By ROB LESTER****All roads lead to and from Marilyn Maye in cabaret. Also pointing to Kati Neiheisel‘s strong showing catchable on the 21st and a spotlight on Spotlight on You, here we have six degrees of separation […]
By ROB LESTER****In this uncertain world, come December there are two certain things that are certainly reliable: both are longer-in-the-tooth yet ageless smiling sprites beaming positivity and dressed head to toe in bright red, reliably […]
By ROB LESTER****I don’t know if she can ride a bicycle, too, but if cabaret is like riding a bicycle, to invoke an old saying, and you just get back in the seat and pedal […]
By ROB LESTER****Santa Claus brought an early gift in the form of Irving Berlin reincarnated as the ever-engaging entertainer Jon Peterson in the one-man musical show Irving Berlin: In Person. Written and directed by Berlin expert Chip Deffaa, it is full […]
By ROB LESTER****Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain who planned to pull the final curtain for NYC’s The Wizard of Oz live stage show this month. The yellow brick road has been extended as […]
By ROB LESTER****It isn’t every day that a singer I interview casually says, “Judy Garland was always very nice to me,” or lets me see a telegram that Frank Sinatra sent her. But Tennie Leonard […]
By ROB LESTER****At last! See Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand on the same stage for $20. Or, as Sidney Myer oft says, “…Or reasonable facsimiles.” Facsimiles Saturday night are Rick Skye as Liza and Steven Brinberg brings the music, the mem’ries to light the corners of […]
By ROB LESTER**** Friday is Skye Day! Want a sure sassy bet and belt? It’s Liza with a Z and “the guy named Skye” with an E at the end of his name– who also used […]
By ROB LESTER**** I ran into a smiling Ira Lee Collings at intermission of the final Cabaret Convention song-a-rama. The self-“I just wanted to get closer to the stage and touch it,” said the frequent cabaret attendee and […]
By ROB LESTER**** Last call! Last chance! The big cabaret extravaganza ends October 19. Here, in rhyme this time, are some pre-show comments from this long-time cabaret observer/journalist: The big event ends tonight—Do I have to […]
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