(12/11/2018) - The silent auction item at The New York Pops annual gala/concert held at Carnegie Hall and the Mandarin Hotel in April, offered a pianist to play at your private party complete with catering by Trattoria del Arte. The Pops Concert and Gala's proceeds help finance The Pops/Ed Programs. For the third year, the winning bidder got much more than she bargained for. Not only did the advertised pianist (Stephen Sorokoff) appear, but also a slew of New York's must celebrated keyboard artists and entertainers joined the festivities.Photo Coverage: Jill & Rich Switzer Bring Saloon Songs To The Kravis Center by Stephen Sorokoff - Cabaret
(12/2/2018) - To paraphrase Dean Martin's intro....'And now, direct from the Bar' ( and Legends Radio) it's Jill & Rich Switzer! Jill & Rich don't only do it in the morning on 100.3 in the Legends Lounge, they also entertain at night in Cabarets nightclubs and various exclusive venues throughout Palm Beach. They brought some great music and an inside look of what it's like to be a night club performer with their highly entertaining and exciting show titled 'Saloon Songs: From The Rat Pack To Right Now'. Persson Hall at the Kravis Center For The Performing Arts was a swinging place for the past two evenings.Photo Flash: Steve Tyrell Takes the Stage at Cafe Carlyle by BWW News Desk - Cabaret
(11/28/2018) - Grammy Award-winner and two-time Emmy nominee Steve Tyrell celebrates his 14th anniversary performing in the Cafe Carlyle's revered holiday slot with an all-new show, Holidays at the Carlyle, November 27-December 31. Holidays at the Carlyle will feature selections from Steve Tyrell's newly expanded Back to Bacharach album, his 2018 #1 album, A Song For You, as well as various favorites from the Great American Songbook including songs he has performed in major motion pictures, and of course, holiday classics.Photo Coverage: Steve Tyrell, Cady Huffman, Haley Swindal & Others at Will & Anthony Nunziata Friars Birthday Bash by Stephen Sorokoff - Cabaret
(11/27/2018) - Do you want to have the best birthday party ever? First…. be talented and admired entertainers who have lots of talented friends. Then, have many adoring fans and a large loving family. Next, have Sunny Sessa and Craig Neier create and produce your celebration at the Friars Club. The Friars Club which is the ground zero gathering place for show business folks and one of a kind events (most recent the Billy Crystal Icon Award Gala) hosted Will & Anthony Nunziata's Birthday Bash last night and here is a look inside the celebration.Photo Coverage: Deborah Grace Winer Brings 'New York: Big City Songbook' To Birdland Theater by Stephen Sorokoff - Cabaret
(11/26/2018) - Deborah Grace Winer was certainly on the right track last night as she hosted her latest creative musical adventure 'New York: Big City Songbook' at the new Birdland Theater. Deborah is well known to New Yorkers for the imaginative and quality presentations she produced for the Lyrics & Lyricists Series at the 92Y, which she led for 9 seasons. It's difficult to construct a show for New Yorkers about New York, we've seen it all…haven't we? but this smart show with vocalists Klea Blackhurst, La Tanya Hall and Nicolas King (real New Yorkers because as Deborah pointed out they come from everywhere) offered a kaleidoscopic vision of life in the city.Photo Coverage: Veronica Swift and The Emmet Cohen Trio at Birdland by Stephen Sorokoff - Cabaret
(11/24/2018) - Just when you think you've heard all the great Jazz music imaginable over the years at Birdland, the 'Jazz Corner of the World' and Gianni Valenti present someone who raises the bar another notch. Vocalist Veronica Swift who defies gravity with her sensual voice, boundless technique, and creative melodic improvisations is a singer destined for musical super stardom. She also happens to be 24 and is already recognized around the country as one of the top young jazz singers. In the fall of 2015 Veronica won second place at the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition. In 2016 she was asked to perform a concert of her own at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in NYC and she was a guest artist with Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center with the Tedd Firth Big Band with Marilyn Maye and Freda Payne. Veronica first appearance at Jazz at Lincoln Center was at age 11 when she performed at the 'Woman in Jazz' series at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola.Photo Coverage: Marilyn Maye Gives Thanks Concert at Feinstein's/54 Below by Stephen Sorokoff - Cabaret
(11/21/2018) - The Birdland Theater hosted two-time Tony-nominated Broadway songwriter and performer Amanda Green with another one of her monthly shows. Amanda brought exuberant wit and hilarious banter in an evening of her funny and moving songs, including special previews of her up and coming shows. Amanda was joined by special guest stars Kelli Barrett, Julia Murney, Ariana DeBose, Nancy Opel and Howard McGillin. Musical direction was Annbritt duChateau.Photo Coverage: Billy Stritch & Jim Caruso at Bemelmans Bar and Victoria Shaw Drops By by Stephen Sorokoff - Cabaret
(11/18/2018) - It wasn't the Country Music Awards or Grammy Awards at the new Birdland Theater last night but it sure seemed like it. An overflow audience for the Victoria Shaw concert got a surprise as Victoria called up two of her friends who were in the audience……..Desmond Child, and then Kristin Chenoweth each sang a number. Even Jim Caruso who has hosted every famous person on the planet whipped out his cell phone camera for this one.Photo Coverage: Will & Anthony Nunziata 'Love Always' At The Green Room 42 by Stephen Sorokoff - Cabaret
(11/18/2018) - 42nd Street...Crossroads of the world and the place on the planet where some of the most spectacular entertainment events have taken place over the decades was the home to another great performance last night. Will & Anthony Nunziata thrilled the New York City audience with a concert that celebrated the release of their new album Love Always. The event at The Green Room 42 was more like a New Years Eve party, as the multitalented twin brother singer-songwriters had their fans cheering after ever number. 'The Boys' as they are affectionately known to their enthusiasts around the country, used their soulful tenor voices and rich two part harmonies to create an evening of emotional and exciting songs. Will has co-written three original songs on the album and Anthony has co-written seven of the original songs. Their collaborators include Maria Christensen, Jeff Franzel, and Porter Carroll Jr.Photo Flash: Broadway at Birdland Welcomes Aisha de Haas by BWW News Desk - Cabaret
(11/15/2018) - Just last night, Mark William made his solo nightclub debut at The Green Room 42 with the world premiere of 'Come Croon With Me.' Putting his own unique, youthful spin on golden age crooner styling, Mark performed a collection of classic tunes from Broadway and The Great American Songbook. With his sophisticated approach, he glided from Jerry Herman to Peter Allen to Henry Mancini with charismatic ease and a spring in his step.Photo Flash: F. Michael Haynie, Storm Lever, And More Sing The Music Of Ben Caplan At Feinstein's/54 Below by BWW News Desk - Cabaret
(11/13/2018) - Birdland Theater is proud to present singer Carole J. Bufford in "All By Myself" last night and tonight, November 12 and 13 at 7pm. Carole J. Bufford returns to the Birdland stage with a concert featuring songs from her first solo album, "All By Myself."Photo Coverage: Billy Crystal Presented Friars Icon Award by Robert De Niro by Stephen Sorokoff - Cabaret
(11/13/2018) - When you enter the Friars Club on 55th street the world immediately becomes a better place. The first space you encounter is the Billy Crystal Room where you hear the laughter and the animated conversations as Friars share stories with one another. Last night in only the 8th time in the Club's 114-year history The Icon Award was presented by Robert De Niro to Billy Crystal at the Ziegfeld Ballroom to a capacity filled New York/Hollywood audience. The Icon Award honors individuals whose extraordinary accomplishment raise the standard of entertainment and positively redefines our culture. Billy is following in the footsteps of entertainment icons Douglas Fairbanks, Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Martin Scorsese, and Robert De Niro.Photo Coverage: GALAXY OF STARS Celebrates Veterans at The Triad by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Cabaret
(11/11/2018) - Tony Lo Bianco, Lee Roy Reams and Steven Maglio headlined a special Veterans Day concert celebrating members of the armed forces and their families yesterday at The Triad, 158 West 72nd Street. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos below!Photo Flash: John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey Take the Stage at Café Carlyle by BWW News Desk - Cabaret
(11/7/2018) - Husband-and-wife duo John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey make their annual fall pilgrimage to Cafe Carlyle with an all-new show, American Stories, November 6-17. The New York Times recently described John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey as "the supreme nightclub act of our time."Photo Flash: DADDY Brings Joe Gulla Back to Joe's Pub by BWW News Desk - Cabaret
(11/4/2018) - Jan McArt, producer and director of Lynn University's theatre arts program development welcomed an old friend and former protege Richard H. Blake to Libby Dodson's Live at Lynn Theatre Series last night and Broadwayworld was there for his exciting show.Photo Flash: Stars Toast Melissa Errico on Release of New Album, 'Sondheim Sublime' by BWW News Desk - Cabaret
(11/1/2018) - Tuesday night, luminaries from the Broadway and music industries gathered at the stunning new landmark building 108 Leonard Street in Tribeca to celebrate the release of Sondheim Sublime, the new album from Tony Award-nominated singer & actress Melissa Errico. Co-Hosted by Cristina Cuomo, guests included music icon Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary), Errico's husband tennis star and ESPN commentator Patrick McEnroe, acclaimed NYC artist Rachel Feinstein, Apple VP Doug Beck, handbag designer Kathy Kwei, restaurateur & burlesque star Marja Sampson, Tony Award-winners Karen Ziemba & Alice Ripley, Tony Award-nominees Stephen Bogardus, Robert Cuccioli & Will Swenson, Broadway stars Ben Davis and Ken Jennings (one of the original stars of Sweeney Todd on Broadway opposite Angela Lansbury), Met Opera star tenor Richard Troxell, singer Sasha Lazard, Indian film star & producer Ritu Pande, million dollar Met Museum donor Ellen Marcus, and the album's producer Rob Mathes (who is also the main producer for Sting and Elvis Costello).Photo Flash: Sean Hartley Hosts BROADWAY CLOSE UP: HIDDEN GEMS by BWW News Desk - Cabaret
(10/30/2018) - On October 29, Broadway Close Up host SEAN HARTLEY and a cast of Broadway stars told the fascinating stories of musicals that never made it big by great Broadway writers like Frank Loesser, Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, and the remarkable songs that have endured - or that deserve to be better known.Photo Flash: Barb Jungr and John McDaniel Take the Stage at Birdland by BWW News Desk - Cabaret
(10/19/2018) - Acclaimed singer/pianist Billy Stritch returned to the Birdland Theater stage on Wednesday, October 17, with two shows. The Grammy-nominated performer entertained with a selection of jazz, popular standards and bossa nova by a range of songwriters including Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, Michel Legrand and the Bergmans, and Brazilian composers Antonio Carlos Jobim and Ivan Lins.
Photo Flash: Broadway at Birdland Presents Tom Wopat and Linda Purl
Photo Coverage: Michael Longoria Brings MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING to Birdland
Photo Coverage: New York Pianists Play For The New York Pops Educational Programs
Photo Coverage: Jill & Rich Switzer Bring Saloon Songs To The Kravis Center
Photo Flash: Steve Tyrell Takes the Stage at Cafe Carlyle
Photo Coverage: Steve Tyrell, Cady Huffman, Haley Swindal & Others at Will & Anthony Nunziata Friars Birthday Bash
Photo Coverage: Deborah Grace Winer Brings 'New York: Big City Songbook' To Birdland Theater
Photo Coverage: Veronica Swift and The Emmet Cohen Trio at Birdland
Photo Coverage: Marilyn Maye Gives Thanks Concert at Feinstein's/54 Below
Photo Flash: 54 Celebrates French Woods At Feinstein's/54 Below
Photo Flash: Broadway at Birdland Concert Series Hosts Telly Leung
Photo Flash: Amanda Green Returns to Birdland With Julia Murney, Nancy Opel, and More
Photo Coverage: Billy Stritch & Jim Caruso at Bemelmans Bar and Victoria Shaw Drops By
Photo Coverage: Kristin Chenoweth and Desmond Child Drop By Victoria Shaw's Concert at Birdland Theater
Photo Coverage: Will & Anthony Nunziata 'Love Always' At The Green Room 42
Photo Flash: Broadway at Birdland Welcomes Aisha de Haas
Photo Coverage: Mark William Brings COME CROON WITH ME to Green Room 42
Photo Flash: F. Michael Haynie, Storm Lever, And More Sing The Music Of Ben Caplan At Feinstein's/54 Below
Photo Flash: Broadway At Birdland Presents Charles Calello
Photo Flash: Carole J. Bufford Takes The Stage At Birdland Theater
Photo Coverage: Billy Crystal Presented Friars Icon Award by Robert De Niro
Photo Coverage: GALAXY OF STARS Celebrates Veterans at The Triad
Photo Flash: John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey Take the Stage at Café Carlyle
Photo Flash: DADDY Brings Joe Gulla Back to Joe's Pub
Photo Coverage: Jan McArt Brings 15 Broadway Hit Shows to Live at Lynn Theatre Last Night
Photo Flash: Stars Toast Melissa Errico on Release of New Album, 'Sondheim Sublime'
Photo Flash: Sean Hartley Hosts BROADWAY CLOSE UP: HIDDEN GEMS
Photo Flash: Barb Jungr and John McDaniel Take the Stage at Birdland
Photo Flash: In Concert with THE ME NOBODY KNOWS at 54 Below
Photo Flash: Billy Stritch Returns to the Birdland Theater Stage!
Photo Flash: Like, Totally Check Out a First Look at Dove Cameron and More in CLUELESS, THE MUSICAL!
Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet at Opening Night of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Photo Flash: Fall In Love With BEAUTY AND THE BEAST At Theatre Under The Stars
Photo Flash: First Look At Cody Simpson In ANASTASIA On Broadway!
Photo Coverage: Inside the Opening Night Party For RUBEN AND CLAY'S CHRISTMAS SHOW
Photo Coverage: Bryan Cranston, Tony Goldwyn, Tatiana Maslany & More Celebrate Opening Night of NETWORK!
Exclusive Photo Coverage: Ariana DeBose and the Cast of SUMMER Disco Into the Holidays for Carols For A Cure!
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of CLUELESS, THE MUSICAL
Photo Coverage: Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken Take Their Opening Night Bows in RUBEN AND CLAY'S CHRISTMAS SHOW
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of HOUSE ON FIRE at Palm Beach Dramaworks
Photo Flash: First Look at Titan Theatre Company's A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Exclusive Photo Coverage: WICKED Cast Gets In the Holiday Spirit for Carols For A Cure!
Photo Flash: Broadway Dreams Celebrates the 70th Anniversary of SOUTH PACIFIC
Photo Coverage: First look at Gallery Players' FUNNY GIRL the musical
Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet at Opening Night of NETWORK
Photo Flash: First Look at Matthew Bourne's SWAN LAKE at Sadler's
Photo Coverage: New York Stage and Film Gala Honors Patricia Wettig, Ken Olin and Johanna Pfaelzer
Exclusive Photo Coverage: HAMILTON Creatives Visit the Library of Congress
Photo Coverage: The Cast of NETWORK Takes Opening Night Bows
Photo Flashback: Jeff Daniels, Richard Thomas & Swoosie Kurtz in 1981's FIFTH OF JULY
Photo Flashback: BroadwayWorld Remembers Tony Award-Winning Actor Philip Bosco
Photo Coverage: Roundabout and Fiasco Theater's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Meets the Press!
Photo Flash: First Look at Rubicon Theatre Company's SOUTH PACIFIC
Photo Flash: Austin Coby Joins the Cast of Off-Broadway's JERSEY BOYS
Photo Flash: Chicago Shakespeare Theater Presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Photo Flash: Melissa Errico Unveils New Portrait at Sardi's!
Photo Coverage: ANDY COONEY'S CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION Comes to Carnegie Hall
