Carly Ozard: News

Carly is off to New York from October 26-November 27!

If you're in New York at any time between October-26 thru Nov 28, Catch Ms. Ozard at Don't Tell Mama's in a show on November 21st and also at various open mics, Cast Parties at Birdland, the Cabaret Convention and many Cabaret Shows of friends and Colleagues!

Media Release
Lawrence Helman PR
415/ 661- 1260 / Cell 415/ 336 - 8220
lhelman@sbcglobal.net

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 25, 2008

For Press Materials & hi-res color Press Photos
www.CarlyOzardLive.com

Carly Ozard in
BITTER AND BE GAY!
Everything She Touches Turns To Gay!
Sept. 26, 2008 – 7:00 pm
ONE NIGHT ONLY !
OCTAVIA LOUNGE in SF
Musical Direction by Barry Lloyd • Written By Shawn Ryan

"Carly Ozard is a cabaret version of Kathy Griffin … It’s been too long since we had a brassy, belting broad on the local cabaret stage."- Chad Jones, www.theaterdogs.net/Carly Ozard

(San Francisco, CA) - ONE NIGHT ONLY- Critically-acclaimed musical theater singer and debut cabaret artist Carly Ozard welcomes you to the Pink Side of Fabulous. Her debut
one-woman cabaret show Bitter and Be Gay! is a witty and touching look at her personal experiences dating three men who have come-out as gay. Undaunted, in 2003, she moved to San Francisco’s Castro district to be with the men who love her the most!

Co-written by Shawn Ryan with Musical Direction by Barry Lloyd – SF’s “Crown Prince of Cabaret”, Bitter and Be Gay! will be performed for One-Night Only, Fri., Sept. 28, 2008,
at The Octavia Lounge - 1772 Market St. San Francisco 94102. Tickets are $15, plus 2-drink minimum. Reservations online www.opentable.com or by Phone: 415/863- 3516.

To arrange an interview with Carly Ozard,
please call publicist Lawrence Helman at 415/ 661-1260

You tube link of a performance clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGV38_dEsDM

Bitter and Be Gay! is suitable for ages 16 and up.
The Octavia Lounge is wheelchair accessible.
Carly Ozard, a classically-trained mezzo-soprano, and no stranger to Bay Area musical theatre, celebrates her one-woman cabaret debut with Bitter and Be Gay! In addition to leads in The Golden Apple (42nd St. Moon), Carousel (Lamplighters), and featured as “Sally” in Follies opposite San Francisco Cabaret regulars Barry Lloyd, Lua Hadar, Russ Lorenson and Linda Kosut. Ozard has performed with Foothill Music Theatre, Broadway by the Bay,
Altarena Playhouse, Notre Dame de Namur and as a cantor at the Castro’s Most Holy Redeemer Church. A frequent co-host of Open Mic at Octavia Lounge on Fridays,
Ozard regularly performs at Martuni’s as a featured guest at Katya Presents! and in
Trauma Flintstone's Bijou Nights. Ozard made her Plush Room debut in Nov. 2007.

ARTIST WEBSITE: www.CarlyOzardLive.com
ARTIST MYSPACE PAGE: www.myspace.com/carlyozard

CALENDAR LISTINGS – Music/Nightlife

WHAT: BITTER AND BE GAY!
Everything She Touches Turns To Gay!
Cabaret debut of Carly Ozard
Directed by Barry Lloyd & Shawn Ryan, written by Shawn Ryan

WHERE: OCTAVIA LOUNGE
1772 Market St. San Francisco 94102
415/ 863- 3516 www.octavialounge.com

WHEN: Fri. Sept. 26, 2008 – 7:00 pm

COST: $15 + 2 Drink Minimum

TICKETS: RESERVERVATIONS www.opentable.com
or call 415/ 863- 3516

You tube link of a performance clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGV38_dEsDM

MEDIA CONTACT: Lawrence Helman PR - Cell 415/ 336 - 8220
lhelman@sbcglobal.net

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FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, Bitter and Be Gay returns to its home at the Octavia Lounge. Carly Ozard and Barry Lloyd bring you a night of comedy, poignancy and vocal ability that will have you thinking, laughing, crying and wanting more!

Please tell your friends to come to Bitter and Be Gay,
September 26th, 2008
Cover Charge : $15.00
2 Drink Minimum
Ages 16 and Up

"Such a busy weekend so full of entertainment treats. Here’s a quick recap.

Friday night, on a whim, I headed down to the Octavia Lounge for the official cabaret debut of homegrown diva Carly Ozard, a musical theater performer about town. Her show, Bitter and Be Gay, is all about how men she meets while performing in musical theater usually turn out to be gay. The show’s cute tag line is: “Everything she touches turns to gay.” Imagine a cabaret version of Kathy Griffin and you’ll begin to get the idea.

Ozard, accompanied by pianist Barry Lloyd and bassist Daniel Fabricant, likes to refashion lyrics to songs to suit her show’s theme, usually to good comic effect, and when she chooses to use her big Broadway belt, she can make a strong emotional connection with her audience.

Unfortunately, Ozard’s show was a one-night-only gig, but if the folks at Octavia Lounge are smart, they’ll bring her back. This was an auspicious beginning to what could be a bright cabaret career. It’s been too long since we had a brassy, belting broad on the local cabaret stage."

-Chad Jones, http://www.theaterdogs.net/category/carly-ozard/