Live at The Eleanor offers an intimate, candlelit lounge experience where each performance unfolds like a conversation between artist and audience. Held in the historic Eleanor Room, this recurring series features emerging artists and is not limited by genre. You’ll find music, poetry, dance, and more. Whether you’ve come to explore fresh talent or enjoy a relaxed evening out with craft beverages and concessions, Live at The Eleanor welcomes you on Friday and Saturday evenings at the Tacoma Armory.
Rouge
Vocalist Janet Rayor, Accordionist Toby Hanson, Pianist Clayton Murray.
The joy, pathos, sensuality and romance, of classic cobblestone French music beguiled Rouge's founder Janet Rayor. Yet the relationship with the audience matters as much to this vocalist/dancer. The charismatic, elfin performer began singing Rouge music almost 28 yrs. ago, gaining Toby Hanson, an award-winning accordionist/composer, and Clayton Murray, a consummate accompanist and melodic jazz pianist, 15 years on, to create an experience that is alive and new!
"[Rayor] charmed the audience, . . . a pitch-perfect chanteuse, dancing through the audience . . . connecting with young and old alike. . . musicianship was nothing short of superb!"
~ My Edmonds News
Fantastique! . . an exquisitely talented performer...a cut above. . Liza Minelli, Juliet Prowse, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Her vocal range is magnifique, but her mixture of humor and pathos, dramatic gestures, dead pan, comic asides, teasing flirtations, and audience connection is electrifying! Her dancing prowess is a graceful, a sensual display of poetic athleticism. . .
The pianist and accordion player are virtuosos in their own right . .
~ John Shephard, Cottage Lake Concert Series
Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Venue/Location: Tacoma Armory
Address: 1001 Yakima Ave, Tacoma, WA 98405
Tickets: $20