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Julius Withers Monk (November 10, 1912, Spencer, North Carolina – August 17, 1995, New York City) was an American impresario in the New York cabaret scene. His 1956 revue, Four Below, has been characterized as "the first legitimate cafe revue in New York City"




Biography


Monk was born into a well-heeled and well-established family of North Carolina. After training at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, he earned his living playing piano in New York City and France, then became manager in 1942 of the New York nightclub Le Ruban Bleu, owned by Herbert Jacoby. In 1956, Monk left that establishment for San Francisco's the hungry i, where he did duty as master of ceremonies. Soon, Murray Grand, new manager of the Downstairs Room (formerly the Purple Onion), recalled Monk to Manhattan. On March 4, 1956, his opening revue, Four Below (starring Dody Goodman) was a triumph. (It was characterized as "the first legitimate cafe revue in New York City" by James Gavin, author of the 1991 book Intimate Nights, The Golden Age of New York Cabaret.) At the new venue (Upstairs At The Downstairs on West 56th Street), Monk then staged a succession of revues by writers such as Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt (later collaborators on The Fantasticks), Sheldon Harnick, Louis Botto, Herb Hartig, Gerry Matthews, John Meyer, and Tom Poston.
Monk's annual revues established the standard for New York cabaret over the following decade: Take Five (1957), Demi-Dozen (1958), Four Below Strikes Back (1959), Pieces of Eight (1959), Dressed to the Nines (1960) and 7 Come 11 (1961). Friction between Monk and owner Irving Haber prompted the former to leave and in 1962 he and Thomas Hammond opened a new nightclub — the Rendezvous Room (Plaza 9) — at the Plaza Hotel. There his troupe continued with revues such as Dime A Dozen (1962), Baker's Dozen (1964), and Bits & Pieces XIV (1964).
Monk's last revue at the Plaza, Four In Hand, closed on June 29, 1968 after which he retired. He died at age 82 in August 1995 at his home in Manhattan.




Discography



Four Below Strikes Back; Offbeat Records (OLP 4017): Julius Monk Revue - Julius Monk Revue [1959]
Overture and Opening
Leave Your Mind Alone
Mr. X
It's a Wonderful day to Be Seventeen
Castro Tango!
Charlie Chan
Sitwells
Merry-Go, Merry-Go-Round
Jefferson Davis Tyler's General Store
Four Seasons/Speak No Love
Constant Nymphet
Man Tan
Lola Montez
Family Fallout Shelter
Literary Time
Love, Here I Am
Payola
Take Five with Ronny Graham; Offbeat Records (OLP 4013): Julius Monk Revue;– Ronny Graham, Ceil Cabot, Ellen Hanley, Jean Arnold, Gerry Matthews [5/1958]
Introductory "Notes"
"You've Got to Open the Show"
Roger, the Rabbit
Westport/Portofino
Jefferson Davis Tyler's General Store
Gristedes
Say Hello
Poets' Corner
Pro Musica Antiqua
Gossiping Grapevine
Night Heat
Finale-Doing the Psycho-Neurotique
Julius Monk Presents Demi-Dozen; Offbeat Records (OLP 4015) - Julius Monk Revue [1/1959]
Grand Opening^
Yes Sirree
Mister Off-Broadway^
You Fascinate Me So
Conference Call
The Holy Man and the New Yorker^
The Race of the Lexington Avenue Express^
Sunday in New York
Intellectual's Rag
Seasonal Sonatina^
One and All^^
Portofino
Guess Who Was There
3rd Avenue El
Statehood Hulu^
Grand Finale — Monk's Merrie Minstrel Show!
(^ lyric by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt; ^^music and lyric by Harvey Schmidt)

Pieces of Eight; Offbeat Records (OLP 4016): Julius Monk Revue - Julius Monk Revue [1959]
Overture
Happiness is a Bird
And Then I Wrote
Radio City Music Hall
Miss Williams
Uncle Bergie Evans Show
Oriental
Ardent Admirer
Steel Guitars and Barking Seals
Election Spectacular
A Name of Our Own
M'Lady Chatterley
Seasons' Greetings
Farewell
Everybody Wants to Be Loved
Night the Hurricane Struck
A Conversation Piece
Julius Monk presents Tammy Grimes (1959)
Julius Monk Simply Plays (and / or Vice-versa) - 1959
Seven Come Eleven; Columbia Records LP (55477): Julius Monk Revue - New York Cast [1961]
Dressed to the Nines MGM E3914 OC
Cecil Cabot, Gordon Connell, Bill Hinnant, Gerry Matthews, Pat Ruhr, Mary Louise Wilson with William Roy and Carl Norman at the Plural Pianos

Overture/Gala Opening — The Theater’s in the Dining Room/Dressed to the Nines
Tiny Town
And that Was He & She
Sociable Amoeba
Con Edison
Come In and Browse
The Hate Song
A Word from Our Sponsor
Bring Back the Roxy to Me
Nanny
Smoke
Names
Billy's Blues
Ft. Lauderdale
Un-Expurgated Version
Finale-Reprise—Dressed to the Nines
It's Your Fault
Dime A Dozen; Cadence Records LP (CLP 3063, mono; CLP 25063, stereo): Julius Monk Revue - New York Cast [1962]




References






External links


Julius Monk papers, 1906-1991. Held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

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