2024 Cabaret – March “KATIE CONNOR & BILL SPERA”
1249 Main Street
West Warwick,RI
March 26, 2024
7:30 PM
Price: $20
Buy Tickets“Two For The Road” – This is a musical journey of how a friendship of two performing artists grew and deepened over the years through life’s comical and consequential events. The special bond formed through performing together can last forever. But even the strongest relationships shift and evolve to meet whatever challenges lie ahead.
Katie Connor and Bill Spera have been performing their cabaret act in the Boston area for 14 years. They’ve also performed in various musical revues together including “Dating & Other Natural Disasters,” “Six Degrees of Stephen Sondheim,” and “Life is a Cabaret: The Songs of Kander & Ebb.” They can be seen performing regularly at Club Café’s Napoleon Room in Boston.
Katie grew up in Watertown and has a long history of performing in the New England area. Most recently Katie played the role of Patsy Cline in “Always, Patsy Cline” at the Deertrees Theatre in Harrison, Maine. She studied musical theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. Some of her favorite past musical theatre roles include Rizzo in “Grease,” Georgie in “The Full Monty,” and Soupy Sue in “Urinetown” (the show where she met Bill nearly 20 years ago!).
Bill, originally from Chicago, has been performing in the Boston area for many years, most recently as Grandfather in the Boston Pops production of “Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert,” and as the Pops’ “Road Santa” this past December. In addition, Bill sings and solos with the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, including performing as Ursula from “The Little Mermaid” for their “Disney Pride” concert. Other favorite roles include Juan Peron in “Evita,” Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd in “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” and the Dentist in “Little Shop of Horrors.” He studied voice with faculty from the University of Illinois and acting with Jeannie Lindheim in Boston.
“Katie & Bill are both blessed with strong solid singing voices. Katie’s alto, straight tone and silky, has an exciting Keely Smith sound, and Bill’s resonant baritone has a gravitas that easily fills a room. That both can combine their voices with their well-honed interpretive skills is a real bonus.” – John Amodeo, Cabaret Reviewer.
