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She discovered Chavela Vargas and as her research on Vargas broadened and deepened, she decided to refocus the project into a program of Spanish songs focused exclusively on this artist. Recently she had been developing a program of songs written by women, notably Spanish songs her Puerto Rican mother loved that were written by great Latina songwriters including Maria Grever, Maria Teresa Lara, Maria Teresa Vera and Consuelo Velazquez. Stephanie Trudeau has been an actress and singer for over 40 years, performing in NYC cabaret, Off-Broadway and regional theater. Reviewing the debut performance, Paul Berss (New York Theatre Wire) praised the evening writing, "What a delightful presentation by singer Stephanie Trudeau - a pleasure from start to finish.Pangea obviously knows a good thing when they see it!" Trudeau is accompanied by her arranger, David Lahm on piano and by Diego Cebollero on guitar and percussion. It is also a documentary theater project that traces the famed ranchera singer's artistic evolution and the key relationships of her life, including those with her musical mentor, Jose Alfredo Jimenez (perhaps the greatest composer of ranchera songs), the painters Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, the great Cuban courtesan Macorina, and the producers, notably Pedro Almodovar, who enabled her comeback at age 72 after a 15 year battle with alcoholism. Trudeau, is more than just a musical cabaret based on the songs of legendary Mexican singer Chavela Vargas. (Please see the review from Pangea.)The piece, written and performed by Ms. She had debuted the piece at Pangea Supper Club in the East Village, performed at Don’t Tell Mama last May and has been invited back in response to the appreciation of her audience. NEW YORK, Novem- Actor/cabaret singer Stephanie Trudeau will perform a return engagement of her docu-cabaret, "Chavela: Think Of Me," at Don’t Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC. STEPHANIE TRUDEAU 2020 BISTRO AWARD WINNERĭocu-cabaret is an homage to singer Chavela Vargas, famed Mexican singerĪrtist's website: PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE at: