Gregory Toroian News

Kati Neiheisel stars in Yesterday...Once More, Saturday, March 26 at 7:00 pm at Pangea, with musical director Gregory Toroian on piano; Skip Ward on bass; David Silliman on drums; and directed by Lina Koutrakos.

In the Broadway World exclusive, Helane Blumfield captures Jackie Draper in the act at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

This week, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets has announced the 2022 MAC Award nominees. The nominees were determined by votes cast by the active MAC membership, except for the song and recording categories, which were determined by special committees.

Next month, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Performer Jackie Draper will present an encore performance of her critically well-received show, Spreadin' Rhythm Around, on Sunday, March 6 at 4 PM at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club will present David Sabella. After his sold out and critically acclaimed debut, last November, DAVID SABELLA, returns to the iconic Club to celebrate the release of his new CD “Time Heals.”

Feinstein's/54 Below presents David Sabella. After his sold out and critically acclaimed debut, last November, David Sabella, returns to the iconic Club to celebrate the release of his new CD “Time Heals.”

Steve Bustamante's film of Sue Matsuki's 2021 cabaret outing provided this writer with a great morning of entertainment - one worth writing about.

Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor events which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

It may be Yesterday Once More but in the hands of Kati Neiheisel and Gregory Toroian, the Carpenters sound like they are brand new, today.

That's three performances down for Maria Corsaro, and one to go on December 9th. She and The Gregory Toroian Trio have really jazzed up Pangea.

Returning to the cabaret stage after an absence of three years, smooth-voiced and suave Dorian Woodruff masters intricate and emotional storytelling with his tribute to legendary singer-songwriter Barry Manilow.

For her new club act Kati Neiheisel chose to explore the cannon of one of the most beloved and famous singing groups of all time.

Any time Dorian Woodruff sets out to make a new show, he leaves no stone unturned in his effort to get it right, which is why he sometime takes an entire year to put everything in place. More than two years after his hit 'Welcome Home' show, Dorian comes home to Pangea with a new show set the the music of a legendary singer/songwriter.

Maria Corsaro has teamed up with the wonderful Sue Matsuki, who in her directing debut has fashioned a tight and clever new show that showcases Maria Corsaro’s dark, rich voice in a series of songs that started life as jazz instrumentals and had lyrics added to them later, sometimes decades later. The show, YOU TAUGHT MY HEART TO SING, had its premiere last Saturday at Pangea. I was lucky enough to be in the audience. Corsaro has a lovely voice and chose a very ambitious set of tunes that for the most part show her off to great advantage. Besides being a fine jazz artist, Corsaro is a woman with a very big heart that she loves to share with her audience.

Katie Neiheisel is all set to sing... sing a song... make it simple to last your whole life long.

Broadway dreams die hard. In her new show THIS BROAD’S WAY,  which opened last evening at Pangea, she gets to sing all the Broadway tunes she ever wanted to sing, perform all the roles she would never be cast in, and do it all her own way. The songs are completely out of context and applied to her own experiences. She infuses each tune with her own wry wit and her lovely and warm jazz stylings. She is one part chanteuse, one part monologuist, one part den mother, and one part suggestive vixen. And she is 100 percent fun. Her show is a treasure trove of swinging tunes and she has gathered a smoking trio of musicians in drummer, David Silliman, bassists Skip Ward and her longtime partner in art, musical director Gregory Toroian.

Bistro Award recipient Sue Matsuki returns to Pangea, alongside her co-Bistro-recipient, Gregory Toroian to treat some Broadway the jazz way.

Singer Susan Mack debuts her new solo show 'Music In The Air' at the Birdland Theater for the fall season.