Arthur Newman Theater at the Joslyn Center 73-750 Catalina Way, Palm Desert, CA
Arthur Newman Theatre
Sunday Cabaret Series
Season 15 of the Sunday Cabaret Series at the Arthur Newman Theatre at the Joslyn Center in Palm Desert continues on October 1, 2023 with Hello Yesterday...Goodbye celebrating the great music from the '30s, '40s & '50s with some of the Coachella Valley's favorite singers.
About Us
Sunday Cabaret Series
The Sunday Cabaret Series concluded its 14th season on May 21, 2023 at the Arthur Newman Theater in Palm Desert. The series began in 2010 when the Joslyn Center invited the legendary Les Michaels to move his successful cabaret shows to the theater. He produced 100's of spectacular shows over the years. Sadly, he passed away much too soon in late 2022. Today, Frankie and Luca are honored to continue Les's legacy by continuing to bring you the most popular and talented performers from the Coachella Valley and all over Southern California.
Frankie Mamone & Tod Macofsky
- Frankie Mamone has been entertaining audiences and producing shows his entire life. He started as a child actor in Ohio and later performed in Los Angeles alongside great stars such as Eddie Albert, Kaye Ballard, Connie Stevens, Carol Channing and many others. Today, Frankie resides in the Coachella Valley where he is known as "The Italian Crooner," specializing in tribute shows to Jerry Vale, Tony Bennett and others.
- Tod Macofsky is a native of Los Angeles and performed there for over 40 years. After studying theatre directing at UCLA, he began singing in various cruise ship production shows over a span of twelve years. He created the role of the Bris boy in the hit review Naked Boys Singing! at the Celebration Theatre in Hollywood for which he won an LA Weekly Award for Best Musical Ensemble. At the same venue, he was honored to perform in the only officially sanctioned two-man version of the Stephen Sondheim revue Marry Me A Little. Tod was a proud member of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles for 20 years. He toured the country in the musical it gets better, a show based on the hugely successful anti-bullying campaign started by Dan Savage. He is the co-writer and one-half of the comic cabaret duo Mack & Poppy. He portrayed Frank Butler in Desert Theatricals’ production of Annie Get Your Gun for which he received a Desert Theatre League Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical. Tod has been performing with PS Underground since 2017 and is currently hosting Broadway Boozy Brunch at PS Air.