Schedule & News:
Cabaret - Events - Stage
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:
- June 23, 2013: Midwest Cabaret Conference Showcase - Chicago, Illinois (Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret)
- July 26 & 27, 2013: Bart Howard Room - Burlington, IA ("On My Way" - May Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- August 10, 2013 (two peformances): The Great Gatsby - Opera Omaha - Omaha, NE
- August 31, 2013: Private engagement - Omaha, NE
- October 6, 2013: Albion Area Arts Council - Albion, NE (cabaret - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- October 7, 2013: Education program for area students - Albion, NE
- Other bookings are in the works! Check back soon for an updated schedule!
RECENT:
- April 7, 2013: Geneva Arts Coluncil - Geneva, NE (cabaret show- Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- April 4, 2013: Omaha Press Club Show - Holland Center (Scott Recital Hall), Omaha, NE
- March 1-2, 2013: Warren Cultural Center / Warren Opera House - Greenfield, IA (cabaret & education program - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- February 22 & 24, 2013: Opera Omaha - Omaha, NE ("The Magic Flute")
- January 27 & 28, 2013: Valentine, NE ("Love Notes" cabaret - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks; education program for area students)
- November & December, 2012: "Madeline's Christmas" - Rose Theater, Omaha, NE (played the role of Mrs. Murphy)
- December 10, 2012: Tilden, Nebraska ("Silver Belles & Candy Canes" (Holiday cabaret) - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks
- November 16, 2012: Minden Opera House - Minden, NE ("Songs With A Twist of Lime: A Cabaret" - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- October 20, 2012: Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret - Chicago, IL (cabaret - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks) CHICAGO DEBUT!
- June 27, 2012: "Architects of Air" concert series at Turner Park in Midtown Crossing - Omaha, Nebraska (featured entertainer with Todd Brooks)
- June 1-17, 2012: "Seussical: The Musical" - Rose Theatre, Omaha, NE (played the "Sour Kangaroo")
- March 29, 2012: Vredenburg Performing Arts Series - Chariton, Iowa (cabaret - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- March 1-4, 2012: Participated in an incredible song interpretation workshop led by Betty Buckley - Chicago, IL
- February 12, 2012: The Pour House - Friend, Nebraka ("Love Notes: A Cabaret" - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- January 28, 2012: Cathedral Flower Festival - Omaha, Nebraska (Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- January 14, 2012: Wilson Performing Arts Center - Red Oak, Iowa ("Songs with a Twist of Lime" cabaret show - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- December 31, 2011: First Night Council Bluffs - Council Bluffs, Iowa (cabaret show - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- November 2011: "Hansel and Gretel", Opera Omaha - Omaha, NE (performed/covered the role of Gertrude)
- October 15, 2011: "This Is Opera", Opera Omaha (season opening concert) - Omaha, NE
- September 25, 2011: PS Collective - Omaha, NE ("Songs with a Twist of Lime" cabaret show - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- August 27, 2011: Southwest Iowa Theatre Group, Rose Garden Theatre - Shenandoah, Iowa ("Songs with a Twist of Lime" cabaret show - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- July 15 & 16, 2011: Bart Howard Room - Burlington, Iowa ("Songs with a Twist of Lime" - Mary Carrick & Todd Brooks)
- June 2011: "The Sound of Music", Rose Theatre - Omaha, Nebraska ("Mother Abbess")
- April 15 & 17, 2011: "Madama Butterfly", Opera Omaha - Omaha, Nebraska
- February 25 & 27, 2011: "Don Giovanni", Opera Omaha - Omaha, Nebraska
- January 29, 2011: Cathedral Flower Festival, St. Cecilia Cathedral - Omaha, NE
- December 31, 2010: First Night Council Bluffs - Council Bluffs, Iowa
- December 14, 2010: Private Holiday party - Omaha, Nebraska
- December 9, 2010: Private Holiday party - Embassy Suites LaVista
- October 24, 2010: Albion, NE ("Some People: Songs from Broadway & Beyond" cabaret show
- October 25, 2010: Albion, NE - education program with elementary school students
- October 15 & 17, 2010: Opera Omaha ("Opera for the Cure", featured soloist)
- Mary Carrick and Todd Brooks have been nominated for a 2010 Omaha Entertainment & Arts Award in the Jazz/Easy-Listening category which encompasses, jazz, standards, and Broadway.
- October 10, 2010: Performed in "The Last Song of Summer" cabaret featuring the work of Amanda Miller ("Taking the Plunge", an 8-minute musical featured during the 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF))
- August 19-September 12, 2010: "Sordid Lives" with SNAP! Productions ("Noleta Nethercott")
- August 14 & 15, 2010: Art in Bloom Festival, Lauritzen Gardens (performed songs from Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and other great tunes)
- May/June/July, 2010: Produced "Little Women: the Musical" for BroadStreet Theatre Company
- May 2010: Mainstreeters Kick-Off Luncheon (cabaret show)
- April 2010: Opera Omaha ("So In Love With Broadway")
MORE NEWS:
- Thrilled to have received the 2013 Omaha Entertainment & Arts Award for Best Supporting Actress-Musical! I was honored for my work in SEUSSICAL: THE MUSICAL (roe of "Sour Kangaroo") at The Rose Theater in Omaha, NE.
- Participated in an incredible four-day workshop with Tony Award-winner and master teacher, Betty Buckley in New York City, August 6-9, 2012. This is the second workshop of hers that I've been a part of. I can't even put into words all that I've learned from her as a singer and as a person. Thank you, Betty!
- Nominated for two awards by the Omaha Theatre Arts Guild for my performance as the "Sour Kangaroo" in SEUSSICAL: THE MUSICAL and for my cabaret show, SONGS WITH A TWIST OF LIME. Thank you guild members for recognizing my work in this way!
- Thank you to the Daily NonPareil for featuring me and my cabaret partner, Todd Brooks, in an article promoting First Night Council Bluffs. We're very excited to be participating for the third year!
- Performed with Opera Omaha in "Hansel & Gretel" on November 9th! What a responsive audience and a thrill to sing with some fantastic vocalists. And I received some wonderful "fan mail" from 4th grade students who attended the production, which I will treasure always! I loved reading their perspectives on the opera and what character and storyline details stood out to them. Amazing.
- I took a trip to New York City with my husband in October and attended the annual Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention at Jazz at Lincoln Center. We not only heard some of the greatest artists on the cabaret scene today but also some wonderful emerging talent. What an inspriring evening!
- Received a nomination for an Omaha Entertainment & Arts Award (OEA) for my role as "Mother Abbess" in "The Sound of Music" (Rose Theatre). Gosh, I loved that role. A nomination is just icing on the cake. Thank you to all who voted!
- Went on air with KMA Radio in Shenandoah (8/24/11), Iowa to promote our upcoming engagement with the Southwest Iowa Theatre Group!
- What an amazing weekend! Made our debut at The Bart Howard Room with our new show, "Songs with a Twist of Lime" and played two sold-out shows! Thank you to this wonderful venue for your hospitality!
- Received a nomination for a Theatre Arts Guild Award for my role as "Mother Abbess" in The Rose Theater's production of "The Sound of Music" (7/10/11)! The show received a total of eight nominations!
- Had a lovely visit with Scott Michael of KKMI radio in Burlington, Iowa about my upcoming show, "Songs with a Twist of Lime" with Todd (7/7/11). The interview should air next week!
- Taped an inteview with John Kuhens of KILJ Radio in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa to promote our upcoming engagement in Burlington. The interview should air on June 30, 2011.
- Thank you, Bobby Wilson of the Burlington Hawk Eye, for talking up our upcoming show, "Songs with a Twist of Lime"! He says, "Cabaret will return to the Bart Howard Room at the Des Moines County Heritage Center in July when Mary Carrick and Todd Brooks bring their Broadway-infused show to town. The pair will do their "Songs with a Twist of Lime" in the venue at Columbia and Fourth streets at a two-night engagement July 15 and 16. Tickets are $25 and are available at the Heritage Center, Iowa Store and Weird Harold's in Burlington, as well as at Brown's Shoe-Fit in Mount Pleasant. Carrick, now based in Omaha, Neb., is the daughter of Dave and Carmen Heaton of Mount Pleasant. She and Brooks perform extensively across the Omaha metro area and are currently touring their critically acclaimed act regionally. The show they'll do here features an eclectic blend of Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and other whimsical, humorous gems served up with theatrical flair." (June 19, 2011)
- Featured in the Omaha World-Herald "My Five", highlighting my five favorite things! (June 18, 2011)
- Very excited to be performing this summer just down the highway from my hometown in Southeast Iowa. The Bart Howard Room in Burlington, Iowa is named for composer Bart Howard ("Fly Me To the Moon"), born and raised in the community. He composed many more great songs and played for Mabel Mercer, Johnny Mathis, Eartha Kitt, among others. Todd will be playing our show using Bart Howard's childhood piano. What a treat! It will also mark the launch of our new show, "Songs with a Twist of Lime: A Cabaret".
- Mary Carrick and Todd Brooks have been nominated for a 2010 OEA Award in the Jazz/Easy Listening Category!
- "Some People: Second Helping" has been nominated as Outstanding Cabaret/Special Event by the Theatre Arts Guild (July 11, 2010)!
- Guest blogger on MOMAHA.com, a super website (June 16th, 2010). Talked about tips for taking kids to the theatre. And, they promoted BroadStreet's current show, "Little Women: the Musical"!
- Debuted "The Sound of Music in Less than 5 Minutes" for Papillion-LaVista Community Theatre Fundraiser, February 2010. So fun and a big hit! Thanks to my uber-talented cabaret partner, Todd!
- On-air guest of Dave Wingert on KGOR (February, 2010).
- Performed three shows for First Night Council Bluffs (Council Bluffs, Iowa), New Year's Eve 2009.
- "Some People: Second Helping" plays to sold out audience at PS Collective on August 23, 2009.
- On-air guest of Dave Wingert on KGOR (August, 2009). Thanks, Dave!
- Omaha City Weekly (August 13, 2009) -- Mary Carrick, the "broad" in BroadStreet Theatre Company, is in rehearsal for a return engagement of "Some People", her award-winning cabaret - this time designated as "Second Helping." Generously glazed with laughs and sprinkled with a few surprises, the show won the 2008 Theatre Arts Guild award for best cabaret and mixes Broadway classics with the best of today's musical theatre. Tickling the ivories once again and adding a second layer of vocals is Todd Brooks, popular actor, pianist and raconteur. The two were last on stage together in BroadStreet’s “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” at the Bellevue Little Theatre, the show that garnered a gaggle of Theatre Arts Guild Award nominations and walked away with a half dozen trophies.
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Featured soloist on "Feel the Revival" CD (Sacred Heart Freedom Choir, 2009)
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"Some People" wins 2008 Outstanding Cabaret Award from the Theatre Arts Guild of the Omaha Metro.
