NEW TOM WAITS CABARET IN NEW YORK CITY!

New Tom Waits Cabaret
Variations: The Music and Musings of Tom Waits
A benefit for Attic Salt Theater Company

March 26-28, 2002 at 7:00pm
Upstairs at Rose's Turn
55 Grove Street, New York, NY

Attic Salt Theatre Company presents a new cabaret show, "Variations: The
Music and Musings of Tom Waits" at Upstairs at Rose's Turn, 55 Grove Street,
New York, New York. The performance dates are Tuesday through Thursday,
March 26th through 28th with all shows starting at 7:00pm. Tickets will be
ten dollars plus a two-drink minimum, and reservations can be made by
calling Attic Salt Theatre Company at (212) 330-7100 or e-mailing
astc@atticsalt.org

"Variations" is an hour-long cabaret that celebrates the jazz/blues sounds
and urban stories of legendary singer/songwriter Tom Waits. Tom Waits is
hailed as "one of the most eclectic, innovative, prolific, enigmatic and
revered figures in pop music." Waits has been exciting audiences with his
whiskey-soaked voice and heartfelt lyrics for more than 25 years. And while
he has written music for both the stage and screen he is best known for his
late-night piano bar sessions, his superb storytelling and his unique voice
and music.

Tom Waits recently received the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award honoring a
musical career that began in the early '70s. "Variations" seeks to explore
his range of musical styles from the bluesy, melodic music of his early
recordings, such as "Downtown Train" and "Tom Traubert's Blues," to his more
experimental, and often comically theatrical music like "Frank's Wild Years"
and the more recent "What's He Building?"

The cabaret is being produced as a benefit for Attic Salt Theatre Company, a
not-for-profit organization based in New York and dedicated to pursuing
excellence in theatre. The young Attic Salt Theatre Company has been
regularly touring children's shows to NYC area schools for three years, and
sporadically producing diverse comedies and dramas as part of the
off-off-Broadway theater community. Attic Salt is a member of the Alliance
of Resident Theatres/New York, and is including these benefit shows as part
of its Spring fundraising drive.

The cast of "Variations" are the professional actors and musicians: Marci
Appelbaum, Jeff Catanese, Gaetano Contella, Erin Lee Kelly, Christina Moll,
and Hayden Yates. Please call for more information, or to obtain a press
kit.

Attic Salt Theatre Company, Inc. 25-17 24th Avenue #4, Astoria, NY 11102
Phone: (212) 330-7100 E-mail: astc@atticsalt.org www.atticsalt.org