By ROB LESTER****Where there’s a Will, there’s a way: By way of clarifying, I mean walking/talking encyclopedia of music Will Friedwald. He literally wrote the book —several— including one soon-hot-off-the-press item on great albums by vocalists. This […]
Review by ROB LESTER**** Stop! Look! Listen! ..and say, “Wow!” Showstoppers are usually thought of as musical numbers that cause the audience to applaud so wildly long that the show simply can’t go on for a […]
By ROB LESTER**** It was a long — but productive — summer of songs, and the top two winners of Don’t Tell Mama’s third annual Mama’s Next BIG! Act singing contest were announced at this week’s […]
By ROB LESTER****In what the publicist/co-producer Beck Lee describes as a tight race, one champion finalist has “eked out a photo-finish win in one of the most competitive MetroStar contests in years,” thanks in part to […]
By ROB LESTER**** Our website’s description, Where Broadway Meets Cabaret, suits T. Oliver Reid to a “T.” He has a Beach Cafe cabaret gig this week and was just cast in his 10th Broadway show. He sings […]
Review by ROB LESTER**** When art imitates life in the arts, there can be artistic differences. At the festival closing Sunday, August 6, two ambitious NYMF shows celebrate real-life artistic American men: one still famous […]
By ROB LESTER**** What better message for a musical than, “Find and be your true self, despite pressures to be a clone, and you’ll be a happier true you.” Backbeard and Happily don’t have lyrics saying those exact words, […]
By ROB LESTER*** Looking for musicals about teens and their troubles? See our Pick of the Week for info on Happily (August 3 & 4) at NYMF. And here are reviews at two that came by first: […]
By ROB LESTER**** I can happily recommend checking out Happily: The Musical — a smart and intriguing idea for a show, full of positive messages about finding yourself and following your own bliss, straight or gay. Meet the […]
By ROB LESTER****”What a swell party this is!” Cabaret crooner Jeff Harnar is at The Beach Cafe, the restaurant/bar that’s just added music to its menu. And in a big way, with the cream of the cafe society […]
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