Vickie Phillips
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Vickie Phillips is a familiar face on the
Manhattan cabaret scene as an award-winning
singer and actress who has been praised by the
New
York Times
critics as "a one-woman room warmer"
and "a performer who creates her own viable
interpretation."
2004 OOBR winner for Songs Are
Like Friends.

Her off-Broadway credits include leading roles in
Merry-Go-Round
, A Safe Light, Far Side of the
Moon
, Musically Speaking, and Together with Music.

She performed to SRO audiences in two cabaret
concerts at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie
Hall, and has been featured at many major
Manhattan cabarets and supper clubs, including
Rose
's Turn at 55 Grove Street, Judy's and Don't
Tell Mama Cabaret Theater.

One of the first cabaret performers to receive the
NY Back Stage
Bistro Award for "Outstanding
Achievement in Cabaret," Ms. Phillips went on to
be nominated for a MAC Award for her concept and
performance in the musical revue
AMERICAN
CABARET: EUROPEAN ROOTS.

Creating her role in the original Bob Ost cabaret
revue
LOVE AND LAUGHTER, she garnered praise
from reviewers in
Back Stage, Variety and the New
York Pos
t.

A MUSICAL JOURNEY: THE SONGS OF BREL,
WEILL, AZNAVOUR & BLAU, played the Queen's
Theater on the Park, at Mama
's, The Creative
Place Theater, and t
he 78th Street Theater Lab,
followed by
DIFFERENT DREAMS, DIFFERENT
TIMES.
Both shows were praised by critics and
played the Chester Miniature Theater and City
Stage in New England.


By the end of the hour, you will discover some shades of
friendship you had never discovered before.... Each song is
strung on the thread of a story about friendship, like precious
pearls on a string, and the resulting necklace is a comfortable
fit. It is all done so smoothly, so gently, and so lovingly, the
hour passed almost in an instant!
(read more)  
~Stu Hamstra, Cabaret Hotline
Vickie Phillips, front left, with
some of the Broadway Blessing Choir
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Some of the Reviews for past shows:

In the intimate environs of [the show], Vickie Phillips comes
alive, holding her audience in her thrall... It is something
wonderful to behold: a singer and her audience caught up in
performing delirium. - Doug DeVita, OOBR, 10/6/01

Vickie Phillips has charm, flair, wit and puts on a marvelously
engaging show. Combining classics with exceptional new music,
Ms. Phillips and musical director Gerry Dieffenbach give us
cabaret at its most entertaining. - Chris Byrne, LGNY, Nov. '01

She is as at home as it is possible for a singer to be.. this
relaxed attitude comes from a confidence built up over a long
career.... In the practice of her art, she has consistently pleased
her audience.... Bring a friend  they will thank you for it! - Jan
Wallman, Applause!Applause!, Nov. '01

The show is without question Vickie Phillips' latest hit. The
nicest surprise since her MAC Award-nominated "American
Cabaret: European Roots."...Numbers by musical director
Gerry Dieffenbach ("In Your Eyes," "Made It Through Today")
and director Bob Ost ("Making A Difference") are already
outstanding ... but when combined with such gems as Lieber &
Stoller's "Humphrey Bogart", the show emerges as sensational.
- Andrew Martin, CaB Magazine, Jan. 02

I thoroughly enjoyed it - I have never seen Ms. Phillips so in
touch with the material  classic cabaret! - Stu Hamstra, Cabaret
Hotline, Jan. '02
SINGER - SONGWRITER - ACTRESS - DIRECTOR
Vickie's Next Shows are September 4, 6, 11, and 13 2008
at Don't Tell Mama!
(click underline link above for more info)

QUICK CLICK TO EXTENDED REVIEWS & VICKIE'S RESUME

REVIEWS IN BREIF
A Musical Journey... is performer Vickie Phillips's homage to the
composers Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill, and Charles Aznavour... this
cabaret was a welcome experience, a joyous rendering of the
songs ...Phillips has an unusual voice and brings unique
interpretations to the songs, and her love for these musicians is
clear (
read more) ~ Julie Congress, New York Theatre Review

A Musical Journey... takes the audience on a trip through time
and space using the songs of some of the 20th century's greatest
composers...
Phillips was informative, reverent, and wistful
when speaking of her European inspirations, and couldn't help
mentioning that she studied under Elly Stone (who starred in the
original production of
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well & Living
in Paris
). Phillips herself had a striking stage presence, with her
soft voice, occasionally belting out a line or two when needed.
(read more)   ~ Review by Charles Battersby

..
.A Musical Journey was a well-written journey through much
good material, some of which rarely gets performed nowadays.
Let's hope it will get performed again, because this material
should not be forgotten!  
(read more) ~ Seth Bisen-Hersh, OOBR

The marriage of [Vickie Phillips'] artistry with these two talented
composers makes for a magical match.... The show has so many
standout moments that it's difficult to select favorites....
(read
more)  ~Andrew Martin

The Indefatigable Vickie Phillips has balls, if nothing else. In a
cabaret world where performers rely on endless interpretations
of the same 100 or so standards ...And with the elan that is given
for this performer, she soars and scores once again in her latest,
Songs Are Like Friends; Vickie Phillips sings Bob and Gerry.
(read more) ~ Doug DeVita, OOBR - Off Off Broadway Review
SONGS ARE LIKE FRIENDS:
VICKIE PHILLIPS SINGS THE SONGS
OF BOB OST AND GERRY DEIFFENBACH

2004 OOBER Winner!
Vickie Phillips Pictured center with Gerry Dieffenbach,
left and
Bob Ost, right
www.BestFriendsProductions.com