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Cosmo Street - Now Available!

Hands Solo - Now Available!

Hands Solo -Available! Re-Issue Oct 15, 2005 . Pick up a copy of Vic' critically acclaimed Debut CD (2002) at Salty's On Alki, Tower Records/Queen Anne Everyday Music/Seattle & Portland

Piano Performer/Singer

With a background in American Theatre, as an actor-director, Vic Janusz was offered a nightly, 6-month contract as a piano soloist in 1998 by the Seattle Sheraton Towers; NORDSTROM offered a full-time day position as a pianist shortly thereafter, and Janusz was in music full-time. His numerous cabaret hits as a singer-pianist include the popular "Phoenicia and Vic Shows" with Wade Madsen and "The Night Is Bettah." He has accompanied singers as diverse as Greta Matassa, rock/roots singer Elizabeth Carpenter and El Vez. One of Seattle's most in demand pianomen, either as soloist or frontman, Janusz has been represented at CANLIS (VJ Trio has headlined at 4 New Year's Eve parties), the Fairmont, and numerous country clubs.

His debut CD "Hands Solo" (VIM 5338)--an instrumental -- released in 2002, features piano solos, piano & bass duets, and three original tunes. Reissue: February 2005.

"COSMO STREET" his first CD as Singer/Pianist, spotlights Vic as songwriter on half the album's twelve tracks, and features a line-up of Northwest All-Stars: Saxaphonist MARK TAYLOR, Electric & Upright Bassist SPENCER HOVESKELAND (one-half of the "Bottom Line Duo"), and drummer JEREMY JONES.
Eight more musicians guest on various tracks.
Produced By Victor Janusz & Mike Strickland.
On VIM RECORDS (VIM 5339)

Actor/Director

Artistic Director of Seattle's TRIAD Ensemble (1987-94) a small Equity Theatre Co, has produced and/or directed nearly forty productions. World Premieres: Bruce Mason, Cait Sullivan, Avram Katzman, John Kauffman, Tamara Paris, among others.

Highlights of Janusz' acclaimed Directing Career: The American Premiere of the London hit Heart-Throb (by Hutchison/Seabrook), Brecht's Visions of Simone Machard, and the Northwest Premiere of Harry Kondoleon's Christmas On Mars.

An actor with Off-Broadway credits, including stints at LaMama and Playwrights Horizons, he studied with Barbara Coggin, Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof and at the famed Actors Studio (1979-85). Janusz relocated to Seattle in 1986 to appear in the West Coast Premiere of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart.

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Grants include: WA State, King County and Seattle Arts Commissions, Allied Arts and the Boeing Company. In 1994, was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for his adaptation of an Ibsen classic; Hedda Gabler '55 — also filmed for inclusion in the National Theatre archive at Lincoln Center.

Notable Reviews:

Ibsen's Ghosts - "Janusz directs Ibsen with dramatic vehemence."— Seattle P.I.

Tennesee Williams' A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur - "Janusz perfectly captures Williams' sense of faltering innocence and misplaced dreams." — Arts Focus

Brecht's The Visions of Simone Machard - "Janusz grasps the trappings of Brecht's unique theatrical style." — Seattle Times

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