OFF THE MENU: I paid a visit to a neat website called QueerTheory.com, whose name pretty well describes the content. Sadly, it probably won't be making any "site of the month" list other than mine, but I'm happy to give them a plug, not only because I found the content there interesting, but also because undoubtedly there is information there that would be difficult, if not impossible, to find anyplace else.
In fact, I was surprised, upon clicking Johnny Mathis' link there, to see a video released in 1998 called, Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's. It's a documentary of an extinct nightspot in Hollywood where everybody who thinks they're somebody has eaten. I have not seen this video, but apparently Johnny Mathis makes a cameo appearance in it, or at least according to the IMdb database. Perhaps I'll rent it one day to see what it's all about. The video is available for sale at Amazon.com, and I'm sure other places as well. At least now I know that Mathis is appearing on video outside of the usual sources, if only as a cameo.
ON WITH THE SHOW: Johnny Mathis performs at the Silver Legacy Casino in Reno, Nevada July 6th and 7th. Call (800) 687-8733 for details or use the online form to order tickets.
Mathis returns to the Westbury Music Fair on July 20th & 21st. Tickets are on sale NOW online via Ticketmaster for these new dates.
Tickets are on sale for the shows in Hyannis, Massachusetts, at the Cape Cod Melody Tent on Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5. New Englanders can still buy tickets for the North Shore Music Theatre concert in Beverly, Massachusetts, north and east of Boston near Salem, on Wednesday, August 15 and Thursday, August 16.
Tickets for the concert in Saratoga, California (a suburb of San Jose) on Thursday, August 30th are on sale now. Since it's on a Thursday night, it's probably not a good gig for out-of-towners unless one no longer works for a living. There is a ticket limit (6) and prices are from $65-$100.
Three casino shows are set for the fall: Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut (about 50 miles SE of Providence, Rhode Island) on October 5th and 6th, at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 19th and 20th, and at Caesars Atlantic City November 9th and 10th. Tickets may not be available yet, call for details.
MORE NEW CONCERTS FOR 2002! In addition to the Thursday, Feb. 7th concert in waterlogged Houston, Texas at Jones Hall, Savannah, GA on February 9th at the Johnny Mercer Theatre, and Charlotte, North Carolina (watch out, Fab) at the Ovens Auditorium on May 4th, POLLSTAR shows a new date for Fort Meyers, Florida on February 22nd (Georg(e)'s birthday) at the Barbara B. Mann Hall. Obviously tickets are not on sale yet. Johnny Mathis is still very much in demand and 2002, the palindrome year, is looking very good so far!
Sorry, still no Canadian or other foreign dates that I can see. I'm not sure what's behind this apparent need to be well paid--out of character for someone who didn't used to care about money, but I think he's gotten the idea that the overseas gigs aren't going to be worth his while. I think I'd find some way to let Mathis know this is not the case, and that you'd like to hear him sing, too.
In the meantime, to those who have lived in the United States without having seen Johnny Mathis in concert, what's up with that? There is ample opportunity, so you don't have any excuse in the world. Mathis is one of a kind, and while he remains at the top of his class he's getting older, so if a date with Mathis isn't important enough, and you'd rather be home watching a TV sitcom, well, ultimately it's your loss.
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