Review: NIGHTMARE DOLLHOUSE at Teatro SEA @ The Clemente is a thrill!
Psycho Clan and ETR Ventures' latest immersive horror venture, 'Nightmare Dollhouse,' is chilling, to say the least.
Cabaret Theater Reviews
The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Cabaret.
Review: MARILYN MAYE Packs a Wallop in a Packed House at 54 Below
She’s got the talent, she’s got the show biz smarts, she’s got the love for performing, she communicates, and she’s in command.
Review: LITTLE BY LITTLE, CUT TOO SHORT, & BROADWAY BOUND Bring Some Pleasures To 54 Below
These three evenings at 54 Below celebrated what some might cavalierly dismiss as missable musical theatre “also-rans,” but they’d be missing out
Review: MARK NADLER'S CRAZY 1961 Strikes All The Right Chords at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
There are people who entertain, and then there are those destined to take the stage.
Album Review: Ann Hampton Callaway Captures Perfect Love On Her New Album FINDING BEAUTY, ORIGINALS, VOL. 1
FINDING BEAUTY, ORIGINALS, VOL.
Music Review: Julie Benko & Mykal Kilgore Make Us Glad They're Having A Christmas With Each Other With (I NEVER HAD A) CHRISTMAS WITH YOU
To have two such fine actor/singer/songwriter/STORYTELLERS sing the blues about Christmas turned out to be a real pleasure.
Review: David Dean Bottrell's DEAR MR. BOTTRELL, I CANNOT POSSIBLY ACCEPT THIS A Love Letter To The Art Of Storytelling
With storytelling like this, who needs Mother Goose?
Review: MARNIE KLAR SINGS CARLY SIMON Finds The Right Tone at Don't Tell Mama
It is a brave artist indeed who tries to capture the complex nature of the career of Carly Simon.
Review: Jeff Harnar's A COLLECTIVE CY and THOSE GIRLS SING BROADWAY (Birdland, Don't Tell Mama)
They're swell and just a couple of the acts that you can catch up with at the Cabaret Convention concerts that are around the corner.
Review: Jen Brett Makes NYC Solo Show Debut At Birdland With MOSAIC
Singing actress Jen Brett brought her band, her husband, and her MOSAIC to the New York club stage.
Music Review: Singer Sings A Sexy, Slinky, Slithery Single With Natalie Douglas' New Release TRUST IN ME
Natalie Douglas ain’t no python and her rich voice makes it all so very sexy that one can hardly stand it.
Filipino American History Month Launches With HERE LIES LOVE SINGS THE SONGS OF J. OCONER NAVARRO At 54 Below
Without a seat to spare in the room, the overwhelmingly enthusiastic patrons cheered wildly with each show stopping tune.
Music Review: A Merry Holloween & A Happy Christmas Are Here With Stephanie J. Block's New Holiday Single SLEIGH RIDE!
Does Stephanie J Block reinvent the wheel with her recording of SLEIGH RIDE? Nope, but with her voice, she doesn’t have to.
Review: Mauricio Martinez Turns Auditioning into Art In 5'11', BASED IN NYC at 54 Below
Martinez (On Your Feet) presents an eclectic evening of Broadway classics and modern fare presented as a series of self-tapes.
Tanya Moberly Raises the Roof at Don't Tell Mama with I LOVE NY SONGWRITERS PART I
MAC & Bistro Award-winning artist Tanya Moberly's live recording performance was a hit with the audience
Review: VINCE GIORDANO & THE NIGHTHAWKS And THE BRYCE EDWARDS FRIVOLITY HOUR Bring Back Past Eras at Birdland Theater
Two trips to Birdland, two gifted artists, and two trips into the past make for a spiffy, swellegant look at why the jazz club has staying power, all these years later.
Review: Betsy Wolfe Drops In For THE NEW YORK POPS UNDERGROUND At 54 Below
Betsy Wolfe was just so darn good, we could hardly STAND IT! Every story song was so well acted & in a voice that wailed like a rain storm
Review: The Spooky Season Kicks Off When 54 Below Presents 54 GOES HORROR
It was goofs, ghouls, and giggles when 54 Below started the Halloween season on October 4th.
Review: LINDA EDER Is Cookin' with Gas in High-Octane October Shows at 54 Below
Linda Eder gives the crowd what they want.
Review: The ASA Honors Betty Buckley With NEW WAYS TO DREAM Concert at Merkin Hall
A cast of Friends Of Betty filled the stage of Merkin Hall this week as the American Songbook Association honored Betty Buckley.
Review: Jenn Colella Electrifies With OUT AND PROUD At 54 Below
Colella has that unique quality that simply emanates from every fiber of her being like active electricity.
Kati Neiheisel Plays Lovely Encore Of Carpenters Tribute Show YESTERDAY... ONCE MORE At Pangea
Performers who take on the task of creating tribute shows can sometimes fall into the trap of emulating or copying performances of the artists and/or tunes to which they are trying to pay homage, but Neiheisel has not fallen into that trap.
Album Review: Dear Mr. Jones Sends Us A Dear John Album & We Still Swoon For Him With I THINK WE SHOULD SEE OTHER PEOPLE
I THINK WE SHOULD SEE OTHER PEOPLE is one of the albums out this year that we will be going back to again and again.
Music Review: Brandi Burkhardt Captures That Feeling Of Falling Hopelessly In Love With Her New Single DAYDREAM
Dance to it or make whoopie to it, for Brandi’s DAYDREAM is a truly nice place to visit.
Review: Matthew Scott THE JESUS YEAR Miraculous Musical Storytelling At 54 Below
The Jesus Year: A Letter From My Dad shows Matthew Scott off to great advantage, in every aspect of his artistic intention.
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My Body, My Cabaret The Green Room 42 (8/29-8/29) |
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The Bryce Edwards Frivolity Hour BIRDLAND (9/14-9/14) |
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Will Kelley: For the Record Laurie Beechman Theatre (8/29-8/29) |
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The New York Pops Underground 54 Below (10/05-10/05) |
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Ute Lemper: Celebrating Marlene Dietrich’s 125th Birthday 54 Below (9/19-9/19) |
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Habibi Festival 2026 Joe's Pub (10/10-10/10) |
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Melodie Wolford: Waiting In The Wings 54 Below (11/09-11/09) |
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Rizo: Serving Cult Joe's Pub (9/03-9/03) |
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Chadwick Johnson: No Stranger to Love 54 Below (10/02-10/02) |
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Project 2026: Blue Tsunami! Don't Tell Mama (9/01-9/01) |