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Review: Luke Hawkins Makes Tap Happy Return To Birdland With LUKE HAWKINS AND HIS MINI BIG BAND
'Luke Hawkins and His Mini Big Band' had everyone on their feet before the show had even begun....
Review: THE BRYCE EDWARDS FRIVOLITY HOUR Is Some Serious Stuff at Don't Tell Mama
Modern-day vaudevillian Bryce Edwards is the man that people want to see....
Review: Jean Louisa Kelly Masters The Art Of Cabaret With ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
Well, it's about time that the cabaret industry got a Jean Louisa Kelly show. And what a show....
Review: SAM PRIMACK'S GETAWAY IS A CELEBRATION OF LOVE AND MUSIC at Rockwood Stage 2
Broadway's last Evan Hansen makes it clear that his star is still rising!...
Review: Eva Noblezada Performs Personal NOSTALGIA: A LOVE LETTER TO NYC at Audible/Minetta Lane Theater
It takes a lot of cajones for a 26-year-old singer to title her cabaret concert NOSTALGIA, but then not many singers have already gone through what Eva Noblezada has. From her childhood being a MexicAsian (as she calls herself) in San Diego to her two Tony nominations in her adopted hometown (the ...
Review: THE BARRICADE BOYS Take No Prisoners at 54 Below
The 54 Below audience certainly wasn't miserable at a show performed by one-time Les Mis actors from London's West End....
Review: BLACK SONGS MATTER: THE SALON OPEN MIC at Don't Tell Mama
The Salon at Don't Tell Mama was a warm and heartfelt evening for performers and the audience alike....
Album Review: Maureen Taylor Brings Her Cabaret Show To All By Recording Her COSMIC CONNECTIONS
A lovely, high-lyric soprano that is never overstated or underplayed, Taylor uses all of her voice when she sings, sometimes in the space of a single number....
Review: Helen J. Shen Lights Up 54 Below During Debut Show SHEL-SHOCKED
It wasn't a shock or a surprise how great Helen J. Shen was at their debut solo show because the audience was ready for their special brand of entertainment....
Review: TONY YAZBECK Grows Up Before Our Very Eyes In New 54 Below Show
The song and dance man is still singing and still dancing but it's a new song and a new dance....
Review: Ben Jones Thinks It & We Know It In BEN JONES I THINK I'M IN LOVE at Chelsea Table + Stage
Near the end of IN LOVE Mr. Jones sings a mash-up of Lerner & Lowe’s I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE & GIGI, dedicated to his eight-year-old daughter that elicited sniffles as well as awwwwws from the crowd....
Review: Ben Jones I THINK WE SHOULD SEE OTHER PEOPLE at Chelsea Table + Stage Is Must-See Cabaret
Not even one year into his solo show career, Ben Jones presents two different cabaret musicals back-to-back in a Chelsea Table + Stage debut....
Review: TURN THE BEAT AROUND: 54 BELOW CELEBRATES STUDIO 54 Brings the Iconic Disco Back to Life
Broadway stars belt out disco standards, and you won't believe what had to happen for the show to go on!...
Review: AIROTIC SOIREE at HK Hall Puts Athletes and Artists In Sexy Sequins On Delectable Display
The new cabaret act in town is the aerial and acrobatic AIROTIC SOIRÉE....
FEATURE: From Under The Rainbow - Bobby Patrick's Picks Of The Best Of 2022
Bobby must jump on THAT bandwagon and sort through our impressive list of reviews and pick out the standouts for the previous 12 months, and so, here goes…...
Album Review: Murtagh Memorializes Mario With THE MARIO 101 A CELEBRATION OF THE MARIO LANZA SONGBOOK
THE MARIO 101 A CELEBRATION OF THE MARIO LANZA SONGBOOK is lovely music sung in some lovely ways by a singer who wishes to pay homage to an inspiration...
Album Review: Tony Award Winner Victoria Clark Sings Maury Yeston's Song Cycle As A Soprano & An Actress On DECEMBER SONGS FOR VOICE & ORCHESTRA
Clark’s approach to this work as an actress and a classically trained soprano shows her consummate ability to marry the two into a single performance that does not make one more important than the other....
Review: Annual 54 CELEBRATES HANUKKAH Concert Plays 54 Below
54 CELEBRATES HANUKKAH: A FESTIVAL OF WRITERS is a mixed bag at 54 Below....
Review: Patti LuPone Still Wears A Hat & She Is Pulling A Show Out Of It To Make Magic With SONGS FROM A HAT At 54 Below
Patti LuPone was electrifying and uplifting at 54 Below Tuesday night....
Album Review: Debbie Gibson's WINTERLICIOUS Mixes Original Songs & Some Usual Suspects For The Holidays
What’s fun is really fun and what’s beautiful is so very beautiful and this would make a fine addition to your holiday playlists...
Review: WINTER SONG: A HOLIDAY EVENING WITH INGRID MICHAELSON Plays Carnegie Hall
Singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson brings charm, some pals, and a beautiful concert to Carnegie Hall....
Review: Pop Star Pops To The Pops - Ingrid Michaelson & The New York Pops Pop Some Holiday Cheer With ROCKIN' AROUND THE XMAS TREE at Carnegie Hall
In all, our friends at Carnegie Hall gave us an evening of Christmas joy. The music was warm and familiar and gave the pops audience a peak into the work of a fine singer/composer....
Review: Nicole Henry Brings Warmth And Wonder to 54 Below With WHEN I THINK OF HOME
Nicole Henry played 54 Below for two nights with her Home-themed show of music and memories, and the fans were out in droves to take in the magic....
Review: Broadway World Didn't Miss MISS As Lyrics & Lyricists Presented MISS: BROADWAY'S WOMEN SONGWRITERS At The 92nd Street Y
It is our sincere hope that this is not the last MISS we will see. The ladies have something here and this 92nd Street Y evening could very well serve as a workshop for something really magical....
Review: The Staff Serves Food, Frivolity, and Festivity In 54 DOES 54 at 54 Below
The regular series 54 DOES 54 played 54 Below with a wacky and wonderful winter staff show....
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