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Review: A BENEFIT FOR QUENTIN OLIVER LEE Fills 54 Below With All Things Beautiful, Loving, and Healing
It was a truly special and important night at 54 Below when A BENEFIT FOR QUENTIN OLIVER LEE is presented....
Review: LISA VIGGIANO SINGS THE JANE OLIVOR SONGBOOK is a Heartfelt Tribute at Laurie Beechman Theatre
What Lisa Viggiano has as a performer that was not apparent in Jane Olivor’s work is a wry and ironic sense of humor. When Viggiano allows her spirit to come front and center, the show she has created with director Mark Nadler really flies. However, for much of the performance, it feels as if Ms. ...
Review: MARILYN MAYE Makes Magic at 54 Below But, This Time, With Mercer
The legendary Marilyn Maye is back at it again, with a brand-new show, and even though all MM shows are great, this one is particularly so....
Review: Meg Flather Premieres New Play HOLD ON TIGHT at United Solo Theatre Festival
With her new one-woman solo show, Meg Flather has taken her storytelling to a whole new level....
Review: Utah “Boy” Taylor Frey Grows Up, Get's Married, and Has A Kid Like Any Other Good Mormon Should In TAYLOR FREY At 54 Below
From his music to his voice to his performance to his dang outfit - everything about this self-titled show was the perfect example of the art of a classic story cabaret....
Review: Bartz Charts Starts Hearts In OFF THE CHARTS WITH MARTHA BARTZ At The Green Room 42
Singing from FUNNY GIRL - and that’s what Martha proved herself to be, throughout her show, by presenting novelty numbers THE PREGNANCY SONG and YOLANDA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS - a funny girl......
Review: HUGH PANARO Blossoms Before 54 Below Audience With Solo Show Debut
After years of working the musical theater stage, Hugh Panaro tries out the small venue stage, and it's a perfect fit....
Review: Florencia Cuenca & Jaime Lozano Bring Bold And Brassy BROADWAY EN SPANGLISH To Joe's Pub
Jaime Lozano has arranged some of Florencia Cuenca's favorite Broadway tunes to match her Mexican heritage and the result is an exciting new way of looking at some of our own favorites, too....
Review: THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT Beautifully at Chelsea Table + Stage
To present Eric Michael Gillett with the first-ever Darrell Henline Award the American Songbook Association produced an award show ceremony that could serve as a blueprint for how it's done.
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Review: Clint Holmes Astonishes 54 Below Audience With BETWEEN THE MOON AND NEW YORK CITY
With his new show, Clint Holmes is making Peter Allen cool again while staying cool, himself....
Review: BERNSTEIN ON BROADWAY at 54 Below By Guest Reviewer Ari Axelrod
With no avaialble correspondent to cover an important cabaret event, Broadway World Cabaret turns to a friend for some help....
Review: Claudine Cassan-Jellison Encores HEY FRENCHY! STORIES AND SONGS FROM THE PANTRY at Don't Tell Mama
Chanteuse et recountreuse Claudine Cassan-Jellison revient avec sa belle histoire personelle....
Album Review: Christine Ebersole's Ballads Are Showing On Her Latest Album AFTER THE BALL
This collection of 10 ballads by the likes of Kern, Mercer, Kern & Mercer, Kern & Harbach, Kern & Fields, the law firm of Hammerstein, Hart, Rodgers & Romberg, and even Turman Capote is the collection of ballads you didn’t know you needed....
Review: Storytelling Supreme Abounds As BETTY BUCKLEY Opens At CAFE CARLYLE
With her return to Café Carlyle, Betty Buckley demonstrates, once more, the reason for the longevity of her career and her reputation as a storyteller....
Review: The Standard of Excellence Is High When Tony Danza Plays STANDARDS & STORIES at 54 Below
Opening night of Tony Danza's 54 Below run was full of surprises, heart, Dad jokes and great music....
Review: JEREMY JORDAN AND AGE OF MADNESS Play Awesome Debut Rock Concert at Sony Hall
WIth their first-ever rock concert JEREMY JORDAN AND AGE OF MADNESS have, firmly, announced themselves....
Review: Phillip Officer is Back Where He Belongs in LET ME SING AND I'M HAPPY at Birdland
Phillip Officer was a prevalent name in NYC cabarets in the 1990s and early 2000s. He made a name for himself on Broadway in the cast of the original SIDE SHOW. And his cabaret evenings were always highly regarded by critics and audiences alike. But as he explained this evening, in 2008 he packed ev...
Review: This Former Jersey Boy Sings His Jersey Heart Out About His Jersey Dad In His Touching MATTHEW SCOTT: THE JESUS YEAR
Expertly directed by Joe Calarco with music direction by Vadim Feichtner, the marriage of the script with 12 songs was without any real bumps or potholes and is something that Scott should be able to take anywhere...
Album Review: Judy Is 100 & Rufus Wainwright Takes 12 Tracks To Remind Us All With RUFUS DOES JUDY AT CAPITOL STUDIOS
His fans will love it because they are fans and they love him, but the rest of the world, especially Judy Garland fans, will just be uninterested in this mostly uninteresting performance....
Review: James Jackson Jr. & John-Andrew Morrison Bring 5 QUESTIONS WITH JAMES AND JAM To The Green Room 42
A new chat show tested the cabaret club waters last week and it didn't sink......
Review: The Scalicis Open A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF DORIS DAY at The Green Room 42
With a full band and a full sound, The Scalicis went full-on Doris Day at The Green Room 42....
Album Review: What Do You Get For The Person Who Has Everything? Celia Berk's New Album NOW THAT I HAVE EVERYTHING, Of Course.
This album, more than any we have heard in a long time, sounds (and most importantly) feels like we’re sitting down in a club, hearing a live performer doing her cabaret set....
Review: Amy Beth Williams In GREAT LADIES, GREAT SONGS at Don't Tell Mama Is Must-See Cabaret
GREAT LADIES, GREAT SONGS at Don't Tell Mama is proof-positive of why Amy Beth Williams has had the longevity she has, and why she has all the awards she has. Get your seat now....
Review: Elizabeth Stanley Owns NEW YORK POPS UNDERGROUND Benefit at 54 Below
When Betsy Wolfe had to, unexpectedly, step out of the NEW YORK POPS UNDERGROUND gala benefit for the New York Pops PopsEd program, fellow Broadway alum Elizabeth Stanley stepped in and made a great night happen for everyone involved, from the organization planners to the patrons holding tickets....
Album Review: ELERI WARD: KEEP A TENDER DISTANCE is a Sequel That Lives Up to the Original
n KEEP A TENDER DISTANCE, Ms. Ward has taken a large artistic leap forward from her previous collection of Sondheim. A PERFECT LITTLE DEATH was recorded in the middle of the pandemic in Ward’s home studio and contained 13 songs utilizing mostly just her solo voice and a guitar. The new album feels...
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