatre. It’s a love-in for singers, actors, dancers and anyone who’s mad about musicals.

That was the impression at the Belfry Theatre the other night, where an amazing array of local talent belted out show tunes by prolific Broadway composers John Kander and Fred Ebb of Chicago, Cabaret and Kiss of the Spider Woman fame.

Hosted by singing and wisecracking drag queen Gouda Gabor, the event transformed the theatre’s lobby into an intimate cabaret. On a small stage adorned with a glittery red curtain and open mic, society artistic director and pianist Brad L’Ecuyer and drummer Kelby McNair provided musical accompaniment for anyone with the chutzpah to strut their stuff.

A who’s who of Victoria’s theatrical community attended, many clutching sheet music. I felt as if I were back in New York hanging out at lively musical theatre showbars the Duplex and Don’t Tell Mama.

“We specialize in musical theatre but there isn’t a venue in town that gives musical theatre performers a chance to come together and delve into the craft a bit deeper,” said society artistic producer Clayton Baraniuk.

“This is our way of challenging ourselves as artists and engaging the community.”

Jazz singer Kathy Alexander and friend Kelley O’Connor, a Victoria Operatic Society regular, brought down the house with their The Grass Is Always Greener duet from Woman of the Year.

“The draw is you have a bunch of people who’re passionate about musical theatre coming together to play and sing,” said Alexander.

“It’s awesome.”

Josiah George, a Canadian College of Performing Arts student from Duncan, said it was uplifting being in a milieu where people don’t regard you as an oddball because you like show tunes.

“We all started in our hometowns as theatre bums,” George, 19, said. “We finally get to be with our ilk.”

Baraniuk said four events a year are planned, starting in June with a Cy Coleman tribute. Enthusiasts can enrol for free in the society’s Chorus Line Club, a preparatory “musical theatre gym” where ensemble works are studied.