By Marilyn Lester***It was a 43rd birthday celebration, otherwise known as the end-of-season extravaganza, The New York Pops Birthday Gala, which capped off a series of consistently remarkable concerts led by Music Director and Conductor […]
By Marilyn Lester***Take a room full of A-list Broadway, cabaret and jazz stars, add an uber-dynamic performer to the mix, and watch what happens: an event so full of energy and power that a big […]
By Marilyn Lester***Like any long-awaited celebratory annual event, say Christmas, Hannukah or a birthday, so is the yearly April residency of Marilyn Maye at 54 Below awaited with high anticipation. In this edition, the Marvelous […]
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 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 Marilyn Lester***How do you condense decades worth of music into 90 minutes and do it justice? Why, you call multiple Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall, of course. Helming the latest Lyrics & Lyricists production […]
By Marilyn Lester***Multi-cast cabaret shows have become quite a staple at 54 below. with interesting themes and plenty of talent—and as with any endeavor, no matter how excellent, some, like rich cream, rise to the […]
By Marilyn Lester***Imagine being a critic during the Renaissance, tasked with reviewing the work of Leonardo da Vinci, say. What do you write about the Mona Lisa: great, Leo! Or the Last Supper: great, Leo! […]
By Marilyn Lester***Who needs Congo Square? Celebrating Fat Tuesday in New York City was fat indeed with a bounty of singing, dance and lively music—all in a bright choreography of movement that kept the celebration […]
By Marilyn Lester***”And now for something completely different,” as the Monty Pythons would say. That something different for the New York Pops was a trip away from more standard Broadway fare and the Great American […]
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