By Marilyn Lester***There’s no question that Grammy Award-winning vocalist Catherine Russell is the queen of any stage she’s gracing. After all, she is jazz royalty, the daughter of Luis Russell, pianist-leader and Louis Armstrong’s musical […]
By Michael Barbieri***In my many years in cabaret, I’ve seen quite a few Marlene Dietrich tribute shows, but Kim David Smith’s intoxicating Mostly Marlene, at Club Cumming was indeed, as the Germans might say, FANTASTISCH! […]
By Marilyn Lester***The air was super-charged at Birdland Theater as violinist Marissa Licata presented Strings On Fire, with a program of eclectic work that dazzled. She wasn’t kidding, either, when she named her show. Licata’s […]
By Michael Barbieri***It’s not often that I get the chance to review a cabaret show a second time, but Christina Pecce’s Witches, Bitches and Divas was well worth revisiting! I had reviewed Pecce’s show a […]
By Marilyn Lester***Two-time Tony Award® winner, Norbert Leo Butz, commanding the stage at Feinstein’s/54 Below, was downright mesmerizing. In Torch Songs for a Pandemic, Butz created an entertaining, fully-realized theatrical masterwork, even exceeding his last […]
By Marilyn Lester***Scott Siegel’s Broadway’s Greatest Hits series always offers a good time. Host, writer, producer Siegel has a stellar track record of finding sublime talent from Broadway, cabaret and opera worlds to perform the […]
By Michael Barbieri***“Welcome back to Pangea and welcome back to the world!” That was how director Gerry Geddes introduced the new show by Wells Hanley, Brian Childers and Matt DiPasquale. Presented not so much as […]
By Marilyn Lester***What a joy to hear Billy Stritch’s album Billy’s Place come to life at Birdland Jazz Club. The euphoria of live performance and of coming home to the venue was palpable for everyone […]
By Marilyn Lester***The multi-talented David Sabella is a performer who walks his talk. He’s the author (with Sue Matsuki) of “So You Want To Sing Cabaret,” a comprehensive study of the genre, and clearly Sabella […]
By Marilyn Lester***Scott Siegel and company celebrated The 4th of July at Feinstein’s/54 Below with pure Americana—a Siegel version of Walt Whitman’s I Hear America Singing, with music from Broadway, Hollywood, Nashville, Motown, and more. […]
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