By Marilyn Lester***If audience reaction is a gauge of a performer’s excellence, then the packed house in Don’t Tell Mama’s Brick Room certainly awarded Susie Clausen, aka Saxy Susie, a gold medal. Imagine that enthusiastic […]
By Marilyn Lester***Over a fantastically long and celebrated career of writing music, America’s greatest composer, Duke Ellington, was no stranger to dance, from the early days of the Cotton Club, to suites such as A […]
By Marilyn Lester***To say that actress-singer Mandy Gonzalez is a powerhouse performer is like saying an apple is red, or a banana is yellow. That oft-used term, force of nature, also certainly applies to her, […]
Singer Lynn Henderson has had careers in business and as a performer. She’s been singing since childhood, a lifelong love snd pursuit. After college, she was seen in many venues in the Eastern U.S. as […]
By Marilyn Lester***She’s vivacious, exuberant, upbeat and as bright as a penny; there’s no question that Marilu Henner loves to perform, and her audiences are all in favor of that proposition. The reciprocal vibe is […]
By Marilyn Lester***In the autumn of 1982, an engaging new musical, Charlotte Sweet, opened at the Westside Arts Center, especially championed by artist Al Hirschfeld and musician Leonard Cohen, earning three Drama Desk Award nominations […]
By Marilyn Lester***The new Tom Hanks-fueled play, This World of Tomorrow, with Kelli O’Hara, pretty much inhabits the world we need for today. It’s full of humor, sweetness, positivity and a subtle gravitas that builds […]
By Marilyn Lester***In recent programming looking beyond Great American Songbook staples, the 92NY Lyrics & Lyricists season opener zeroed in on modern classics with “Motown’s Heat Wave: The Songs of Holland-Dozier-Holland,” And it was a sizzler. […]
By Marilyn Lester***The Friends of Alec Wilder’s 40th annual concert celebrating the life and music of Alec Wilder once again offered a solid program, produced by Mark Walter, dedicated to their subject with a stellar […]
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