By ROB LESTER**** Last call! Last chance! The big cabaret extravaganza ends October 19. Here, in rhyme this time, are some pre-show comments from this long-time cabaret observer/journalist: The big event ends tonight—Do I have to […]
By MARILYN LESTER**** During the gala opening of the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s 28th Cabaret Convention, Artistic Director and host KT Sullivan brought up an interesting point. The event has never been called a “Festival,” as […]
By MARILYN LESTER*** The gala opening of the 28th annual Mabel Mercer Foundation (MMF) Cabaret Convention was, as one would expect from its glorious history, a smashing success, kicked off with a superb medley of […]
By MARILYN LESTER**** Tonight, October 16, at 6 PM, the twenty-eighth annual Cabaret Convention commences for four glorious evenings at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center. The Gala Opening Night, hosted by […]
By ROB LESTER**** “Swift is not only her surname, but also the adjective describing her recent ascent to anointed jazz-singer stardom.” If I were Veronica Swift‘s PR person, that’s what I’d be trumpeting. Everyone’s toasting this […]
BY ROB LESTER***** On June 8 &9 —hooray!—Michael Feinstein will honor Ella Fitzgerald as he did for Mel Tormé earlier (Review herein). Singers Nicole Henry, Jessie Mueller, and South African vocalist Vuyo Sotashe will be on the bill […]
BY ROB LESTER **** It’s true what some dyed-in-the-wool longtime cabaret fans (and cabaret apologists) say about the genre: A sensational, rangy, gorgeous voice (which our Pick of the Week absolutely has) is not necessarily […]
One of the most gorgeous voices in New York belongs to Corinna Sowers Adler, who offers us the premiere of “Something Beautiful” at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s majestic Appel Room on Saturday, November 5 at […]
By Bart Greenberg~~~”Too hip, too soon:”: So Rex Reed described the woman of the hour, the singer Sylvia Syms, at the third evening of the 27th New York Cabaret Convention, Thursday, October 20. A truly brilliant cast of singers […]
BY LARRY MYERS~~~An encyclopedic definition of “cabaret” says this form of entertainment is distinguished by its performance venue. Instead of pub, restaurant or nightclub a “gala” (defined as a celebration) here happens in the vast upscale […]
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