Molly Ringwald brings cabaret act to Copa Friday and Saturday

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by Daniel Vaillancourt, Special to Desert Outlook

If you think you know ’80s teen Brat Pack queen Molly Ringwald, think again. She may still be beloved primarily for starring in late director John Hughes’ classic triptych “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Pretty in Pink,” but the now-48-year-old happily married mom of an 11-year-old daughter and 5-year-old boy-girl twins also has more than 30 other films to her credit.

Molly Ringwald – Photo by Hussein Katz – Desert Sun

She’s been in Broadway’s “Cabaret” and “Enchanted April,” and was recently a series regular in the long-running ABC Family hit “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.” In 2012, Ringwald’s debut fiction, “When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories,” was published, and last fall she began writing a weekly online advice column, “Ask Molly Ringwald,” for the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Guardian.

But perhaps most surprising, 2014 also saw her unveil a Jazz CD, “Except Sometimes.” She’s coming to the desert with her four-man band March 6 and 7 to perform her cabaret act at Copa in Palm Springs… READ THE FULL DESERT SUN STORY

What: Molly Ringwald sings cabaret

When: 8 p.m. March 6 and 7

Where: Copa, 244 E. Amado Road, Palm Springs

Tickets: $45-$75

Info: copapalmsprings.com

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