REVIEWS - Joan Jaffe Sings Funny... CD One of the top 15 - New York Cabaret' Best 2010 - "The veteran actress put her acclaimed show "Joan Jaffe Sings Funny" to a recording. Picking comical gems both old and new-and often rare-Jaffe brought delightful delivery to both the live show and the CD." Kevin Scott Hall - www.edgenewyork.com “Simply put, Joan Jaffe is adorable. An old-school performer with a flair for vaudeville and shtick, she has a smile in her voice. It’s not a big voice by any means, but it doesn’t need to be for most of what she has chosen to sing. Her delivery is that of a pro and she puts personality into everything, always game for a bit of goofiness and makes ‘silly’ into an art form. Uncomplicated, just eager to please, her CD is a modest, merry breath of fresh air. Its title puts it plainly and delivers on its plucky promise: Joan Jaffe Sings Funny...Joan colors her words judiciously with a comic’s touch, injecting mood and attitude into single words and phrases: frustration, excitement over little things, confusion, shoulder-shrugging, occasional character voices. Having seen her cabaret act of the same name, with these songs, I’m happy to report that this very visual performer of many faces, with eyes that light up and ever-changing facial expressions, manages to get so much into these vocal inflections for an album recorded in a studio...One needn’t struggle for words to describe the work of Joan Jaffe on her album. It works. She so deliciously amusing..” Rob Lester, TalkinBroadway.com “After a long career of working in theatre, films, television, and even emceeing a stand-up comedy show, Joan Jaffe has been making quite a splash this year with her first solo cabaret show, ‘Joan Jaffe Sings Funny...’ She was nominated for a MAC Award for Musical Comedy and now...the CD!..Speaking of her wild ride this year, Joan told me, ‘About a year ago, I told Jan Wallman [legendary nightclub owner and producer] about my show,and she said she’d come and review it. I didn’t know if I was ready for all that, but she told me, “Honey, if you’re going to charge people to see you, you’re ready to be reviewed!” ‘..Fortunately, Wallman gave Jaffe a great review and more followed...Recorded with the great Jerry Scott on piano, the recording is a pleasant throwback to the ‘50s when Carol Burnett, Kaye Ballard and Lily Tomlin started their careers by singing comic numbers...Jaffe tackles Kander & Ebb, Francesca Blumenthal and Murray Grand. My personal favorite is ‘I’m Never Bored,’ a valentine to the New York that nearly kills us but never bores us.” Kevin Scott Hall, “Kevin Kabaret”, EdgeNewYork.com MORE ABOUT JOAN JAFFE - The incredible JOAN JAFFE, moon* of stage, screen and TV, has received critical acclaim for her show JOAN JAFFE SINGS FUNNY... which has played to sold out performances. She was nominated for a 2010 MAC (Manhattan Assoc. of Cabaret & Clubs) Award. More excitement - her CD, Joan Jaffe Sings Funny... has just been released and has received exciting accolades from the press and tremendous praise from her family. Joan is writer/director of Louisa Poster’s cabaret show FLASH-BAM-ALA-KA-ZAM: a Tribute to Betty Hutton. Joan Jaffe, who has understudied some of the theatre’s healthiest women, was featured with her late husband Hal Blankenship as Burt & Lizzie in the award winning film THE SAVAGES. Other recent films in which Joan was featured: Disney’s ENCHANTED (Gentle Folk), THE PRODUCERS (Little Old Lady), APPROACHING UNION SQUARE (Mom). She appeared on Broadway in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING and BAJOUR; recent Off-Broadway - (Mrs. Bucket) TROPHY WIFE; (Nellie Cohan) in THE GEORGE M. COHAN REVUE, & YANKEE DOODLE BOY. A veteran of tours, cabaret, films and commercials, TV appearances include soaps, LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, Comedy Central with Slovin & Allen, as well as live appearances with Slovin & Allen at COMEDY BELOW CANAL (92ndY Tribeca), UCB and Here. Producer and host of her stand-up comedy show, JOAN JAFFE’S COMEDY ON SUNDAY for over three years. She and talented, handsome husband Hal Blankenship had their own cabaret act, THE JOAN & HAL SHOW and appeared at the prestigious Friars Club four years in a row. *(moon - not a star - yet)