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Cabaret Reviews
Jeff Harnar’s 1980’s Don’t Tell Mama Songbook with Alex Rybeck Was the Absolute Top
By Marilyn Lester***It’s too bad Cole Porter isn’t around to add another verse to “You’re the Top,” for it would surely laud the partnership of Jeff Harnar and Alex Rybeck as the top in cabaret. […]
Jazz
The Jazz Night Series at Pangea Presents Pianist-Singer Rich Siegal on Wednesday, February 18
The Jazz Night Series at Pangea presents pianist-singer-songwriter Rich Siegal on Wednesday, February 18 at 7:00 PM. Also featured are bassist Cameron Brown and drummer Tony Jefferson. The show celebrates his album release of It’s […]
Cabaret
Vocalist Laurie Krauz and M.D. Daryl Kojak Return to Don’t Tell Mama on Tuesday, February 17
Award-winning jazz vocalist Laurie Krauz and award-winning music director-pianist Daryl Kojak return to Don’t Tell Mama on Tuesday, February 17 at 7 PM, celebrating over 30 years of collaboration. “Just tunes…just a set of music…just […]
Cabaret
Vocalist Lacy Miller Brings “Stupid Cupid” to The Laurie Beechman Theatre on Friday, February 13
Award-winning vocalist Lacy Miller brings Stupid Cupid to The Laurie Beechman Theatre on Friday, February 13 at 7 PM, with emcee, comedian Jonathan Dickson. Also featured are pianist Steve Einerson, bassist Dan Parra, drummer Ben […]
Cabaret
Evelyn Sullivan Encores the “Ev Sullivan Show” at Don’t Tell Mama on Sunday, February 15
MAC Award winner and two-time BroadwayWorld nominee, Evelyn Sullivan, presents an encore performance of the Ev Sullivan Show at Don’t Tell Mama on Sunday, February 15 at 4 PM. The show is directed by Jason Ellis, with musical direction by guitarist […]
Cabaret
Singer-Dancer Michelle DellaFave Returns to Don’t Tell Mama with “Diggin’ Life” on Friday, February 27
Singer-dancer Michelle DellaFave returns to Don’t Tell Mama with Diggin’ Life: Songs & Stories of A Former Dean Martin Golddigger on Friday, February 27 at 7:00 PM. Music Director-pianist is Ian Herman, with additional musical […]
Cabaret Reviews
Entertainer Martin Bonventre Debuted His New EP, “Swingin’ in a New Dimension,” at a Sold-Out Laurie Beechman Theatre
By Andrew Poretz***Entertainer Martin Bonventre celebrated his debut EP, Swingin’ in a New Dimension, with a sold-out show at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, with a huge crowd of rather enthusiastic patrons and a few notables, […]
Theatre Review
The Porch on Windy Hill: A Fine Addition to the Tradition of Southern Dramas
By Bart Greenberg***The Porch on Windy Hill is described as “a new play with old music.” Currently playing at Urban Stages (through February 22), the “old” music is of the folk genre—and for those not […]
Jazz
Review: Band of Bones’ 14th Annual Tribute to Famed Trombonist J.J. Johnson
By Robert Sutherland-Cohen***A frost-bitten audience streamed into Christ & St. Stephen’s Church and were greeted by the heat generating sounds of Dave Chamberlain’s Band of Bones. In its 14th Annual Tribute to famed jazz trombonist […]