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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....
Music Review: Garrett Clayton Pops Some Pops-Corn & Culture With His New Party Single BARBIE BOYS
Dial this one up on your spotifies and dance around the pool in your swimsuits because there’s plenty of Summer left....
Music Review: The Easiest Of Easy Listening Is Bob Levy's Music On BOB LEVY, EVER SINCE WE MET - THE DANE VANNATTER RECORDINGS
This album is something for your easy-listening moods....
Music Review: Alexis Michelle Bumps & Grinds & Sings About Mom & Dad On New Single IF YOU WANT MY APPLES
We loved this new, old-fashioned song from two of our gayest rainbow creators, and if you love drag and the Broadway, we think you will love it too...
Review: Lucie Arnaz I GOT THE JOB! at 54 Below Plays All Her Songs
I GOT THE JOB! SONGS FROM MY MUSICAL PAST demands to be seen....
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Finding Their Voice: Broadway Stars Unite to Support Israel's Youth The Jerry Orbach Theatre (6/15-6/15) |
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Cherry Bomb: A Redhead Cabaret 54 Below (9/03-9/03) |
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Sondheim Unplugged: The Final Season 54 Below (6/28-6/28) |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel in Concert 54 Below (7/14-7/14) |
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The Cast of MJ The Musical Presents: The Jam 54 Below (6/08-6/08) |
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Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp: In Resonance 54 Below (8/20-8/20) |
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REAL Black: A Juneteenth Celebration with Crystal Monee Hall and Friends 54 Below (6/19-6/19) |
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Filipinos on Broadway, feat. Isa Briones & more! 54 Below (5/25-5/25) |
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Liberace & Liza: A Tribute 54 Below (7/08-7/08) |
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54 Sings Broadway's Greatest Hits! 54 Below (9/05-9/05) |
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