Kathi Funston Speaks! » theater http://blog.kathifunston.com Thoughts from a happy writer/performer living in Los Angeles. Yes, there is such a person! Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:17:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Singing and Dancing with the Chantillys http://blog.kathifunston.com/2007/02/more-singing-and-dancing/ http://blog.kathifunston.com/2007/02/more-singing-and-dancing/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:38:37 +0000 admin http://blog.kathifunston.com/?p=68 What a busy year it’s been so far! I’m rehearsing with former Taffeta co-stars in preparation for my upcoming show, The Chantillys. We’re rehesarsing 6 days a week, and I have to admit, my back is starting to feel the pain from all the dancing! Throw in the singing on top of that, and my lung capacity is increasing exponentially!!

I’ve also been busy doing vocal sessions around town. I recently worked with Chantillys musical director Paul Taylor, and television composer Dick DeBenedictis, who scored groovy TV shows from the 70s like Matlock, Columbo, Perry Mason, and Hawaii Five-O.

Most recently, I did a session with composer Brian Woodbury where I recorded lead vocals as surfer chick Marina in his original show Killa Vanilla.

]]> http://blog.kathifunston.com/2007/02/more-singing-and-dancing/feed/ 0 Bye-Bye Taffetas, Hello Chantillys http://blog.kathifunston.com/2007/02/bye-bye-taffetas-hello-chantillys/ http://blog.kathifunston.com/2007/02/bye-bye-taffetas-hello-chantillys/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:00:01 +0000 admin http://blog.kathifunston.com/?p=66 Reherasals are underway for The Chantillys, opening March 16th at the West Valley Playhouse. I play Peggy, one of four fabulous singing sisters in search of a new vocal sound. Join us as we sing and dance our way through some of the greatest hits from the 40s all the way through today’s pop music!

The Chantillys singing "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"

Show runs March 16th through April 22nd @
The West Valley Playhouse

Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm
Sundays at 2:30pm
(No show April 8th)

Tickets on sale now! Call (818) 884-1907.

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“Kathi Funston gives enthusiastic Peggy straight-faced humor and potent chops…When the charming stars…tackle their vocals and director-choreographer Noel Britton’s frisky moves in crisp harmony, the limits of the chiffon-thin concept dissolve.”

The Taffetas singing "Mister Sandman"

]]> http://blog.kathifunston.com/2006/08/the-taffetas-recommended-by-the-la-times/feed/ 0 Hooray for 50′s Girl Groups! http://blog.kathifunston.com/2006/08/blast-to-the-past/ http://blog.kathifunston.com/2006/08/blast-to-the-past/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:04:51 +0000 admin http://blog.kathifunston.com/?p=45 West Valley Playhouse proudly presents four dazzling starlets from Muncie, Indiana who are about to sing and dance their way into America’s living room!

THE TAFFETAS
Show runs August 11th through September 10th

West Valley Playhouse
7242 Owensmouth Ave.
Canoga Park, CA

Call (818) 884-1907 for tickets and showtimes.

Watch for our commercial on Time Warner Cable!

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Sunday, May 28th @ 2pm
The Academy for New Musical Theater
5628 Vineland Ave.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
818.506.8500 or academy@anmt.org

]]> http://blog.kathifunston.com/2006/05/cowabunga-dude/feed/ 0 Please Call Me Stanley. No, Don’t. http://blog.kathifunston.com/2006/04/please-call-me-stanley-no-dont/ http://blog.kathifunston.com/2006/04/please-call-me-stanley-no-dont/#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:43:01 +0000 admin http://blog.kathifunston.com/?p=11 I’m on stage. And I get to be a crazy person with multiple personalities. Actually, I just play four different characters in a zany collection of shorts by writer/director Robert Leach. “Please Call Me Stanley (And Other Tales…)” opens on Thursday, April 6th at The Next Stage Theatre in Hollywood. The show runs every Thursday night in April at 8pm @ The TreStage, 1523 N. La Brea, 2nd Floor, Hollywood, CA 90028. Tickets are $15 at the door.

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