By Marilyn Lester***Jamie deRoy has lots and lots of friends, and we are all the richer for it. Her award-winning variety show, the multi-MAC Award-winning Jamie deRoy & friends, has been entertaining audiences for the […]
By Michael Barbieri***In his opening number, Billy Joel’s “Summer, Highland Falls,†Tim Connell sang “..we are always what our situations hand us, it’s either sadness or euphoria.” Indeed, from the stories Connell told us, that […]
By Marilyn Lester***For those who know pianist Tedd Firth mainly as a crackerjack accompanist/musical director/arranger to stars such as Melissa Errico, Karen Akers, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christine Ebersole, Marilyn Maye and many others, there’s a […]
By Michael Barbieri***Will someone PLEASE put David Sabella back on Broadway?! His show, 25Chicago25 at Feinstein’s/54 Below proved beyond all doubt that Sabella is a Broadway caliber entertainer. How lucky for us, then, that he […]
By Marilyn Lester***One of the launching points of Andrea Bell Wolff’s Vegas Adventure at Don’t Tell Mama is an admission of age by the singer-actress. She just celebrated a birthday that’s quite a few decades […]
By Bart Greenberg***Who better to pay tribute to the lives and music of the incredibly talented (and notoriously combative) Dorsey Brothers—Tommy and Jimmy—than the very talented (and seemingly far more sociable) Anderson Brothers—Will and Peter. […]
By Michael Barbieri***In his wonderful show, Extra! Extra!, Scott Raneri sang “It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish and you’re gonna finish on top.” Well, Raneri was definitely on top! On top of […]
By Marilyn Lester***Fast-rising jazz star Anaïs Reno came home to Birdland to celebrate her debut CD, Lovesome Thing, the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, released during pandemic lockdown. As expected of this great […]
By Marilyn Lester***Actress-commedienne-vocalist extraordinaire Klea Blackhurst is certifiably “one of the girls”—Jerry Herman’s girls, that is. Blackhurst earned the title playing Dolly Levi at Goodspeed Opera House during the 50th anniversary run of Hello, Dolly!—the […]
By Michael Barbieri***Got the post-pandemic blues?! Well, Billy Lykken’s newest cabaret act Hot Mess! Billy’s Blues is the perfect cure! Seattle native Lykken has impressed critics and audiences alike with his shows “Sacred Monster,” “A […]
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