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BWW Reviews: THE TED & LO SHOW
Ted Stafford and Lorinda Lisitza find plenty of humor in this dark-themed cabaret at Don't Tell Mama....
BWW Reviews: MAUDE MAGGART is a Delightfully Dreamy Enchantress at Café Carlyle
This past Tuesday evening Maude Maggart, a celebrated young veteran of the cabaret scene, started her debut run at the Cafe Carlyle (which ends tonight with shows at 8:45 pm and 10:45 pm) and her new show certainly didn't disappoint, at least not in the singing department. Throughout a 16-song set, ...
BWW Reviews: The Music Box Theater's MORE BROADWAY AT THE BOX - A Comical Revue of Broadway Favorites
The Music Box Theater is proudly closing its third year with their latest musical revue MORE BROADWAY AT THE BOX. Rebekah Dahl, Brad Scarborough, Kristina Sullivan, Cay Taylor, and Luke Wrobel masterfully entertain Houston audiences with the inventive cabaret revue, earning copious amounts of cheers...
BWW Reviews: Signature Theatre's CAROLYN COLE: THE FAREWELL TOUR – Anything But Your Typical Cabaret!
Audiences were forewarned when Carolyn Cole stepped onto the stage and announced that her Farewell Tour was, "Not yo momma's cabaret" and that it was going to be a unique evening. Aside from the brief tease of Gypsy's "Let Me Entertain You," Cole's performance was an unexpected departure from the m...
BWW Reviews: ZACH Theatre Hosts Mini RENT Reunion with ADAM AND DAPHNE IN CONCERT
In 1996, several up and coming performers made their Broadway debuts in a show that would make musical theater history. The show was Rent and two of those performers were Adam Pascal and Daphne Ruben-Vega. Some very lucky Austin area Rentheads, myself included, got a chance to see the two reunite ...
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE FRINGE 2014: MILES AWAY Takes Us on an Unusual Trip
Renee Gentle offers a tour de force performance, switching to and fro between so many diverse characters in a high energy production....
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE FRINGE 2014: A STORM IN A D CUP Takes The Audience On An Hilarious Journey Through a Crazy Life
This show is raunchy, emotional, crazy, and hilarious....
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE FRINGE 2014: LILI LA SCALA: SIREN Sings Bewitching Songs of The Sea
It is Scala's strong, warm and amazingly expressive voice which steals the show...
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE FRINGE 2014: MY BREASTS AND ME Is a Brilliant Show Filled With Jokes, Songs, And Stories About DD Cups
Palmer's wonderful humour is a mixture of the finest dad jokes and fantastically humorous, breast related observations....
BWW Reviews: Bayou City Concert Musical's CHEEK TO CHEEK: IRVING BERLIN IN THE 1930s is Spirited Entertainment
Just as exciting as the annual summer concert presentation of a more-or-less forgotten hit musical from yesteryear are Bayou City Concert Musicals' fundraising cabaret performances. Kicking off their 2014 season, Paul Hope has programmed an evening of Irving Berlin's hit songs for the 1930s. In this...
BWW Reviews: Versatile, Talented Vocalist Tracy Lynn Olivera Celebrates CD Release at Signature Theatre
Versatile is one way to describe Ms. Olivera's talent....
BWW Reviews: JANE MONHEIT & CLINT HOLMES Dazzlingly Deliver the Songs of Frank Wildhorn at Cafe Carlyle
Before the finale of Tuesday night's Café Carlyle show celebrating the varied compositions of Frank Wildhorn, the Grammy and Tony Award-winning composer quoted his frequent collaborator, lyricist Jack Murphy, as once offering that “Great singers are a songwriter's best friends.” Even though Mur...
BWW Reviews: Singer Nita Whitaker Scores Big with Love 'n Stuff at Sterling's
On Sunday January 26 divine singer Nita Whitaker brought her brand new show Love 'n Stuff to Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal. Looking positively stunning in a black and white pageant dress accentuated with sequins - she was Miss Louisiana in the Miss America Pageant some years ago - and displayin...
BWW Reviews: Chita Rivera: A Legendary Celebration Amazes Audiences
Dynamic talents, such as triple-threat Chita Rivera, rarely give up. They are having too much fun to retire. Passionate, warm, funny and forever loyal to her art, Miss Rivera has always captivated her audiences and is still very much doing so, based on her performance on Saturday January 25 at the V...
BWW Reviews: Joan Ryan Brings Down the House at Feinstein's at the Nikko
Tucked away in a corner of the Nikko Hotel is Feinstein's - a 140 seat, intimate nightclub with cozy banquettes and tables graced with crystal chandeliers and a stage on which the Steinway holds pride of place. As the 8 o'clock hour approached, smartly dressed San Franciscans along with tourists i...
BWW Reviews: Singer Blake McIver Shows a New Side to his Talent at Don't Tell Mama
On Thursday January 16 Blake McIver showed a whole new side to his musical art when he premiered selections from his new CD at Don't Tell Mama in WeHo. Set for release in February, the CD is pop, R&B based and is a showcase for McIver's own compositions, many of which are quite poignant, some downri...
BWW Reviews: Broadway Actress/Singer Laura Benanti Charms Catalina Bar & Grill
Beautiful actress/singer Laura Benanti, Tony Award winner for Gypsy, performed at 54 Below in New York during 2013, and the live concert was recorded on Broadway Records. To celebrate the release of the CD entitled In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention, Chris Isaacson Presents booked Ben...
BWW Reviews: Constantine Maroulis Rocks Houston with Solo Cabaret Concert
New York City has 54 BELOW, Broadway's living room, where big name acts do acclaimed intimate cabaret concerts. Since it's inception, I have longed for a similar experience in my neck of the woods. Producer Tyce Green, along with Houston's The Music Box Theater, is gifting Houston audiences with the...
BWW Reviews: Even When Dancing In the Dark, BARB JUNGR's Transformative Vocal Interpretations Illuminate Classic Pop Songs
It seemed only natural that the bodacious British cabaret chanteuse Barb Jungr would bring a new show to New York that could be staged in the small theater environment of 59E59 (December 22-29). While Ms. Jungr's forays definitely are in the cabaret mold, they are also part theater-style performance...
BWW Reviews: Robert Davi - Vintage Music, Vintage Ambiance & Timeless Talent
'I have played behind Frank Sinatra all around the world and in the recording studios in Hollywood since 1959. Now along comes Robert Davi who, in my opinion, is the only one that comes close to having the voice, the acting chops, and the charisma that the Ol' Man had. Listen and become a life-long ...
BWW Reviews: One of the Finest Tuned Spectaculars to Play a Cabaret Stage
For the Record: Baz Luhrmann in Concert is the brainchild of Christopher Lloyd Bratten (musical director) and Shane Scheel (producer) who have previously produced concerts incorporating the music from the films of the Coen Brothers and also John Hughes and Quentin Tarantino, among others. The Luhrma...
BWW Reviews: Singer Cortes Alexander Returns to Sterling's with a Swell Noel
On Sunday December 22 the amazing Cortes Alexander presented his Thou Swell Noel to a packed house at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal. Alexander has such frenetic energy and charm that, and I've said this before, you just want to wrap him up. What a joyous Christmas present...and with his two glo...
BWW Reviews: Karen Wyman Becomes Cabaret's Comeback Queen With 'Second Time Around' at Metropolitan Room
In 1969, at age 16, Bronx-born Karen Wyman became a singing sensation appearing on TV with Dean Martin, The Ed Sullivan Show, and The Tonight Show, and cutting two albums. A few years later she suddenly quit singing professionally to raise a family. Now, she's back and as she proved with her new sho...
BWW Reviews: An Uber Cool Spider Saloff Brings Her Cool Yule to Rockwell
On Tuesday December 3 sublime singer Spider Saloff appeared at Rockwell Table and Stage for an evening of Cool Yule accompanied by electric jazz pianist Richard Eames. I say sublime, as there are a rare few like Saloff who can really sing, wrapping their heart around the lyrics of a song and then ...
BWW Reviews: A Mirthful Kritzerland Christmas III Plays Sterling's
On Sunday, December 1 Kritzerland Records presented its 40th show and annual Christmas presentation entitled A Kritzerland Christmas III at Sterling's Upstairs at the Federal with special guest star Terri White. It was a beautiful evening of mostly familiar Christmas music with a few lesser known bu...
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The Golden Age of Broadway 54 Below (5/26-5/26) |
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It's All A Swindle Don't Tell Mama (6/16-6/16) |
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Black, Bold & Beautiful 54 Below (7/23-7/23) |
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Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway: BOOM! 15th Anniversary Concert 54 Below (7/16-7/16) |
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Madame X- The Musical! by Gerard Alessandrini and Robert Hetzel 54 Below (6/22-6/22) |
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Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway: BOOM! 15th Anniversary Concert 54 Below (7/15-7/15) |
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