Marty Jabara

August / September

Greetings and thank you for your visit.

• On Saturday August 28 I will be performing with Broadway star Beth Malone (Ring of Fire) at Vitello's in Studio City, California at 7:00 PM. This woman can sing - PLUS she's hilarious! And good-looking! For reservations and information, click here .

• In 2009 I formed a duo called Ball & Jabara with the extraordinary actress and singer Franziska Ball of Munich. Our most recent collaboration is called Menschenskinder! - Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Wickeln eingestellt. This "mini-musical" combines familiar melodies, witty parody lyrics and biting social commentary about parenting, sexual politics and other household hazards. The premiere of Menschenskinder! was on June 14 at the Münchener Volkstheater and we have more performances this fall in Munich and Karlsruhe. Ball & Jabara have two other programs appearing in theaters across Europe: Hildegard Knef - eine Femmage and Chanson d'amour fou. For more information, or to hear or buy CD's, please visit the Ball & Jabara website at www.balljabara.de.

• My CD of original songs and lyrics titled The Source is available for purchase. Each song features a different soloist and spotlights the extraordinary talents of my friends Lynn Coulter, Niki Haris, Mortonette, Jan Roper, Randy Crenshaw, Angela Carole Brown, Linda Hopkins, Sean Holt and Chelsea DiBlasi. A tapestry of pulsating rhythm, evocative harmony and reflective songtexts, The Source explores the breadth of my musical experience: R&B, pop, world, blues and jazz.

• In June Franziska Ball and I completed a series of performances at the Kammertheater Karlsruhe in an exciting new work about Hildegard Knef titled 'Ne Dame werd' ich nie.

• I am currently performing in Hamburg with Tarzan (Phil Collins) and Ich war noch niemals in New York (Udo Jurgens) and will soon join Lion King (Elton John).

• From November 18 to December 8, 2010 I will tour Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the fourth time with Play It Again, Ray , a musical about the life of soul legend Ray Charles. In 2008 this show received First Prize for Best Musical by INTHEGA (German Theater Owners Association).

• In May 2011 Franziska Ball and I will appear together in a production of Männer gesucht! at the Komödie Bayerischer Hof Theater in Munich. This show also tours throughout Germany in January-February 2012.

Marty