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Francesca Amari

Cabaret/Jazz Singer from Palm Springs, CA

About Me

Recently named the winner of the 2022 Desert Theatre League Award for Outstanding Cabaret Supporting Artist, and the 2021 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Recipient for Best Streaming Concert/Cabaret for her Gilda Radner tribute show, Francesca Amari is a versatile singer/cabaret artist from Palm Springs, CA. She was nominated Vocalist of the Decade by BroadwayWorld Palm Springs in 2020 & Best Jazz Vocalist in the 2020 & 2018 Coachella Valley Music Awards and has performed @top-rated cabaret clubs from New York to Hollywood, including Birdland, Metropolitan Room, The Triad & 92nd Street Y in NYC; The Gardenia, Catalina Jazz Club, Mbar, Rockwell Table & E Spot/Vitello’s in Hollywood; Martinis Above Fourth in San Diego & the Purple Room in Palm Springs. Francesca has earned rave reviews for her entertaining cabaret shows. She tours the country w/her critically-acclaimed Gilda Radner tribute & has performed & studied with such cabaret luminaries as Andrea Marcovicci, Karen Mason, Marilyn Maye & Sam Harris. In SoCal, Francesca performs regularly as a jazz/pop singer or with her “Cocktails & Cabaret” show and The Mod Squad Trio at top Coachella Valley spots, including Oscar’s, Melvyn’s, Woody’s, AJ’s on the Green, PS Underground, Purple Room, Palm Canyon Roadhouse & COPA.

She appeared in the AZ, FL & PA Non-Equity premieres of “Midlife! The Crisis Musical” by veteran Broadway brothers Bob & Jim Walton & won Desert Theatre League (DTL) awards for Outstanding Cabaret (2022) & Best Professional Actress (2016) as Reno Sweeny in Palm Canyon Theatre’s “Anything Goes.” She’s received multiple BroadwayWorld & DTL nominations for “Gilda,” “Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class” & “Women Behind Bars.” Other theatre credits include “Sordid Lives,” “Pump Boys & Dinettes,” “Taffetas,” “Beehive,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” & “A…My Name is Alice.” Francesca is a busy audiobook director & has been teaching & directing children’s theatre for 30+ years. www.FrancescaAmari.com