ENTERTAINERS WHO COULD HELP YOUR BUSINESS

Your kitchen becomes second to your live entertainment stage. Your entertainers will take over, NOT your chef! Got it?! So, for your restaurant, hire a very good chef, create an irresistible menu and WORK ON YOUR KITCHEN! For your nightclub and cabaret, hire the best, or at least a first class entertainers, singers and performers who have followers. And do not forget the immense influence and impact of "neighborhood business". Meaning, you must cultivate "locals". Your neighborhood business will keep you on the map. A bad reputation in the local area will put you out of business, whether you own a restaurant (an eatery) or a cabaret (nightclub). And when, you begin to search for or to hire the perfect entertainers, musicians  and singers for your establishment, you must focus on their local notoriety, regional fame, variety of their acts, stage presence, style and kind of their repertoire, and most certainly their sex appeal and charisma. Because, soon or later, the character and style of your chanteuses and singers, and the genre of the music you offer will inevitably change the whole image and nature of your establishment.

Patti Wicks

Your entertainers will transform "your very" place into their "own stage". And this will reshape and dictate the signature of your joint and quality and quantity of your customers. My recommendation to you is to hire unusual and multitalented artists, if you intend to stay in the live entertainment business. I have some names for you: Hilary Kole is a superb Jazz singer with mesmerizing stage presence. She is a knockout. Hilary will bring a lot of customers to your place. Her voice, music and repertoire are an enormous boost to your food business;

Photo: Ute Lemper

Definitely, Marlene VerPlanck must be considered. If you have a classy restaurant or a chic bar for the social elite, diva VerPlanck would become a big plus for your business.  Your patrons will love her. She has class, style, presence and an overwhelming talent; Kendra Shank is fabulous. Hand made for the occasion. Ms. Shank's rich and lively repertoire is a wining formula for your place. She will make money for you. Your patrons will love her unusual style. She will take the audience by storm, and this is exactly what you need to multiply repeated customers. Ute Lemper is the most successful formula, but she is very expensive; Anita O'Day will evoke nostalgia and surround your clientele with world-class music and all the magic of Hollywood yesteryears. For an intimate and cozy ambiance on the edge of romance and finesse, Paulette Attie, Mercedes Hall, Donna Byrne, Patti Wicks are an excellent choice. Ms. Wicks'  classy presence, virtuosity on the piano and enormous talent in improvising and accompanying other stars are a big plus. Ms. Hall's stunning look, voice and charisma will haunt your patrons, she will magnetize the hell out of them. Donna Byrne is la crème de la crème, a favorite of Tony Bennett. You will never loose with Ms. Byrne. Now, if your patrons are fond of Hollywood's and Broadway's golden yesteryears and American standards, go for Carol Sloane. She is the queen of nostalgia, unmatched and unrivaled grande dame of great American standards. 

Laurie Krauz                              Carol Sloane

Ms. Laurie Krauz is bubbly, vivacious, stylish and prolific. She is great with the audience. She will bring them in.