Stephen Hanks

During four decades as an award-winning magazine publisher/editor/writer for a variety of national magazines and websites, Stephen Hanks has written about sports, health and nutrition, parenting, politics, the media, and most recently, cabaret and musical theater. From 2012-2016, Stephen was the lead New York Cabaret Editor and Writer for BroadwayWorld.com, and was cited by the website in 2013 as “Most Creative Male Editor.” Since entering the world of Cabaret in 2010 as a reviewer for Cabaret Scenes Magazine, Stephen has also been a producer, promoter, publicist, and performer. Over the last few years, he has produced seven critically acclaimed shows for the Urban Stages “Winter Rhythms” Series. In 2018, Stephen produced the five-show series “Cabaret Campaigns: Ride the Blue Wave: 2018,” which were fundraisers for Democratic candidates in the 2018 Midterm elections. From 2010 to mid-2014, he served as the first Board President of Manhattan Musical Theatre Lab, which workshops new musicals in New York City. In 2011, Stephen was an Associate Producer for the Off-Broadway show THE FARTISTE. In 2013-14, Stephen staged his debut solo cabaret show, "Beyond American Pie: The Don McLean Songbook" at the Metropolitan Room in New York, then in 2015-16 performed a revised version of the show "Don McLean: Storyteller" at Don't Tell Mama and the Metropolitan Room. He now also runs his own production company, Cabaret Life Productions, which offers publicity, promotion, booking and creative consulting services to singers and performers. Please contact Stephen with your comments and questions at: stephenhanks41@gmail.com