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Review: Gavin Lee Dances And Entrances In STEPPIN' OUT WITH FRED ASTAIRE at Birdland
Broadway and West End star and renowned tapper tackles the pinnacle: Fred Astaire....
Review: No Blue Patrons At Chelsea Table + Stage After Nicolas King's SHAKING THE BLUES AWAY
Like a mid-century nightclub star from an old movie, Nicolas King is as slick as a patent-leather pump SHAKING THE BLUES AWAY....
Review: SANDRA BERNHARD Invites Us to Her Upbeat, Spontaneous and Irreverent SPRING AFFAIR at City Winery
Bernhard held nothing back. SPRING AFFAIR was two-thirds comedy show and one-third concert, the balance she has perfected to sate fans ever since her 1988 Off-Broadway show “Without You, I’m Nothing.”...
Review: Reeve Carney Turns Chelsea Table + Stage Into A Rock And Roll Venue With THE FLYING YARBIRD
Reeve Carney brought a one-man rock show, “Reeve Carney, The Flying Yardbird, A Tribute to Led Zeppelin” to the stage....
Review: AN EVENING WITH L MORGAN LEE Charms Charming Audience at Newman Mills Theater
L Morgan Lee is one of those people who, by virtue of her benevolence and her inability to be false, makes you want to be friends with her....
Music Review: Alica Witt's Clever Mind Composes CLEVER MIND A Brand New Love(lorn) Song
Alicia Witt’s talents as a singer/songwriter have a depth of perception that only a true artistic soul could produce, and this new ballad is as clever as it is beautiful....
Review: Jessica Vosk Pure Medical Grade Magic In CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' at 92NY
It’s one thing to be a good singer. It’s one thing to be a great singer. But what Jessica Vosk did on the stage today went beyond good or great....
Review: ROUNDTABLE Host and SNL Alum Robert Bannon Kicks Off Pride With ROBERT BANNON'S PRIDE PLAYLIST At 54 Below
ROBERT BANNON’S PRIDE PLAYLIST at 54 below will most definitely make Bobby’s list of Pride Events Of The Season....
Review: Flotilla DeBarge Drops A BIG HUNK OF GHETTO On The Stage At The Green Room 42
Flotilla DeBarge was all the things on Thursday night including a reminder of what Gay Pride Month is all about....
Review: Jessica Fishenfeld Keeps The SUNNY SIDE UP Down In The Basement At The Birdland Theater
In all, Jessica’s ability to sing real jazz in a jazz soprano voice and then switch it up to full-on opera (usually while being hilarious) was impressive and delightful. ...
Review: Hannah Jane Brings WOMEN OF AN ERA To Chelsea Table + Stage
Hannah Jane's voice is gorgeous, one could listen to her all evening and not tire of it....
Review: Farah Alvin Is A 1970S Goddess In ON VINYL at The Green Room 42
Broadway staple Farah Alvin celebrated, in glorious fashion, the recent release of her new record....
Review: BroadwayWorld's 20th Anniversary Concert Thrills And Satisfies at Sony Hall
For two decades of excellence, a concert like this was an embarrasment of riches and a right proper production....
Review: JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND'S NOSE GAYS Birthday Bash at Joe's Pub Celebrates With Memories, Diversity and Anger
When someone as regal (and bawdy) as Justin Vivian Bond turns 60 years old, it might be time to give whatever equivalent nobility of a Dame we New Yorkers can bestow on this downtown icon....
Review: Danielle Ferland In SING FOR YOUR GHOSTS at The Green Room 42
What happens when the painting is finished? After ‘happily ever after’ comes and goes?...
Review: Lorna Dallas Divinely Displays GLAMOROUS NIGHTS AND RAINY DAYS at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
Glamorous Nights and Rainy Days is cabaret of the highest order in the incomparable hands of Lorna Dallas....
Album Review: Pizzarelli & Pals Partner To Play Their Punctillious Poetry & It's A Party On STAGE & SCREEN
As we listened to John Pizzarelli’s STAGE & SCREEN, our initial thought was, “There aren’t really words to describe how good this is.”...
Review: 5 QUESTIONS WITH JAMES AND JAM Is Silly Fun At The Green Room 42
As soon as the hosts took the stage, the playful tone of the evening was set....
Music Review: Billy Recce Begs Us All To COME OUT On His New Single & He's Right… We Should
Billy Recce’s hilarious new single is not a gay battle cry ... but a satirical reproachment that ultimately says, “COME OUT OF WHOEVER YOU ARE!”...
Music Review: With Their New Single ALMOST Ann Hampton Callaway & Amanda McBroom Create Perfection
These two Platinum-selling singer/songwriters have created a completely stylish duet for themselves, and there is nothing ALMOST about it....
Album Review: Rickie Lee Jones Is Just In Time With Her New Album Of Standards PIECES OF TREASURE
Rickie Lee Jones is a consummate artist so it should not come as any surprise that she is a master of this kind of music as well....
Review: AMY GRANT Shines A Peaceful Musical Light On City Winery Audience
On May 8th Amy Grant gave a City Winery crowd an intimate, personal, and fun night of art and philosophy....
Review: Javier Garcia Breaks New Ground at 54 Below With MEXICO LINDO Y QUERIDO!
Javier Garcia's nightclub solo show debut was one for the record books....
Album Review: Fanny's Funny Boy, Karimloo, Completes His Trip Round The Compass With His 4th EP, THE ROAD TO FIND OUT WEST
Taken all together, Ramin Karimloo’s THE ROAD TO FIND OUT series yields music that uplifts, haunts, and will make you sway a bit....
Album Review: Farah Alvin Pulls Up The Covers On Her New Album, ON VINYL, & Rocks, Rolls, & Feels All The 70s Beats
Farah Alvin proves herself to be as wonderful a recording artist as she is a live performer....
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