TERESE GENECCO: Press

"If you don't know who Frances Faye was, you should. And if you don't know who Terese Genecco is, you WILL!"

"Working with a hot 7-piece band, Terese Genecco delivers showstopper after showstopper and has voice to burn! To say it is a high-energy show would be the understatement of the year. The vivacious San Francisco-based entertainer wears her talent well...her audiences are ecstatic and Terese Genecco is FRAN-tastic!"

"One of the most engrossing, all-out talented performances I've seen in years!"

"A thrilling voice that evoked no less than the great Keely Smith! Great comic timing...a fit heir to the oh-so-gay, Faye tradition!"

"The new QUEEN of the double entendre...Genecco doesn't just appear at a club, she takes it over. What a STORM! What a SHOW! A Whirlwind!"

"I was at The Iridium Jazz Club in NYC recently and caught San Francisco's TERESE GENECCO...in a word, WOW! She's a simply terrific singer, full of joie de vivre and an entertainer with a capital E!"

"The applause was deafening. This is one of the best New York debut performances of this or any year!"

"Genecco tore the place apart - just as Ms. Faye herself was known to do. It doesn't get much better than this! I most certainly want to see it again!"

"Critics live for those moments when the lights go down, a singer puts it out there, and you know right away that you’re hearing something special. This happened to us at the Encore when we took in San Francisco-based singer Terese Genecco’s show Drunk With Love: A Tribute To Frances Faye. You shouldn’t miss it!"

"Fabulously talented! Sensational singer! Simply delicious! Big sound! High energy! A solid crowd pleaser! We all hope that someday soon she'll Come back, Come back, Come back!"

"Captivating! What it would have been like to see Frances Faye in the 50's! Swinging and full of life... All on high power!"

"Even as its aging icons - Bobby Short, Julie Wilson, Barbara Cook - warble bravely on into their late 70's to adoring crowds, and as its middle-aged stars - Michael Feinstein, Andrea Marcovicci, Mary Cleere Haran, Steve Ross, Karen Mason, Christine Andreas, Karen Akers - labor to keep their bright careers polished, new contenders arrive: Maude Maggart, Jamie Cullum, Curtis Stigers, Jane Monheit, Stacy Kent, Kurt Elling, Tierney Sutton, Peter Cincotti, Craig Rubano, Spencer Day, Opie Bellas, TERESE GENECCO, Anna Bergman and Mark Kaufman. None seems daunted by cabaret's checkered past and uncertain future."

"FAYE-TASTIC! Astonishing voice! Utterly delightful and amazing! DRUNK WITH LOVE is spectacular!"

"In this non-stop show of extraordinary arrangements and superb vocals, it's a cabaret miracle, and the Mother Terese is Genecco! One of the most charismatic singers to come along in a long time! Devilishly fun! Give me more, more, and more!"

Early in the [MAC Awards] show, the women nominated for their debut performances (Suzanne Fiore, TERESE GENECCO, Rosalynn McClore and Alisa Schiff) rocked the crowd, belting a high-energy number with lyrics proclaiming that 'this ain't your mama's cabaret.' Playful but powerhouse!"

"Guaranteed to put a smile on your face...big, rich voice...fresh, 'take-no-prisoners' approach...DRUNK WITH LOVE is intoxicating!"

"Don't miss this fabulous singer in performance...run - don't walk - to catch her live!"

March 14, 2006 - by BWW News Desk

The 2006 MAC AWARDS will be presented on MONDAY, APRIL 17 AT 7:30 PM at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC, 199 Chambers Street. Hosted by Lee Roy Reams, the 20th annual MAC Awards will include appearances by Phoebe Snow, Ben Taylor, Karen Mason, Carol Hall and Rocky Carroll among others.

2006 MAC Award Nominees Announced
By: Brian Scott Lipton

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs have announced the nominees for the 20th Annual MAC Awards, which will be presented at 7:30pm on Monday, April 17 at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. There are approximately 100 nominees spread out over 26 categories.
Among the noteworthy nominees: Karen Mason, who starred on Broadway in Sunset Boulevard and Mamma Mia! was nominated in the categories of Major Engagement and Recording for her CD Sweetest of Nights. Barbara Brussell was also nominated in those categories, while former Tony Award nominee Sharon McNight rounds out the Major Engagement category. Also nominated in the Recording category were Klea Blackhurst, Jeff Harnar, and Lee Lessack.

Other vocalists who received nominations in various categories include Lisa Asher, Terese Genecco, Judy Gold, Jeanne MacDonald, Craig Rubano, Matt Sigl, and Lumiri Tubo. Comedienne Adrienne Tolsch, and female impersonators Tommy Femia and Jimmy James were also among the nominees.

"One of the finest new voices I've heard in many years!"