REAF Presents Another Special
Holiday One Night Only
with the touring cast of the hit Broadway show
The Phantom of the Opera

One Night Only-Phantom of the Opera

Kick off your holidays with "Phantom" and special guests
DEBORAH GIBSON and SPENCER DAY.
& New Cast Addition TERESE GENECCO

Terese Genecco

Press photos and bios, click here.

Pre-Show Pre Fixe Dinner at Hard Rock Cafe ($33) Includes:

Choice of Entrée:
Creole Chicken Pasta (served with garlic toast)
1/2 Rack of Bar-B-Que Ribs (served with fries, coleslaw and ranch beans)
Bacon Cheeseburger (served with french fries)
Herb Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast (1/2 Chicken breast served on top of smashed potatoes, button mushrooms & herb sauce)
Veggie Burger (served with french fries)

Choice of Dinner Salad or Dessert (Haagen Dazs Sundae or Sorbet)    PLUS Choice of soft beverage

(Includes tax & gratuity)


SPONSORED BY:

Continentalf AirlinesBob Ross FoundationPier 39Hard Rock Cafe

BrutacoMartin CadeauShari's Berries


To download a press release, click here.

Deborah GibsonDEBORAH GIBSON: The "Original Pop Princess" Deborah Gibson exploded on to the pop music scene at the age of 16. An entertainment prodigy, Deborah became the youngest person ever to write, produce, and perform the number one single, "Foolish Beat”, a record she holds to this day in the Guinness Book of World Records. Among Deborah’s many impressive career achievements include her album "Electric Youth" which soared to #1 on the pop charts and her #1 hit single "Lost In Your Eyes". Over the past decade and a half, Deborah has had many album releases to both critical, and popular success some of these include 1990's "Anything is Possible," 1993's" Body Mind Soul," 1995's "Think With Your Heart," 1997's "Deborah," and 2001's "M.Y.O.B.”, and her most recent release, 2003’s" Colored Lights," a collection of songs from various musicals. Deborah has sold over 16 million albums world wide. In 1991 Deborah made her Broadway debut playing Eponine in "Les Miserables." A nine-month sold-out stint as Sandy in the West End revival of "Grease" followed. Back in the U.S. she toured as Rizzo in "Grease" and Fanny Brice in" Funny Girl." Most recently, Deborah was seen back on Broadway in Disney’s "Beauty and the Beast" as the book-loving heroine, Belle. Future projects include a new album and her own musical destined for Broadway called "Skirts."

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Spencer DaySPENCER DAY: Spencer, a uniquely American singer/songwriter, has been enjoying a remarkable musical career. The release of his much anticipated third CD, “Vagabond” is his most ambitious and accomplished musical endeavor to date. “Vagabond” spotlights his own distinctively expressive style of American contemporary music, a blend of jazz, pop, soul and folk. His smooth baritone voice interprets his original compositions with compassion and a touch of humor. Spencer’s easy-listening voice, versatile piano playing, unpretentious original compositions and charming personality have earned him acclaim from coast to coast. He has appeared on national television four times and performed at some of the finest and established music venues in the United States.

Since he was a featured performer at the 2007 San Francisco Jazz Festival, he has been a perennial favorite in the Bay Area, headlining at Yoshi’s, the Plush Room, the Great American Music Hall and the Herbst Theatre. In New York City, Spencer received rave reviews in Time Out and Backstage magazines, having performed to enthusiastic audiences at the Town Hall, Joe’s Pub, and the Canal Room. He has headlined at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, The Sheldon Concert Hall in St Louis, and the Dakota in Minneapolis. Spencer recently opened for Rufus Wainwright at the Napa Valley Opera House and appeared at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, by the invitation of Jazz legend Marian McPartland in celebration of her 90th birthday. This is followed by the Monterey Jazz Festival and a full schedule of touring overseas and throughout this country in concert with the October, 2008 release of “Vagabond.”

Day’s creativity also includes composing musical theater. In 2005, he collaborated with Rafe Chase on a full-length musical, “Someday, Love,” which was performed at San Francisco’s New Conservatory Theater. Spencer starred in the show in addition to writing its score. He has composed more than 60 tunes and recorded two well-received albums, “Introducing Spencer Day” (2004) and “Movie of Your Life” (2005). The song “Movie of Your Life” won San Francisco Academy of Art University’s 2005 competition for best original song. The resulting music video, produced by the school’s faculty and students, was selected by Dolby Laboratories as a demonstration video for the global launch of the Dolby 7.1 system.

Terese GeneccoTERESE GENECCO is originally from New York, but is also bi-coastal, splitting the majority of her performance time between San Francisco/Los Angeles, and New York City. She is the San Francisco - Bay Area's reigning "Entertainer of the Year," a 2007 Backstage Bistro Award Winner, a 2008 MAC Award Winner (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) for Best Recording, a 2008 MAC Award nominee for Best Female Vocalist, a 2006 MAC Award nominee for Best Female Debut Performance, and Time Out Magazine's (NYC) Top Ten Best Cabaret Shows of 2006 AND 2007! She was also recently voted one of the Top Ten Best Cabaret Performers and one of the Top Ten Best CD's of 2007 in the Cabaret Hotline Online Members Choice Awards.

Genecco is best known for her award-winning performances (with her 7-piece *little big band*) in her own jazz, musical creation, "DRUNK WITH LOVE: A TRIBUTE TO FRANCES FAYE!" This show made its world premiere in San Francisco, where it opened at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in July 2005, and ran for five consecutive weeks, before moving to New York City for multiple engagements at The Encore Showroom, Jazz@Lincoln Center, The Iridium Jazz Club, and more than a dozen performances at Manhattan's hottest nightclub, The Metropolitan Room. Genecco can be seen in "Last Call!" with her 7-piece *little big band* on select Saturday nights at the Rrazz Room in the Hotel Nikko at 10:30 PM throughout the year.

   
 

TICKETS:

Preferred Seating: $65

General Seating: $40

Dessert party with Cast at Hard Rock Cafe: $25

Pre-Show Pre Fixe Dinner at Hard Rock Cafe (a portion of the dinner price will also benefit REAF): $33