Stephanie Vlahos - Stage Director

Kurt Weill Mahagonny performance with John Adams

GANGSTER HOUR
Well known as a mezzo-soprano for the L.A. Opera, Stephanie Vlahos spirits herself into silk stockings and sultry costuming for a night of camp and serious singing in "The Gangster Hour." She brings an evening of old-fashioned nightclub entertainment. The only thing missing is Jim Carrey turning into a jaw-dropping wolf and whistling. The two-hour show, divided by an intermission, presents 21 songs, occasionally sandwiched with moments of the mobsteresque -- the kind of parody that could be called "the Cotton Club Meets the Maltese Falcon." What sells the evening however, is Vlahos' incredible voice and phrasing...Read more.

Elle Qui Chante
"Soprano Leads a Double Life" Associated Press, Louinn Lota...Read more.

European decadence, multiple costume changes, slinky female dancers and songs of a sexually ambiguous nature -- the new Madonna tour? No, it's the latest cabaret act by opera singer Stephanie Vlahos. And, between the two, Vlahos has the better voice and much better songs. Read more.

- Todd Everett, Variety

Even More Weill
Stephanie Vlahos, mezzo-soprano with the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, has been moonlighting for the last couple of years with programs of international pop music, notably French cabaret songs (in last year's show "Elle qui chante") and the music of Kurt Weill. "Even More Weill," currently playing Wednesday nights at the Gardenia in Hollywood, is her second Weill program, following "Weill Thoughts" at the Largo two years ago. It's not as ambitiously staged as "Elle qui chante," which featured dancers and a small band, but retains many of the theatrical elements that set Vlahos' act apart from most cabaret singers. Her black hair close-cropped and slicked down, wielding a prop cane and straddling her chair (when not slinkily draped across the top of Tom McFarlane's baby grand), Vlahos looks ready to sub for Joel Grey in "Cabaret" at a moment's notice, though her singing puts her several notches above the entertainment at the Kit Kat Klub. Read more.
----Tod Everett, Variety