FRANCES RUFFELLE LIVE(S) IN NEW YORK in LA

‘Frances Ruffelle LIVE(S) in New York’ is “fun, reckless and WILD ” Patti Lupone

Ruffelle turns cabaret upside down and “crushes it under her high heels” to create a refreshing new form of entertainment. Frances and her musical director Jude Obermueller are bringing their crazy hot band back to LA in the award winning, whip-smart show exposing the trials and tribulations of love, loss and adventures from Paris to New York. Expect a French flavor, plenty of gauloises and a good claret. 

Frances is known for her iconic portrayal of Eponine in the original cast of Les Miserables in London and on Broadway. Her performance on the Grammy Award winning cast album(s) turned the song ‘On My Own’ into a classic throughout the world.

The show is co-written by Frances Ruffelle and Gwyneth Herbert

Special Guests: Brooke Josephson and Wayne Wilcox

SPECIAL NOTE

THIS PRODUCTION IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF AVION LAW.

QUOTES

"An electrifying concoction of cabaret and theater -- touchingly Intimate story-telling from one of the great voices of the musical stage.  I didn't want the evening to end."  -- Armistead Maupin

"Everything deeply satisfying and thrilling in the theatre - smart, funny, moving, incredibly surprising, wildly creative, generous, sexy and joyful! The guests are fabulous, the band is fantastic! I loved loved loved the evening!”  BEBE NEUWIRTH

 “I can think of no other cabaret experience as satisfying and surprising as Frances Ruffelle Live(S) in New York. Her emotional life, her vocal fearlessness and her spritely spirit will infect your heart and you won’t want it to end. I can’t wait to go back.” MICHAEL URIE

“A brilliant, high voltage performance” SALMAN RUSHDIE

“Frances Ruffelle LIVEs in New York is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, modern but timeless, a sensual coquette who will steal your heart.” BETTY BUCKLEY

"There are fascinating echoes of Garland, Piaf and Lenya, and yet Frances Ruffelle manages to be a free spirited and an utterly contemporary original” CHARLES BUSCH

“Frances never ceases to surprise and amaze me with the ways she reinvents herself, finding new levels of expression and excellence, always with total commitment and her signature sensual passion. I cannot wait to see what she does next.” ALAN CUMMING

“The superbly intoxicating Frances Ruffelle. This is seriously the best show I have seen all season, bar none!” The Times Square Chronicles.

“The best live performance you’re likely to see for quite some time” Manhattan Digest  

“With this biography in song, Frances Ruffelle fills the room with love, loss and laughter. It’s part Piaf, part Marianne Faithfull, and all excellent. ” JOE LEVY, Rolling Stone

“Ruffelle doesn’t just use the space she crushes it under her high heels” -MARTIN GRAY- The Scotsman***** The Edinburgh Festival

“Totally lopping –the –top off conventional cabaret concert conventions, Broadway star and musical artist Frances Ruffelle presented a radically deconstructed, immersive and jazz-infused ‘tone poem’ to life and love” DAVID FRISCIC DCArts

“Frances Ruffelle performs with grace and fire, subtlety and extravagance, delicacy and excitement – sometimes all at once” TIM RICE

“There are great and strong voices, big or beautiful voices, but very rarely, there is what can only be described as a magic voice. Frances is one of these rare ones, and the magic seems to lie in the contradiction, she is youthful and wise, vibrant and sad, spontaneous and skilled. Hearing is believing.” TREVOR NUNN

“Frances Ruffelle’s voice sounds like diamond dust: just so pretty and so gritty that you could listen to it sparkle roughly for hours.” PENELOPE THOMAS Bistro Awards

“Theater’s iconic Frances Ruffelle has gifted us with a whip-smart evening of pure entertainment. ” GRACE TRESTON  Theater Pizzazz

“Refreshingly textured and bracing turn by a woman who should be allowed to play any concert hall or Broadway stage she likes.” MICHAEL MUSTO 

Bistro NYC Cabaret award 2019 for Major engagement and nominated for Broadway World best celebrity show.