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Review: BENNETT AND BARTON SONG SALON At Pangea A Fun And Relaxing Open Mic Night
One of the many benefits to working with your best mate for a few decades is the ease with which every move is made. That's Fred Barton and Elena Bennett, all over the place, during their Pangea Open Mic....
Album Review: If Linda Purl's THIS COULD BE THE START Is The Start, We Can't Wait To See The Finished Product
It is an exciting thing to see an artist grow, evolve, change, and the musical marriage between the two friends and colleagues that are Linda and Tedd has been a wonderful witness for the last few years....
Album Review: Lucie Arnaz Tells Everyone “How I Got The Job” On Her New Album LIVE AT THE PURPLE ROOM
Lucie’s singing voice is that of a Broadway belter, but more than that, Lucie Arnaz is an actor....
Review: SCOTT SIEGEL'S BROADWAY: THE NEXT GENERATION at 54 Below
Broadway’s Next Generation generated big hope for the future as these worth-discovering young artists sang of their own big hopes.?...
Review: FIFTY KEY STAGE MUSICALS - PART 4 Is A Swell Sampling at 54 Below
The choices made for a satisfying potpourri that didn’t seem to be trying to overdo the “think outside the box” approach or check every possible box to ensure variety in every possible way....
Music Review: Ben Jones' Latest Swoon-Worthy Single TOO LATE NOW Has Arrived Just In Time
We loved this new single of an old song in a young voice, and though many of us have heard this one many times over many years, Ben Jones makes it worthwhile again....
Review: Goofy Gabriel Generally Brings Brooklyn To The Basement With A NIGHT OF HEHE-HAHAS At 54 Below
Though Gabriel Generally’s set on Wednesday night moved from hilarious to incomprehensible, and back again, we recognize that they definitely have something going on....
Review: Jason Danieley Opens Up With Open-Hearted WITHOUT A SONG 54 Below
Jason Danieley is a candidate for caring who takes care in how he sings and speaks his heart. ...
Review: Acidic, Acerbic Jackie Hoffman Gets Blunt In IT'S OVER. WHO HAS WEED? at Joe's Pub
Each time it has been this writer’s pleasure to catch her act on The Broadway, Off-The-Broadway, in the clubs, or on a screen, we have marveled, we have admired, and we have laughed - oh golly how we have laughed....
Review: Claybourne Elder Shares Engaging Testimony and Engrossing Songs for I WANT TO BE EVIL at Joe's Pub
CLAYBOURNE ELDER'S latest cabaret show is a celebration of cutting ties with his past, his seemingly charmed present life as a working actor on stage and screen, and a successful side hustle as the organizer of a unique nonprofit. ...
Review: Promising GOOD SHOW! PODCAST LAUNCH CABARET Plays 54 Below
The Good Show! Podcast Launch was a slice of theater nerd heaven, and the Goodmans have a promising future in cabaret....
Review: SONGBOOK SUNDAYS: CAN'T HELP LOVIN' JEROME KERN at Dizzy's Club / Jazz At Lincoln Center
Filled with wonderful music and anecdotes both amusing and informative, this was a lovely installation of Deborah Grace Winer’s series...
Review: Jonathan Hoover Exceeds All Expectations With Solo Show Debut SECOND-RATE SOMEBODY at 54 Below
Singing actor and Inappropriat Patti creator, Jonathan Hoover, left it all on the stage last night, as the crowd rose, repeatedly, to their feet in appreciation....
Review: Billy Stritch And Klea Blackhurst A Cabaret Fantasy In DREAMING OF A SONG at Birdland
It’s a shame that it took thirteen years to bring this extremely satisfying program back to the stage....
Review: BROADWAY SIGNS! PRIDE at The Triad A Special Night
It was a special night of cabaret, ASL or otherwise, when Deaf Theatre Austin presented a fundraising benefit for an exciting new production of THE LARAMIE PROJECT....
Album Review: Singer Composers Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki Give Us A Cabaret Gift Tied Up In A Pretty Bow With MID-CENTURY MODERN
Finally, what you have with Turner & Grusecki’s MID-CENTURY MODERN is new songs written in an old-fashioned way with old-fashioned sounds...
Review: Jeff Hiller Living His Best Life In MIDDLE AGED INGENUE at Joe's Pub
The opening night crowd for his new solo show, “Middle Aged Ingenue,” was electric....
Music Review: Nicole Henry Covers Sade (In Gold) With Her New Single IS IT A CRIME?
The longing of a woman who wants to give all to someone who has nothing but lies for her… but still she asks the title’s question… Is It A Crime?...
Review: Lee Roy Reams UNCENSORED! FOR ADULTS ONLY! at 54 Below Not For The Faint At Heart
When he named his show UNCENSORED!, Lee Roy Reams really not messing around....
Review: Whereas JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With Elegance at Birdland
It is a true wondrous achievement to have a show every week lasting 20 years, with over 1040 shows and 1840 performers....
Review: Carole J. Bufford Exemplifies DIVINE DECADENCE at Birdland Theater
If there’s one takeaway from an evening with Carole Bufford, it is that I’ll be looking forward to her next show, open mic appearance, or wherever she might appear....
Review: JULIE SINGS JULE at Birdland Closes The Cabaret Deal For Julie Benko
Jason and Julie are the twosome to beat... and to love....
Review: Bryan Eng's Sextet Wows With 'SWINGIN' STANDARDS' at Birdland Theater
What could have been the titular song was “Unforgettable” because, most certainly, his style and class were unforgettable....
Review: MAHINDRA BLUES SPECIAL at Jazz At The Lincoln Center
Aayushi Karnik, Brianna Thomas and Ella Sang The Blues, and Corey Harris Band impressed at the Mahindra Blues Special by Jazz at the Lincoln Center...
Review: AGE OF MADNESS Gives City Winery Rock And Roll Realness
Frontman Jeremy Jordan has worked hard with his colleagues to create and donate to the rock and roll art form....
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