By Maryann Lopinto***The Cutting Room was packed for the American Popular Song Society‘s 3rd annual benefit/gala in which the award-winning songwriting team of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire received the Lifetime Achievement Award. After […]
By Marilyn Lester***It’s been a while since actor-singer extraordinaire Norm Lewis has appeared at 54 Below, and in recent years those turns have been around the Christmas/Holiday season. So with this triumphant return, aptly named […]
By Marilyn Lester***The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (JALCO) has long embraced world music via community building and cultural exchange. But in this instance, the question on the table was could the […]
By Marilyn Lester***As a founding member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and as a premier master of reeds, Grammy Award-winning artist Ted Nash—performer, conductor, composer, arranger and educator—knows a thing […]
Vocalist Lynn Henderson returns to Don’t Tell Mama on Saturday, June 1 at 4 PM with her show “There’s Still a Little Starch Left!” … and, according to NiteLife Exchange Publisher Scott Barbarino, who’s seen […]
By Marilyn Lester***You might think that over a long career as head of The Nighthawks that multi-instrumentalist and leader Vince Giordano needs no introduction—or another review. But you would be wrong. This is a band […]
By Marilyn Lester***As an ingenue, Ann Kittredge had a successful and promising career Off Broadway and regionally. Then in the midst of a journey that logically would have led to Broadway, she married and chose […]
By Maryann Lopinto***Cabaret stalwart Karen Mason and singer-musician Louis Rosen reprised a show at Chelsea Table + Stage that they had originally presented at the Duplex in 2016. This reunion, now called Ages Since the […]
By Scott Barbarino***If you frequent the cabaret rooms around town you’ve probably seen the statuesque Jacqueline Draper in many audiences. Always charming, with a sophisticated and lovely cultured air about her, she’s a person you […]
By Marilyn Lester***This is a big year in the sphere of Duke Ellington: the jazz community and beyond is celebrating The Maestro’s 125th birthday in style. But celebrating Duke happens every year at Jazz at […]
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