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Review: MasterVoices' IOLANTHE Brightens Up Carnegie Hall
To hear the score of the century-and-a-half-old comic operetta live was an unparalleled treat....
Review: Sherri Shepherd Goes Off-Book & Off The Rails With Her Bestie Kym Whitley & Together They Burn The House Down at City Winery
The chemistry, the timing, their laughs, our laughter, the unabashed volleyball game of comedy they played was as exciting to watch as it was to laugh at...
Review: reg e gaines & SAVION GLOVER Create a Sonata in Jazz With IF TRANE WUZ HERE at Joe's Pub
It is not surprising that playwright and spoken-word artist, reg e gaines and legendary tap dancer Savion Glover chose Coltrane to create a show around. Both gaines and Glover have pushed their art forms into brave new territory like Coltrane did...
Review: Sexy Song Cycles Sound Swell In Central Park As Matthew Puckett Presents his SONGS FROM THE EVERGREEN at 54 Below
In the end, SONGS FROM THE EVERGREEN is an absolutely gorgeous song cycle paean to everyone’s fave bit of Manhattan greenery - Central Park...
Review: JUDY ON TV! Honors Judy Garland Nicely At 92NY
JUDY ON TV! Is a delightful production, the kind that one might expect when going to see something at 92NY....
Review: Jayson Kerr INDECISIVELY YOURS Delights Devoted Audience at The Green Room 42
With his return to the stage, Jayson Kerr had the crowd in the palm of his hand....
Review: LANGSTON IN HARLEM Celebrates Langston Hughes With Style and Heart at 54 Below
Classical Theatre of Harlem is to be congratulated for presenting this wonderful play. Langston in Harlem is a piece that absolutely deserves a second look, and this company delivered a first-rate production....
Review: A Tribute To “Luisa” By The Friends Of THE FANTASTICKS' First Girl In 54 CELEBRATES RITA GARDNER at 54 Below
Rita Gardner was not only a part of THE FANTASTICKS' history, she is one of the reasons it became historic in the first place....
Review: THE 11TH ANNUAL NEW YORK ASIAN BURLESQUE FESTIVAL Overflows With Talent and Some Gotta Have a Gimmick
It was quite an eye-opening night. The audience was certainly enthusiastic and welcoming. And there were people like myself whose curiosity was certainly sated by a diverse and delightful evening....
Review: Rachel Covey Does It All In ONE WRONG TURN: THE MUSIC OF RACHEL COVEY at 54 Below
Rachel Covey's music is exciting and you want nothing more than to hear what she does next....
Review: Parodies & Open Relationships! Is Nothing Sacred To THREE MEN & A BABY GRAND at The Green Room 42
The show was super fast-paced, super gay, and loads of fun!...
The John Pizzarelli Trio Jazzes Up the Broadway Songbook at Birdland
The John Pizzarelli Trio (with the insanely talented bassist Mike Karn and pianist Isaiah J. Thompson) successfully celebrates Broadway and Hollywood songs at their latest turn at Birdland...
Review: Darius de Haas Is Suave, Smooth, and Smokin' In MAISEL AND MORE! at 54 Below
The dreamiest-voice male singer in the business is everything a hit show (stage or television) needs....
Review: GOLEM OWNED A TROPICAL SMOOTHIE Gives 54 Below Audience A Wacky, Entertaining Night Out
Some inventive puppetry brought the sparse production of GOLEM OWNED A TROPICAL SMOOTHIE a little added fun....
Album Review: Amy Irving Was BORN IN A TRUNK And Now She's Singing All About It
All in all, my dearlings, each individual song on Born In A Trunk is a treat, but when all ten musical monologues are lined up end to end, what we have is a musical memoir....
Album Review: Lauren Henderson's Latest Release, CONJURING, Conjures The Past While Pushing Toward The Future
This album is one for romantic nights with someone you love or hope to love and no mistake....
Review: RICKY RITZEL'S BROADWAY Honors off-Broadway at Don't Tell Mama
Tou are missing out on one of the last vestiges of what the golden age of cabaret was like....
Review: Carole J. Bufford Is Expertly SETTING NEW STANDARDS at Chelsea Table + Stage
It's a brand new show for Carole J. Bufford and when we say brand new, we mean brand new....
Album Review: Some Troubadours Are Ladies & Vice Versa, As Carmen Cusack Shows Us On Her New Album LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME
Taking it one by one, Carmen Cusack’s LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME songs are beautiful, uplifting, and soul-stirring, sometimes all of it at once....
Review: Karen Akers Demonstrates Star And Staying Power With ABOUT TIME at Birdland
Karen Akers brought her consummate artistry, marvelous colleagues, and all the stuff of legend to her latest Birdland offering....
Review: Witnessing The Future Of Musical Theater At STARS IN MY EYES/FOOD ON THE TABLE At The Green Room 42
STARS IN MY EYES/FOOD ON THE TABLE at Green Room 42 spotlights the future of musical theater....
Review: Encores & Coronaries - Charles Busch Sings Them All In MY FOOLISH HEART at 54 Below
The Busch is top drawer, and as an entertainer/storyteller, this Divine Sister is a Times Square Angel. In any case, CHARLES BUSCH: MY FOOLISH HEART is worth the time and money one spends on enjoying it...
Review: SETH SIKES & NICOLAS KING Buddy Up in THE NEW BELTERS at 54 Below
SETH SIKES & NICOLAS KING; THE NEW BELTERS is a high-energy, well-honed entertainment that has its audience buzzing with excitement and tapping its toes with joy....
Review: Anita Gillette & Penny Fuller Leave Birdland Audience Sated With SIN TWISTERS: THE NEXT FRONTIER
Gillette and Fuller are at it again and the magic is as strong as ever at THE NEXT FRONTIER....
Review: Hate To See Them Go But Love To Watch Them Walk Away - THE SKIVVIES Are In Their Prime at Chelsea Table + Stage
The Skivvies are keeping it just as fresh as it was when they first started....
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