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Janet Klein & Frederick Hodges
Janet Klein's Hollywood Party!
Oh, gee! Oh, joy! Join vivacious chanteuse Janet Klein and dazzling piano virtuoso Frederick Hodges for a marvelous musical soiree of toe tapping songs from Hollywood musicals of the late 1920s and early 1930s, with exciting hit songs by America’s top composers, such as the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, and other greats. Don’t miss this wonderful musical event!
$30 General Admission
We are offering a limited number of tickets to attend this performance in person. Advance purchase is required. COVID-19 SAFETY: Masking is recommended but no longer required.
JANET KLEIN
Janet Klein is an entertainer, band leader, musical archeologist and treasure hunter on a 30+ year search for rare songs from the 1910s, 1920, 1930s, digging up songs of the Victrola, Vaudeville, Vitaphone films and early sound musical feature films. Janet has been delighting audiences regularly at historic theaters in Hollywood and Los Angeles and other landmark venues throughout the United States. Along with her LA based band, she held court for 13 years, sharing the bill with silent movies, early animated and musical film shorts, (collaborating with animation historian Jerry Beck) at the Steve Allen Theater and Silent Movie Theaters in Hollywood before the closing of these cherished venues. Janet has made prologue appearances for Retroformat screenings and for programs at the Orpheum Theater, The Alex, The Wiltern Theater, The Warner Grand, The Old Town Music Hall. Her band also tours internationally and has appeared in festivals in Adelaide, Australia, Dublin, Ireland, Shanghai, China, Fuji Rock Japan etc. Since 1998 the group has recorded 10 CDs. Janet is also known for her voice over work in animation, as the character for Miss Langtree for Cartoon Network’s “Over The Garden Wall” and for her vintage style graphic work in print, drawing inspiration from her & her husband Robert Loveless’ collection of late 19th century and early 20th century print and photographic matter.
FREDERICK HODGES
Hailed in the press as one of the best concert pianists in the world, Frederick Hodges has established a reputation specializing in late romantic music as well as Ragtime, Broadway, and Hollywood musicals of the first half of the twentieth century by America's best composers, such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter. He maintains a busy schedule of stage, television, radio and film appearances around the globe. Additionally, he is a much sought after silent film accompanist for both live performances and DVD. He performs regularly at the Hollywood Heritage Museum, the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in California, the Cinecon Film Festival in Hollywood, the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, The San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and at silent film festivals around the country. He also performs at music festivals such as the Sacramento Music Festival, the West Coast Ragtime Festival, and the Sedalia Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival. frederickhodges.com