By MARILYN LESTER**** Ten years ago, Christine Pedi started what would become a tradition in New York City holiday shows. Originally she named it Holly Jolly Christmas Folly, until she received a cease-and-desist order from the […]
By ROB LESTER****I don’t know if she can ride a bicycle, too, but if cabaret is like riding a bicycle, to invoke an old saying, and you just get back in the seat and pedal […]
By BART GREENBERG****Irenka Jakubiak has an interesting story to tell. And she has an interesting format for telling it. Unfortunately, her show at The Triad on November 16, Head Trip: My Travels with Edith Head lacked organization […]
By MARILYN LESTER**** The Siren’s call was heard twice over at Deborah Stone’s high-spirited and fun show, Siren Song. The first was in the clever idea, with its supporting set list and its “celebration of […]
By MARILYN LESTER**** There’s a double-edged poignancy to Andrea Bell Wolff’s Prisoner of Love. The first is that the show’s original music director was Barry Levitt, who unexpectedly passed away in September, two days before […]
By LARRY MYERS****Before I arrived at the très chic, packed Iridium for the worshipers of the talent who should be playing Funny Girl on Broadway, I phoned an octogenarian friend to play YouTube excerpts of Marieann […]
Review by ROB LESTER**** Stop! Look! Listen! ..and say, “Wow!” Showstoppers are usually thought of as musical numbers that cause the audience to applaud so wildly long that the show simply can’t go on for a […]
By MARILYN LESTER****For as long as there’s been a Great White Way, they come to New York City to break into the business – fresh-faced young talent with plenty of ability and energy to spare. […]
By MARILYN LESTER****A catalog full of Cole Porter titles could easily define the magic spun by T. Oliver Reid in his turn at the newly established and utterly charming Beach Cafe cabaret. Try “Easy to […]
By ROB LESTER*** I’ve been thinking about some outstanding shows I saw in cabarets in the first half of 2017… solo/group/tribute/musical comedy, etc. Usually, writers look back at the end of the calendar year, but […]
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