By Bart Greenberg***The very handsome Claybourne Elder describes himself as an “ex-Mormon gay dad” and spoke openly of these aspects of his life in his show at 54Below celebrating the release of his first solo […]
By Marilyn Lester***Think of culinary sophistication: the ragout, kare raisu, feijoada, ratatouille, ciambotta—all dishes with multiple ingredients that combine to make one tasty, satisfying whole. And there you have Jason Graae’s A Graae Night For […]
By Bart Greenberg***With extra enthusiasm, as befit the occasion, Broadway star, concert/cabaret and recording artist, Karen Mason, stepped onto the stage at Birdland drenched in an abundance of her glittering “diamond” costume jewelry and her […]
By Bart Greenberg***Vocalist Liz Callaway returned to 54 Below to celebrate the release of her newest album, celebrating her long collaboration with the singular composer, Stephen Schwartz. The Wizard and I: Liz Callaway Sings Stephen […]
By Andrew Poretz***Ahead of the annual MAC Awards, a celebration of some of the best performers and shows in New York cabaret (this year on March 23), Goldie Dver presented in another of her series Sneak […]
By Marilyn Lester***By and large, composers in a songwriting team get the bigger share of glory: Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers and so on. But in American popular music, that’s only half […]
By Bart Greenberg***Bursting onto the stage of 54 Below with enough energy and magnetism to light the entire city for several months while belting out “The Lady’s Improving” (Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin), Kate Baldwin took […]
By Andrew Poretz***Award-winning singer, actor, comedian and storyteller Ben Jones has been making a splash in the New York cabaret scene of late. He’s performed in the Mable Mercer Cabaret Convention and makes frequent appearances […]
By Marilyn Lester***The delightful cabaret room at Pangea was already abuzz with excited anticipation—and the energy lifted even more noticeably with the entrance of the duo of vocalist Mafalda Minnozzi and guitarist Paul Ricci, making […]
By Bart Greenberg***Writer-critic and raconteur Peter Filichia returned to 54 Below for a new entry in his series Peter Filichia and Friends: Broadway Tales and Tunes. He assembled a terrific group of actors to deliver […]
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