I've seen a lot of drag in my day, but I can safely say I've never seen a tap dancing drag queen! As a matter of fact, in all my years in cabaret, I've only ever seen one other act featuring…
Magazine publisher/editor/writer and cabaret impresario, Stephen Hanks, has written about sports, politics, the media, health and nutrition, and most recently, cabaret and theater for an arr…
This was the gayest night on the Upper East Side in years!" So commented one attendee while departing the 92nd Street Y after attending (the rather unwieldly titled) XYZ Presents Paramount+ …
After training at the Bristol Old Vic School in England, Gay Marshall began her career at the Cleveland Playhouse, and soon after, made her Broadway debut in the featured role of Diana Moral…
Fanny Brice is alive and well and appearing in New York City. No, I'm not referring to the current Broadway revival of Funny Girl, which has received mixed reviews at best. I'm talking about…
On Friday, May 27, producer Stephen Hanks and the performers of the series' CABARET CAMPAIGNS: BLUE WAVE 2018 and THE VOTING RIGHTS SHOW 2020, will reunite at the Laurie Beechman Theater at …
Drawing mostly from his latest CD, Early Blue Evening, award-winning jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist, Andy Farber, brought his orchestra to Birdland Jazz Club for an early evening of…
NiteLife Exchanges is a weekly streaming video interview show with hosts Scott Barbarino and Tony Javed. This week's guest is Karen Mason. Recorded on Thursday, May 12th you can watch us on…
Gaylin English was known by practically everyone in the NYC nightlife community. Whether she served you dinner at The 5 Oaks or Judy's, or cocktails at The Colosseum, or even if you just hun…
We need Amanda McBroom! We may not have realized how much we needed her, but boy, did we need her! Her mellifluous voice. Her luminous spirit. Her masterful storytelling. Her sly sensuality.…
NiteLife Exchanges is a weekly streaming video interview show with hosts Scott Barbarino and Tony Javed. This week's guest is Justin Ross Cohen, the director and choreographer of the off-bro…
NiteLife Exchange (NLE) celebrates Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights In Jazz (JK) with Six Questions NLE: You started your career as an attorney, with an impressive background in that field. …
Back in 1977, Elizabeth Swados' Nightclub Cantata premiered at the now defunct, but legendary Village Gate, with a rave review from equally legendary New York Times critic, Clive Barnes. The…
What did Therese Lee, a Hollywood entertainment reporter, faced with a run of bad luck, do when she no longer had a way to drive to her assignments in Tinseltown? She created her own musical…
Vocalist and soprano sax-master, Danny Bacher, is one of those performers who truly loves what he does, and it shows in his every performance. Versatile and multi-talented, this outing at Pa…
New York- and Arizona-based singer, Wendy Scherl, started her performing career in regional theater, touring the country in featured roles such as Grace in Annie, Babe in the Pajama Game and…
Danny Bolero's, They Call Me Cuban Pete: The Music and Genius of Desi Arnaz, premieres on Monday, April 25 at 7 PM at Don't Tell Mama. The show is directed by Madeline McCray with musical di…
I have never seen a bad show from Lennie Watts! Now, full disclosure: Lennie is a friend and cabaret colleague. Back when I was doing tech, I did lights and sound for many of his shows. I've…
Congratulations to all MAC Award winners and nominees of 2022! Great job putting together a wonderful evening of entertainment MAC! It was an honor for me to be nominated! Here are some …
Intrigued by NLE's Who Was Who!, I want to know who was where. I want to know about the hot and happening clubs and piano bars of previous decades. Perhaps the past can inspire new paths for…
It's always a treat to see an artist make their New York cabaret debut, especially one as good as Cindy Firing. In this case, the treat was twice as sweet, because not only is Firing incredi…
Castellino's latest project is directing the 45th anniversary production of Elizabeth Swados' Nightclub Cantata, an eclectic and heralded theatrical creation rarely seen since its inception …
How on earth do I write this review?! David Dean Bottrell's show, David Dean Bottrell Makes Love at The Triad Theater is one of the funniest, most touching and at times, one of the filthiest…
The delightful supper club Feinstein's/54 Below may not be the first place you expect to encounter an opera. And make no mistake, The Pleasing Recollection is indeed an opera, albeit a conte…
Broadway triple-threat, T. Oliver Reid can always be depended on to deliver plenty of polish and great satisfaction in his cabaret shows. A Sunday Kind of Love on Valentine's Eve at Birdland…