By Marilyn Lester***In 1926 Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown wrote “The Birth of the Blues” for the Broadway revue, George White’s Scandals of 1926; the popular tune reappeared in the 1941 musical film, […]
By Marilyn Lester***In her recent cabaret show at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, That’s What I’d Say, singer-songwriter Crystal Lewis had plenty to say—all of it entrancing and illuminating. West Coast-based, making a rare East Coast […]
By Scott Barbarino***Even as we mourn the death of one of our own, the extraordinary Sally Darling, we celebrate her remarkable life. Sometimes special gifts come to us in the form of people who bring […]
By Marilyn Lester***Like any long-awaited celebratory annual event, say Christmas, Hannukah or a birthday, so is the yearly April residency of Marilyn Maye at 54 Below awaited with high anticipation. In this edition, the Marvelous […]
By Marilyn Lester***Think of culinary sophistication: the ragout, kare raisu, feijoada, ratatouille, ciambotta—all dishes with multiple ingredients that combine to make one tasty, satisfying whole. And there you have Jason Graae’s A Graae Night For […]
By Marilyn Lester***By and large, composers in a songwriting team get the bigger share of glory: Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers and so on. But in American popular music, that’s only half […]
By Marilyn Lester***A man of many parts, a man of many accolades, and one who’s, by all accounts, a mensch—all palpable in An Evening with Brian Stokes Mitchell at 92NY. In two generous hours of performance, […]
By Marilyn Lester ***It can’t be easy to condense the music of 250 years+ into two hours, but that task was given the old college try by the New York Pops under the leadership of […]
By Marilyn Lester***How do you condense decades worth of music into 90 minutes and do it justice? Why, you call multiple Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall, of course. Helming the latest Lyrics & Lyricists production […]
By Marilyn Lester***Multi-cast cabaret shows have become quite a staple at 54 below. with interesting themes and plenty of talent—and as with any endeavor, no matter how excellent, some, like rich cream, rise to the […]
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