The girls and I are pumped to do our new show at Drury Lane Water Tower on June 30th...we are going to do a two act show and the first act will be our amazing Burt Bacharach show.  This event is kind of unprecedented because they haven't' had solo artists performing on that stage since the 70's, when the likes of Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerals graced the stage.  Recently, they have been hosting large cast shows, focused on themes of composers (with Chicago Cabaret Professionals, which I have been very lucky to be a part of...), but this is a bit of a more specialized endeavor, where the spotlight is on local Chicago Headliners.  We feel pretty honored that the Drury Lane folks have deemed us big enough concert artists to set this new precidence.  Believe me, for only $25, you are getting ahell of a deal because you are basically seeing up perform our two biggest shows in one night.  We will be fricken exhausted afterwards and need a big ol glass of wine LOL

I have been taking a break with my schedule due to some health problems.  I have ben feeling a ton better lately and have all my meds leveled out (not mental, I assure you LOL) but it's strange for me to see my calendar virtually empty for the summer.

I am lookinf forward to booking up my fall and working a lot more with Gabriel Datcu and come of my other buddies....I am going to focus more on creating some originals and get these old broad bones back in the clubs.

Raising my family is my first priority and my little kittens are all really cool and supportive. They all love that mommy sings and they love music.  One of two of them are incredible singers already.  Hello, Mama Rose.  Sing it again!  Sing it better!!!

From Howard Reich at Chicago Tribune (5/20/08)
"Though the cast included several fine singers—all members of Chicago Cabaret Professionals, a non-profit advocacy group—one stood out. Even if she hadn't been evoking the style and era of Clooney, Heather Moran would have deserved the ovations she received for the bloom of her tone and the nuance of her interpretations.

Certainly Moran's ultra-slow and wistful account of "Hey There" pointed poetically to the older-wiser chapters of Clooney's career. Yet on a dime she turned around and romped through "Botch-A-Me" and "Mambo Italiano," lavishing plenty of spirit on the tunes and giving them more credibility than they rightly deserved."

From Carla Gordon at Cabaret Exchage (5/21/08)
"...However, many times it would have been better for the singers, rather than the hosts, to introduce their own songs.  Connection between singer and audience is among the better aspects of the cabaret art. At times we wanted more.

 

For example, when Heather Moran entered talking to the audience about the flowers on the floor, a magical connection began that carried throughout her vocally solid, high octane performances of both the uptempo Mambo Italiano"(If you grew up in the Fifties, that was a frequent flyer on your parents' record player…)  and a layered rendition of "Hey There." Moran is remarkably like Clooney in vocal timbre and diction. That, combined with Moran's dialogue with the audience as herself, respect for the lyrics and even the band, won the intense singer-composer-audience connection that makes cabaret remarkable."

From Michael Roberts at ShowbizChicago.com (5/21/08)

"...Heather Moran, who was in exceptionally grand voice, did a fun arrangement of "Hey There" and a poignant "How Will I Remember You" in the second act."

Thanks to all who came out to see the Drury Lane Water Tower show...