By Marilyn Lester***Kicking off Jazz Appreciation Month (April), the “Jazzy Italian,” Vanessa Racci, traveled back in time, creating an evocative Speakeasy vibe at Chelsea Table + Stage. With the singer in period costume, it was […]
By Maryann Lopinto***Broadway star Karen Mason returned to Birdland jazz club with a brand new show Just in Styne: Karen Mason Sings Jule Styne, encompassing his songs from both the movies and Broadway, both classics […]
By Maryann Lopinto***54 Celebrates The Marquis Theatre was an evening of songs and stories by performers who graced the Marquis stage in musicals that made their Broadway debut there, such as Me and My Girl, […]
By Scott Barbarino***Actress Karin Trachtenberg‘s My Mother Had Two Faces: Reflections on Beauty, Aging, and Acceptance, an autobiographical one-woman dramatic comedy performed at United Solo, was a wonderfully constructed and beautifully executed show that takes […]
By Andrew Poretz***Vocalist Klea Blackhurst is an old-school performer, a big belter with a big personality. (The Utah native created a course at the University of Utah called “Klea Blackhurst’s Old School.”) The actress, singer […]
By Bart Greenberg***Vocalist Jeff Harnar. Songwriter Cole Porter. A match made in Shubert Alley heaven. With the invaluable assistance of music director Alex Rybeck, the singer has returned this thrilling show to Birdland jazz club […]
By Andrew Poretz ***Vocalist Hilary Gardner is best known as a jazz singer and also a member of the vocal trio Duchess. In an inspired pandemic project, Gardner explored a type of Americana music for […]
By Marilyn Lester***Thirty five years ago, the grand production of the Tony-winning musical Grand Hotel (book by Luther Davis, music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, and Maury Yeston) opened to a long […]
By Marilyn Lester***To say that master storyteller and raconteur Steve Ross has never been better is to put the singer-pianist in the realm of what Duke Ellington classified as “beyond category.” Well, indeed, this rightly-dubbed […]
By Scott Barbarino***West Coast singer Dianne Fraser’s recent show celebrated her CD release, You and I: The Words and Music of Leslie Bricusse. Bricusse’s continued well-deserved popularity among performing artists is evidenced by the fact […]
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