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Album Review: Out Of The Past Comes A Legendary Duo Singing Songs For Christmas, As Steve & Eydie Give Us All THAT HOLIDAY FEELING
An album we fell in love with on first listening that will not be our last - especially since those holidays are almost upon us....
Album Review: Showman Ramin Karimloo Sings Six Songs Sweetly, Sounding So Swell Switching Styles Song To Song On THE ROAD TO FIND OUT-NORTH
This third EP in his ROAD TO FIND OUT series (there has been an EAST, SOUTH & now NORTH editions with WEST next in line presumably) is a part of Ramin’s exploration of his self-termed style, BROADGRASS - a neologism (what? Bobby knows words!!) combining the conceptual make-ups of Bluegrass and Bro...
Review: Leslie Uggams ONLY IN NEW YORK Makes 54 Below The Place To Be This Week
Leslie Uggams talks and sings through her life, her career, and her New York in a show that demands to be seen....
Review: JOHN PIZZARELLI & JESSICA MOLASKEY: EAST SIDE AFTER DARK Lights Up the Night at Café Carlyle
There is one place on the modern East Side where that world of NY cognoscenti is as alive and vibrant as it ever was. Café Carlyle is the perfect setting for John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey’s show EAST SIDE AFTER DARK. They serve up tune after tune from that 50s and 60s scene where life didn...
Review: Karen Mason Astounds 54 Below Audience With 30... AND COUNTING
Karen Mason and Christopher Denny are celebrating 30 YEARS... AND COUNTING and the audiences are so much the better for it....
Review: Amy Jo Jackson Raises The Bar With THE BRASS MENAGERIE at 54 Below
Amy Jo Jackson has been garnering praise for THE BRASS MENAGERIE for two years and this writer has finally arrived at the party....
Album Review: Superstar Movie Star Luke Evans has A SONG FOR YOU
The talented, handsome Welsh actor continues his singing career with an album made up of ballads. Lots and lots of ballads....
Review: GOLDIE DVER: SWEET BEGINNING Is a Reason For Thanksgiving at Laurie Beechman Theatre
Ms. Dver looks great, sounds, great, and breezes through her treatise on gratitude with a light and confident touch. She is, as Cole Porter would say The Hostess With the Mostess’ on the Ball....
Review: Carole J. Bufford Blazes Brilliant In BAD MOON RISING at Birdland
With her All Hallows Eve show, Carole J. Bufford sets Birdland on delicious fire....
Album Review: Sondheim & Callaway! Always an unbeatable pair... TO STEVE WITH LOVE: LIZ CALLAWAY CELEBRATES SONDHEIM
One of the best shows of 2022 is now one of the best albums... and if you don't believe Bobby, check it out for yourself, and then you'll know....
Review: If These Hands Could Talk… And They Do In The BROADWAY SIGNS! TWILIGHT ZONE SPOOKTACULAR At 54 Below
Using a mixture of live piano & musical tracks, and employing the deaf theatre technique of Shadowing, this Halloween festival was more than a treat to the eyes and ears - it was a total blast, a party!...
Album Review: Everything New Is Old Again… Or Vice Versa With Columbia's New Release Of Old Barbra Recordings - BARBRA STREISAND LIVE AT THE BON SOIR
... giving the world this exciting and incomparable album that will make any Streisand fan, any lover of fine music, and anyone interested in the history of the show biz happy....
PHOTOS: These Spies Were A Happening That Happened And Should Happen Again… SPIES ARE FOREVER At 54 Below
Almost the entire original company gathered here on this coast to perform the score in concert at our Beloved 54 below for 4 shows on two nights ( October 25 & 26) BroadwayWorld was there in the personage of yours truly with our little camera...
Review: JASON GRAAE'S GRAAETEST HIT'S (THE SEQUEL) at The Green Room 42 Is Great, Spelled The Right Way
Jason Graae returned to New York last week with two nights of music and clowning at The Green Room 42 and the audience laughed til their sides hurt....
Album Review: Ball & Boe Show Why Are Headliners With Their New CD - MICHAEL BALL & ALFIE BOE - TOGETHER IN VEGAS
Boe and Ball are at it again and this time they are in Vegas, and what happens in Vegas ends up on an album!...
Review: RIAN KEATING SINGS JACQUES BREL is a Rich Dessert at Don't Tell Mama
Ricky reviews Rian's JACQUES BREL night at Don't tell Mama....
Review: MICHAEL SINGS ELTON Provides Chelsea Table + Stage Audience With A Solid Michael Sobie Set
With pleasing vocals and excellent musicianship, Michael Sobie explores some of his favorite Sir Elton....
ALBUM REVIEW: Roberta Donnay BLOSSOM-ING! is a Delightful Way to Spend a Rainy Afternoon
Roberta Donnay has turned her attention to the legacy of Blossom Dearie for her 10th studio album BLOSSOM-ING!, subtitled 'Celebrating the Music of Blossom Dearie.' And it is a celebration indeed. Throughout her 3 decade career, Donnay has explored the many sounds and genres of the 20th century. She...
Review: Analise Scarpaci Premieres Dreamy Solo Show Debut PATHETIC LITTLE DREAMER at 54 Below
Broadway veteran Analise Scarpaci is the newest singer songwriter on the block and she is proving herself, but fast....
Review: The New York Pops Soar With THE MUSIC OF STAR WARS at Carnegie Hall
To open their fortieth season, The New York Pops pulls out all the stops....
Review: IT: A MUSICAL PARODY at Chelsea Table + Stage Is The Show To See This Halloween
Don't miss the chance to see something original, and something wonderful that's playing. IT: A MUSICAL PARODY is where the action is at this Halloween season....
Review: DORIAN WOODRUFF Goes Straight for the Heart in THE LYRICS OF ALAN AND MARILYN BERGMAN at Pangea
Dorian Woodruff is exactly the sort of crooner the Bergmans wrote for. His voice is warm and dextrous, his diction is perfect without being ostentatious and he displays a wide emotional range. He found the rich subtext of the Bergman’s romantic themes and made it about his own heart. He concentrat...
Album Review: Liam Forde Reminds Us All, With His Debut CD Release, That It's GREAT TO BE HERE
Every bit of GREAT TO BE HERE is so VERY New York City from start to finish that Bobby has no choice but to grant this fab jazz outing his full… 5 Out Of 5 Rainbows
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Review: Julie Halston DECLASSIFIED! at Birdland In A Class All Its Own
A one-night-only performance of her new show DECLASSIFIED! puts Julie Halston back onstage and back in the light... and it also puts butts in seats, as Birdland sells, completely, out, weeks in advance....
Album Review: Queer Indie-Folk-Pop Artist Elizabeth Wyld Sings The Truths Of Many Women On Her New EP DELICATE CREATURES
Elizabeth Wyld offers a queer woman’s POV about love’s layers lost and how some cope, some cop-out, and some kill....
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