Actress-commedienne-vocalist extraordinaire Klea Blackhurst is certifiably "one of the girls""Jerry Herman's girls, that is. Blackhurst earned the title playing Dolly Levi at Goodspeed Opera…
Broadway star Kelli Rabke, a singer-actress of petite stature, got to thinking; it occurred to her that an abundance of legendary singing stars, particularly those who've even become iconic,…
More and more Grammy Award-nominated jazz singer Nicole Zuraitis has been widening her presence in the jazz and popular music spheres with original material. Her recent album release on the …
*Singer Becca C. Kidwell took her audience at Don't Tell Mama on a journey"the journey of her life. While this is nothing new in cabaret, I found it fascinating to experience Kidwell's life …
Who doesn't love a good pun? And who doesn't love a creatively put together cabaret show featuring a warm-hearted, multi-award winning singer and her long-time award-winning music director"p…
ScoBar Entertainment presents The Arjana and Ivan Duo on Sunday, July 25th from 7 PM to 9 PM at the West Bank Cafe. Joining the music scene at the popular venue, the pair is Boston-bred sing…
The air was super-charged at Birdland Theater as violinist Marissa Licata presented Strings On Fire, with a program of eclectic work that dazzled. She wasn't kidding, either, when she named …
What kind of mind does Jason Kravits have, anyway? His popular improv show, Off the Top! readily reveals the answer to this burning question. Kravits has a quick mind"on steroids. It's proba…
On March 10, 2020, amidst a gathering pandemic storm, a lease for a venue planned as a four story gay nightclub called The Q was supposed to have been signed. Its location: 795 8th Avenue"th…
In my many years in cabaret, I've seen quite a few Marlene Dietrich tribute shows, but Kim David Smith's intoxicating Mostly Marlene, at Club Cumming was indeed, as the Germans might say, FA…
The glorious duo of singer Elena Bennett and pianist Fred Barton recently got things swingin' at the West Bank Cafe. Together, they recreated numbers from their timeless CD A Wrinkle in Swin…
Singer-songwriter, Joanie Pallatto, has released her 16th studio album, My Original Plan, featuring 14 original jazz-pop songs, with modern guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque. Pallotto will showca…
There's no question that Grammy Award-winning vocalist Catherine Russell is the queen of any stage she's gracing. After all, she is jazz royalty, the daughter of Luis Russell, pianist-leader…
If you want to split a seam laughing and witness a truly classic drag act, you need go no further than Pangea, where Flotilla DeBarge returned to take her audience on a journey into post-Cov…
Aaron L. McKinney is the new executive director of Hi-ARTS, an urban arts incubator that fosters artists who employ Hip-Hop and urban aesthetics"especially Black artists and artists of color…
It's not often that I get the chance to review a cabaret show a second time, but Christina Pecce's Witches, Bitches and Divas was well worth revisiting! I had reviewed Pecce's show a couple …
It speaks of joy. It speaks of moving forward. "Monxo Lopez The "it" that Monxo Lopez, the curator of the exciting new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, Puppets of New …
In celebration of New York opening up again, Dave Konig, with Elliot Finkel, is bringing a monthly live show, Welcome Back New York, to Don't Tell Mama beginning on Sunday, August 29 at 6:00…
Two-time Tony Award® winner, Norbert Leo Butz, commanding the stage at Feinstein's/54 Below, was downright mesmerizing. In Torch Songs for a Pandemic, Butz created an entertaining, fully-…
Scott Siegel's Broadway's Greatest Hits series always offers a good time. Host, writer, producer Siegel has a stellar track record of finding sublime talent from Broadway, cabaret and opera …
Multi-hyphenates David Sabella and Sue Matsuki guided a lucky group of students at Fordham University through the intricacies of performing in cabaret rooms. On August 5, 2021, they hosted a…
Welcome back to Pangea and welcome back to the world!" That was how director Gerry Geddes introduced the new show by Wells Hanley, Brian Childers and Matt DiPasquale. Presented not so much a…
What a joy to hear Billy Stritch's album Billy's Place come to life at Birdland Jazz Club. The euphoria of live performance and of coming home to the venue was palpable for everyone in the h…
I wanted to write something in remembrance of Don Schaffer, who's passed away. He was 82. He helped an awful lot of people in New York's entertainment community, myself included. And I'll al…
The multi-talented David Sabella is a performer who walks his talk. He's the author (with Sue Matsuki) of "So You Want To Sing Cabaret," a comprehensive study of the genre, and clearly Sabel…