Cabaret Photographers: Bobby Patrick

Bobby Patrick is not a photographer.  That is to say, they weren't a photographer - they certainly are one, now.  

Bobby came to Broadway World Cabaret as a writer, a reviewer with a very interesting point of view.  Bobby is a flamboyant, card-carrying member of our beautiful queer family and Bobby came to our team to cover all the beautiful queer artists working in cabaret and concert.  The only thing is, we were short-staffed and, before you knew it, Bobby was covering shows starring major mainstream artists, jazz performers, tap dancers, stand-up comics, and more.  And Bobby wanted to do a thorough job, so they started taking their camera to work... et voilà, nous avons un photographe.  Bobby turned themself into a right and proper photographer and discovered a talent they did not know they have.

Bobby looks for the theatrical.  Bobby makes photos that capture the experience of being in the room with the artists, pulling the lens back to show the whole room, the light fixtures, the standing ovations, the excitement of being a member of the audience.  Bobby captures that which is theatrical and that which is emotional... ok, and that which is beautiful.  Because Bobby loves theater, emotions, and beauty.  And the people love Bobby.  Bobby Patrick has, for the four years that I have sat behind the editor's desk, been the member of our Broadway World Cabaret team who gets the most fan mail - sometimes from very famous people.  They even got mentioned on the Sherri Shepherd show.  They're a force of nature and a force for good, and aren't we lucky they came along?

The photos in this article are all my personal favorites by the artist.  --- SM

Aaron Kaburick - Joe's Pub

Alexandra Silber and Drew Wutke - 54 Below

Alton Fitzgerald White - 54 Below

Michele Brourman, Ann Hampton Callaway, and Amanda McBroom - 54 Below

Amber Martin - Joe's Pub

Amy Irving - City Winery

Amy Jo Jackson and Brian Nash - The Duplex

Ana Gasteyer - Joe's Pub

Angie Schworer and Lindsay Lavin - 54 Below

Anita Gillette - 54 Below

Arielle Jacobs and Alexandra Silber with Drew Wutke and a puppy - 54 Below

Austin Pendleton - 54 Below

Ben Jones and Ron Abel - 54 Below

Beth Fowler - 54 Below

Betsy Wolfe - The Green Room 42

Bianca Marroquin - The Green Room 42

Brad Simmons and Elizabeth Ward Land with John Miller - The Green Room 42

Brandon James Gwinn, Dylan Hartwell and Greg Sullivan - The Green Room 42

Carole Demas - 54 Below

Charles Busch - 54 Below 

Christy Altomare - 54 Below

Danny Feldman and Courtney Bassett - 54 Below

David Jackson - 54 Below

David Rasche - 54 Below

Debbie Gibson - 54 Below

Deborah Stone and Tom Hubbard - Pangea

Devin Ilaw and Joe Kinosian - Joe's Pub

Donna McKechnie - 54 Below

Dragaret - Club Cumming

Ed Dixon - 54 Below

Elizabeth Ward Land - The Green Room 42

Flotilla DeBarge - The Green Room 42

Gloria Reuben - 54 Below

The next five photos are from the Grease Reunion at 54 Below.

Ray DeMattis and James Canning

Ilene Kristen Then and Now

The OG, Replacement, and Tour GREASE-ers

Heather MacRae

JJ Niemann - The Green Room 42

Jack Bartholet and Sean Harkness - Pangea

Jackie Hoffman and Steven Smyth with Lon Hoyt - Joe's Pub

Jamie deRoy - Birdland

Janeane Garafolo - City Winery

Jason Kravits and Clint Holmes with Ritt Henn - Birdland

John Tartaglia with Alexa Green and Matt SanGiovanni - 54 Below

Judy Kuhn and Brandon Uranowitz - The Green Room 42

Julie Halston - Birdland

Justin Vivian Bond - Joe's Pub

Karen Ziemba - 54 Below

Kyle Taylor Parker - 54 Below

Laura Benanti and Lauren Molina - Joe's Pub

Lee Roy Reams and Alex Rybeck - 54 Below

Len Cariou - 54 Below

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - The Green Room 42

Lisa Howard - 54 Below

MargOH! Channing and Tracy Stark - Pangea

Marilyn Maye and Tom Hubbard - Birdland

Mark McKillop and Telly Leung - Birdland

Mason Alexander Park - Chelsea Table + Stage

Melissa Errico - 54 Below

Michael Feinstein and Tedd Firth - 54 Below

Miss Richfield 1981 - The Triad

Olivia Miller - Club Cumming

Paula Dione Ingram - 54 Below

Penny Fuller - 54 Below

Peter LaPrade - The Green Room 42

The next four photos are from the Pippin reunion at 54 Below.

Aaron Lee Battle

John Rubinstein

John Rubinstein with Candy Brown, Cheryl Clark and Pamela Sousa

John Rubinstein and Leland Palmer with Candy Brown and Walter Willison

Robert Bannon - 54 Below

Robert Bannon and Marquise Hitchcock - 54 Below

Sally Mayes and George Dvorsky - 54 Below

Sherri Shepherd - City Winery

Sherri Shepherd and Kym Whitley - City Winery

Sheryl Lee Ralph - 54 Below

Sidney Myer and Tom Hubbard - Pangea

The next four photos are of the cast of Spies Are Forever at 54 Below.

Susie Mosher - The Green Room 42

T. Oliver Reid - 54 Below

Talia Suskauer and The Skivvies - Joe's Pub

Taylor Frey and Kyle Dean Morgan - 54 Below

Timothy Hughes and Jelani Remy et al at 54 Below.

Ute Lemper - 54 Below

Varla Jean Merman - Joe's Pub

Well Strung - 54 Below

Edmund Bagnell (1st violin), Chris Marchant (2nd violin), Daniel Shevlin (cello), and Trevor Wadleigh (viola).

Yasuhiko Fukuoka - 54 Below

Zane Phillips - 54 Below

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