By Michael Portantiere***Actor-singer-Sirius XM radio host Christine Pedi brought the third edition of her scintillating series of shows titled The Wicked Stage: Songs About Show Business back to 54 Below—and while it wouldn’t be accurate […]
By Andrew Poretz***There really is no one quite like Storm Large. Her name is real, and she lives up to it. She has a larger-than-life presence (tall, quite fit), with a big voice (though soft […]
By Andrew Poretz*** For London-born singer-songwriter, Tessa Souter, her new album, Shadows and Silence: The Erik Satie Project, is an ambitious work nearly 20 years in the making. The accomplished singer, of Afro-Trinidadian and English […]
By Marilyn Lester***Perfect storms in the meteorologic sense come rarely. Perfect storms in a broader and good way are probably rarer still. When Marion Cowings and AC Lincoln brought their talents to Dizzy’s Club on […]
By Marilyn Lester***When Andrea McArdle stepped onto the stage of the newly reconceived Laurie Beechman Theatre, it was a wildly applauded homecoming of sorts. For starters, when Annie opened in April 1977, 13-year-old McArdle in the […]
By Maryann Lopinto***The latest edition of the award-winning Sondheim Unplugged featured a cast of power-ladies, not lunching, but singing at 54 Below. The long-running series first began in 2010, created by Phil Geoffrey Bond, at […]
By Marilyn Lester***Think of Lee Roy Reams, or Nathan Lane or Joel Grey. Now think of them at age 16. There you have Ethan Mathias, a star-in-the-making, who at this tender age has his eye […]
By Andrew Poretz***Vocalist Ava Nicole Frances returned to The Green Room 42 recently for one night only to celebrate her new album, The Dream That I See, recorded at the venue in 2024. The young […]
By Bart Greenberg***Part infomercial, part Cabaret Convention North, Hamptons Summer Songbook by the Sea held at the Triad Theater in Manhattan featured a string of top flight cabaret artists who will be appearing at the […]
By Bart Greenberg***Pianist-host Ricky Ritzel returned to Don’t Tell Mama for a 10th anniversary celebration of his series Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway, which offers up numbers from mostly forgotten musicals. With the host on the piano […]
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