October 2 “Big Band Blues” – The OnStage Musicals Big Band All Stars play the blues with guest vocalists Bill Killpatrick and Paul Willette. Big band blues sound from Count Basie, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, the Blues Brothers and many others. Local favorite Bill Killpatrick has performed many times with the big band all stars and you may remember him in “California Hit Parade” here at the theater in 2010. Bill is a very talented singer and guitarist from the Temecula area who has played many night clubs and hotels as well as being a member of the Performance Riverside orchestra. Paul willette returns to our stage after being the singer in “Old Band New Music” last August were he thrilled the audience with his great vocals and percussion playing. Paul is the founder of the San Diego dinner dance bay cruises as well as a former TV Cable show in the San Diego area. Known as “Dr. Paul the Music Doctor” Mr. Willette was the entertainer at the Indian Wells Resort, and Segovia in the Palm Springs Desert area last season. Loose your blues with the Big Band All Stars.

November 6 Sherry Williams “Get Your Kicks” - The OnStage Musicals Big Band All Stars plays big band swing and jazz standards in the style of Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horn, Sahara Vaughn and Natalie Cole. Sherry’s passion for well crafted music and her superb vocal ability clearly place her in a category in which few artists have arrived, and though she emerges from the shadows of the great ladies that have gone on before her, her style is unmistakably her own. Sherry has acted in films and on television, has worked extensively in and around the Los Angeles and Denver areas in important jazz venues, nightclubs and festivals, and has recorded three solo CDs. In 1997, she released her first CD, The Way You Love Me, to rave reviews. Her second release, A Taste Of Sherry, was on the 2003 Grammy ballot and one of the songs was used in the soundtrack of the film THE CORE. In late 2003 she released You Must Believe In Spring, again to rave reviews. Sherry has worked with a multitude of jazz greats, and even shared the stage with the late Herbie Mann. To watch her work is to see a most exciting performer. To meet her is to know that she is star material. The Sherry Williams story is to be continued... right here on our stage.

February 12 “For Your Ears Only James Bond and other spies and Cops” - The OnStage Musicals Big Band All Stars Featuring Vocalist Patricia Welch who performed many musical theater roles including Maria in "The Sound of Music," Marsinah in "Kismet," Hodel in "Fiddler On The Roof," and received rave reviews for her outstanding performance as Maria in "West Side Story." She starred with the late Yul Brynner in the role of Tuptim on Broadway in the famous musical "The King & I." Also joining us will be Bill Killpatrick local singer and guitarist who has played with OnStage musicals and the Riverside Civic Light Opera for many years. The Big Band and singers will be performing the many theme songs from the classic James bond movie series as well as themes from other famous spy and cop shows all conducted by Wayne Abaravenal. For your eyes only, The James Bond Theme, Nobody does it better, Goldfinger, Live and Let die to name just a few James Bond hits. Other selections include The Naked Gun Theme, Dragnet, Pink Panther and other popular spy and police show themes.  The band will all be dressed in James Bond Tuxes for your eyes only.  Martinis will be shaken not stirred.

March 11 “Broadway and Beyond” Stan and Kirsten Chandler, Roger Beefeler and Kim Huber along with the Cabaret Pops Orchestra perform the hits from the modern (1960’s to present) Broadway musical shows such as Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Little shop Of Horrors, the Secret Garden, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Into the woods and others as well as great popular song hits from the same era from off Broadway such as movies and Television. 2 great couples sing solos duets and quartets all with the Cabaret Pops Orchestra with strings, winds and brass all conducted by Wayne Abravanel.

April 1, “OnStage Jazz Festival” Our annual event returns with some of the top jazz performers in the Southern California area playing straight ahead jazz, swing and Latin in both small combos and in our full size Big Band All Stars lead by Jeff Stover. This year the festival will include performers such as Yve Evans vocalist and pianist, Steve Madio trumpeter of Stevie Wonder and Earth Wind and Fire, Brian Nova guitarist with Steve Miller band, Pat Rizzo From Sly and the Family Stone, War and the Sinatra Band, as well as the Andy Fraga Quintet with Rod Kolkolj on saxes.  After an intermission the Big Band all Stars hit the stage with a great set of special arrangements of swing and modern jazz. We will also feature the James Nation trio as part of our out door “Festival Marketplace” Starting at 12:30 before the concert and during the intermission.  There will be food, a wine tasting and vendors selling CD’s of the artists in the show as well as jewelry and crafts and other concert keepsakes such as shirts, coffee mugs etc. It’s a Festival so come early and enjoy the weather on the patio at our Jazz Market Place.

May 6 The Great American Song Book with Troy Clarke and The OnStage Musicals Big Band All Stars, conducted by Jeff Stover, play the great songs of American composers, such as Jimmy Van Heusen, George Gershwin, Frank Loesser, Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart, and Harold Arlen and many others. Local favorite Troy Clarke is no stranger to our stage after doing the tribute to Harry James concert and the Fran Sinatra Tribute Concert last season. Troy also presents concerts at the Redlands bowl as we as a yearly jazz series on Catalina Island. The program is made up of selections from the best American songs of the 20th century Broadway theater and Hollywood musicals, from the 1920s to 1960, including dozens of songs of enduring popularity as sung by Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Matt Monroe, and Tony Bennett to name just a few. The Great American Songbook became (and remains) a vital part of the repertoire of jazz musicians, who describe such songs simply as "Standards”.