The inspirational original musical Angels, based on John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, is –ironically —walking its talk. One of the themes of the show is never giving up… and, on its ten-year journey to […]
By MARILYN LESTER**** Chicago’s musical husband-and-wife team Joanie Pallatto and Bradley Parker-Sparrow came East to celebrate – and with good cause. The two just released a new CD of co-composed numbers, Float Out to Sea, and […]
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 […]
Ella Fitzgerald was born 100 years ago; c-ELLA-brations have been going on all year. Next month, MusicTalks celebrates Ella Fitzgerald’s centennial in a special concert at the legendary Birdland Jazz Club […]
Tapping into the 1941 Hit Parade: “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” ” Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and “The White Cliffs of Dover,” Dawn Derow‘s My Ship explores the emotional climate of America as it entered WWII and opens […]
Shirley Ritenour has returned to the New York City cabaret scene with a new show, An Affair to Remember. After an October 19th premiere, the show returns October 26th encore at 7:00 PM at Don’t Tell Mama. Both nights were set […]
By MARILYN LESTER**** Closing out a tremendous four days of cabaret, Klea Blackurst shepherded a night devoted to the music of Hoagy Carmichael and Richard Whiting to a gala close. As a finale, it couldn’t […]
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 […]
By MARILYN LESTER*** When Wednesday night Cabaret Convention host James Gavin wrote Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret (originally printed in 1991 and reissued in an updated, expanded version in 2006), he […]
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