By Andrew Poretz***Multi-instrumentalist Adrian Galante made a spectacular Birdland Theater debut with an exhilarating set of instrumental jazz. The young Perth, Australia native is an extraordinary musician who appears to be equally gifted as a […]
By Andrew Poretz***At the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), singer-guitarist John Pizzarelli teamed up with singer Catherine Russell for Billie & Blue Eyes, an evening of music associated with Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday. […]
By Andrew Poretz***The second concert of the New York Pops’ 2024 season, One Night Only: An Evening with Max von Essen, held many delights for Great American Songbook fans. The 78-piece orchestra, under the leadership […]
By Marilyn Lester***One thematic strand often found in the cabaret tapestry is the “about my life” trope—and it presents in interest a surefire way to separate the wheat from the chaff. Unsurprisingly, singer-actress Joanne Halev‘s […]
By Marilyn Lester***It’s intriguing to contemplate why a cabaret artist chooses the theme of a show. In Lianne Marie Dobbs: The Windmills of My Mind… for Dusty Springfield, the answer to the question was clear: […]
By Marilyn Lester***Who says the age of the true showman is over? Like that ages old saw, “jazz is dead,” which has never actually been true, showmen will always be gracing stages. Happily, young Mason […]
By Andrew Poretz***When celebrated cabaret chanteuse Maude Maggart makes her annual New York appearance, her faithful fans flock to Birdland. Maggart, a New York cabaret star who moved to the West Coast some years ago, […]
By Marilyn Lester***And now for something completely different, as the Monty Python’s were given to saying. This statement was certainly true for the latest edition of Lyrics & Lyricists at 92NY: Cockeyed Optimist: Where Hammerstein […]
By Andrew Poretz*** Star of many musicals on London’s West End stages, Lorna Dallas is a vastly accomplished singer and actress—and 2020 Bistro Award winner for “Consummate Cabaret Artistry.” In her newly unveiled latest show, […]
By Scott Barbarino***Many of us in this trade/cottage industry wear many hats as we create, produce and promote. I certainly have hung my many hats on many hooks in many places. As someone who has […]
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