292 stories by "Stephen Holden"
“On a Clear Day: The Musical Vision of Burton Lane,” at the 92 Street Y, yielded a program of the composer’s Broadway and film tunes, including the frisky Irish-flavored sc…
In a return engagement, the suave baritone Paulo Szot tries to complete his crossover from opera singer to pop crooner.
Anika Noni Rose gave her New York cabaret debut, and Joan Osborne unveiled a song cycle, both part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series.
Ms. Haran sang with a remarkably pure voice in a simple pop-jazz style that echoed big band singers of the 1940s.
The noted cabaret singer is hurt while biking.
Brooke Shields makes her cabaret debut with “In My Life,” an autobiographical soufflé of monologues stitched together by songs, at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.
The Collegiate Chorale and the American Symphony Orchestra performed a concert version of “Knickerbocker Holiday,” Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson’s 1938 Broadway show.
In his show at the Oak Room of the Algonquin, Steve Ross camouflages animal instinct under a veneer of wit.
The musical comedy team of Michael Garin and Mardie Millit take a whirlwind world tour at the Metropolitan Room.
Lance Horne and friends gave an evening of his theater songs as part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series.
Christine Ebersole’s new show at the Café Carlyle includes songs from her Broadway hit “Grey Gardens” in a larger meditation on youth and age.
Margaret Whiting, a daughter of Hollywood’s golden age, was a loving caretaker of the American Songbook.
Two veterans of “Rent” revisit that show but also perform some of their original material.
Bucky Pizzarelli was the guest of honor at Lyrics & Lyricists, but it was a family affair.
In “Songs My Mother Taught Me: The Judy Garland Songbook” at Feinstein’s, Lorna Luft performed tunes made famous by Garland and offered biographical tidbits.
The British entertainer Bonnie Langford delivers a compendium of songs and showbiz anecdotes in “Bonnie Langford Spends Christmas in New York.”
The religious aspect is absent from Michael Feinstein’s annual end-of-the year shows at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.
Rufus Wainwright performs a cycle of 12 songs that includes his adaptation of Shakespeare sonnets.
David Campbell, the Australian pop singer, is back in New York in a show at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency celebrating his recent CD, “On Broadway.”
Ute Lemper, in a program at Joe’s Pub, takes listeners on a journey through the poetry of Charles Bukowski.
The most impressive stunt in “One Night With Joan,” a lighthearted, unrevealing autobiographical compendium of reminiscences and remarks, accompanied by dimly projected film clip…
The New York Pops orchestra, joined by singers, played Stephen Sondheim songs in peppy arrangements at Carnegie Hall.
“Made in Dagenham” is a feminist fairy tale based on actual events whose heroine, a composite of real-life women, leads Ford workers in the battle for equal pay.
Stefanie Powers, in her New York cabaret debut, “Hart of My Heart,” refers to Lorenz Hart and Ms. Powers’s long-running television series, “Hart to Hart.”
Steve Tyrell, a Burt Bacharach protégé from Houston, is in his sixth season at the Café Carlyle.
