If you’ve
ever
thought today’s fashion models look too young even to model a prom
dress…
If you eat
more salmon than your cat because you’ve heard it prevents wrinkles…
Or if you’ve ever hesitated to
follow
a dream because you fear it's “too late”…
Then you’ll love
"Keep Young & Beautiful!," the hit musical show that lampoons the
never-ending
battle
to stay young and beautiful, starring singer/comedian Laura Ainsworth
and
pianist Brian Piper!
While working in live
theatre,
radio and TV as a singer, actress and comedy writer, Laura Ainsworth
began
to notice the intense pressure on performers to "keep young and
beautiful"
that now permeates every area of society. Keep Young &
Beautiful!
(formerly titled "My Ship Has Sailed") is
her melodically hilarious skewering of our pathological obsession with
age and looks, her attempt to promote the revolutionary ideas that
"life
doesn't happen on a timetable," age doesn't matter, and however you
deal
with it, from proudly displaying your wrinkles to getting a facelift,
it's
your own choice. As Laura puts it, "It's your ship; you're the
one
steering it, and you can always turn the wheel!"
A mixture of concert, cabaret, stand-up comedy and multi-media, the
show
weds Laura's gorgeous, rich vocals and renowned pianist/arranger Brian
Piper's impeccable accompaniment on melodies by Kern, Sondheim and more
to some of the funniest parody song lyrics this side of Tom
Lehrer.
Critics and audiences alike have lauded it as a cutting-edge social
satire
elegantly disguised as the type of sophisticated musical/comedy supper
club show that defined Manhattan nightlife in the '50s.
From “The Botox Song,” based on Madonna’s “Frozen,” to her Ella-style
take
on the classic torch song, "Why Was I Born" ("When was I
born?...I'm
never telling...") to Puccini’s immortal aria about wrinkles, “O
Worship
Dr. Perricone”....
From Laura's ribald
Julie
Andrews take on teenage fashion, "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" ("Shall
I
wear
all the nasty things a maiden would?...") to her
tongue-twisting Gilbert & Sullivan-style list of dozens of
essential anti-aging products, "These Are The Very Promise of a Youth
That is Ephemeral"...
Keep Young &
Beautiful! is hilarious, inspirational and exfoliational!
You’ll want to return
and
bring all your friends for this evening of beautiful music and
outrageous
humor about cosmetics, fashion, plastic surgery, diets, aging,
anti-aging,
the fear of being "too old" to try new things, the double
standard
on looks for men and women, our society's obsession with knowing how
old
everyone is, and all the ridiculous, outrageous, funny and insane
things
we willingly endure to fight...
"The last big
culturally-acceptable bias: looking over
30!"
To request a higher quality DVD copy of the demo and a full press kit, click here!
To read Laura's hilarious and
provocative blog on age and beauty pressures, plastic surgery, Botox,
fashion and suchlike topics, click here!
Or, for the Atom post version you can subscribe to and leave comments
on,
visit her Blogspot site
here!
The
Critics
Rave!
"A
Potential
Cult
Phenomenon! A
dynamite
revue…A merciless
spoof of modern America's fear of...aging" by satirical singer Laura
Ainsworth,
"whose Julie Andrews-style These Are The Things That The Taliban
Banned
was one of the cleverest song parodies since the heyday of Tom Lehrer!"
-- Ft.
Worth Star Telegram
"Highly entertaining...A vivid
personality with a wonderful stage
presence...Ms Ainsworth is a quite accomplished
singer-comedienne. She wrings maximum doses of humor out of
every last wonderful lyric
that she has written..."
-- Joseph
Melnicoff,
BroadwayWorld.com "3-1/2 Stars...A
sophisticated
one-woman show...Ainsworth's act is a hybrid, as she is a fine lounge
singer
with comic flair who delivers her songs in a beautiful, sultry voice
with
superb breath control...She tells the audience, 'If Julie Andrews and
Weird
Al Yankovic had a child, it would be me!'" -- TotalTheatre.com
MEDIA KIT:
For info on either show, contact Pat Reeder at
214-370-9917
or email webmaster@lauraainsworth.com.
For
downloadable
photos and a ready-to-use press release about "Keep Young
& Beautiful!,"
click here.
BOOKING:"Keep Young & Beautiful!" can be booked for upscale
cabarets, supper clubs, theaters and nightclubs.
The show is also
excellent for large-scale private birthdays parties and as corporate
entertainment. Its clean humor, beautiful
music and inspiring message make it perfect for any audience, but it is
especially appropriate for female-oriented businesses such as the
cosmetics,
health and fashion industries, or as conference entertainment for
spouses.
Laura
Ainsworth and
Michael Gott's "Cole Porter: Elegance & Decadence" is also a great
show for adults of any age, filled with some of the greatest music and
wittiest lyrics ever written. If you have a party or corporate
event that could use a sophisticated touch, this is the show
for you!
Laura can put together special shows on request (turn-of-the-century
songs, all Gershwin, or whatever you require) for corporate and large
private events. She can also write customized parody
lyrics.
