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Review: AN EVENING WITH ORFEH & ANDY KARL Leaves Chelsea Table + Stage Audience Crazy From Heart
Chelsea Table + Stage has the hot music stars in a cool setting. Enter Orfeh and Andy Karl....
Review: Melissa Errico & Billy Stritch Are So Cool Down In the Basement Giving Us SWING LESSONS At 54 Below
Truthfully, Bobby does not know what Errico & Stritch got paid for these SWING LESSONS, but whatever it was, it was not enough!...
Review: SCOTT COULTER'S GIVE MY REGARDS: A COMPETITION LIKE NO OTHER at 54 Below by Thomas Salus
Photojournalist Thomas Salus returns to Broadway World Cabaret with a look at Scott Coulter's second year with GIVE MY REGARDS: A COMPETITION LIKE NO OTHER....
Review: Gerrilyn Sohn IF JOE ALLEN'S WALLS COULD SING & OTHER HIDDEN GEMS at Don't Tell Mama by Guest Reviewer Andrew Poretz
Guest reviewer Andrew Poretz has heaps of praise for Gerrilyn Sohn and her new musical cabaret....
Review: Magic Is Real At SPEAKEASY MAGICK at The McKittrick Hotel
This original and inventive night of entertainment could leave no person unimpressed or unentertained. SPEAKEASY MAGICK is The End....
Review: TORCH SONGS FOR THE TALENTED TENTH: AN EDU-TAINING EVENING WITH NIK WALKER AND PALS at 54 Below Has A Lot To Say
Nik Walker and his friends bring an important message to 54 Below, woven throughout beautiful relationships, great music, and voluble storytelling....
Review: TONY DeSARE Makes Musical Serotonin at Birdland Theater
Tony DeSare and three amazing fellow musicians have what it takes to make the people happy....
Review: Closing Performance of Deborah Stone's CHIAROSCURO at Pangea Is Cabaret Artistry, In Any Language
The cabaret artist Deborah Stone creates yet another work of cabaret art....
Review: Storytelling Floods The Basement When Aaron David Gleason Brings COME HELL AND HIGH WATER To 54 Below
It may have taken Aaron David Gleason a few decades to tell his own story in a solo show but those years just gave him and his stories time to grow into the art form....
Review: T. Oliver Reid Is BOFFO At Below in THAT SUNDAY, THAT SUMMER At 54 Below
THAT SUNDAY, THAT SUMMER is well worth the price and so we give T. Oliver Reid our highest compliment when we tell you to BUY A TICKET next time he plays...
Review: Mark Nadler's HART'S DESIRE Is Newfangled Art On Fire At The Laurie Beechman Theatre
Mark Nadler's HART'S DESIRE comes straight from the heart, and it's a work of art....
Review: Kate Baldwin & Aaron Lazar Bring Everything From Silliness to Sighs to ALL FOR YOU at 54 Below
Two of Broadway's brightest stars and most romantic leading actors have a new act and it's going to take them far....
Album Review: Debut Album reIMAGINE Deftly Introduces Ann Kittredge To The Recording Industry
After conquering the cabaret stage, it was time for Ann Kittredge to conquer the recording studio, and she did it in true Kittredge form....
Review: Did Somebody Say They Needed Some Cole? SONGBOOK SUNDAYS: ANYTHING GOES! COLE PORTER & MORE COLE PORTER At Jazz At Lincoln Center/Dizzy's Club
SONGBOOK SUNDAYS will return in September with its tribute to Duke Ellington and, my little loves, take this hint from your Auntie Mayhem - don’t miss it....
Review: Russell Harvard Goes Next Level With His ASL Cabaret FROM THE GROUND UP at 54 Below
In his debut show at 54 Below, actor Russell Harvard combines American Sign Language, musical storytelling, and a variety of musical genres to tell his own personal tale....
Album Review: Keep The Elizabeth Ward Land Album STILL WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE Always Within Reach
When she went into the studio to record her award-winning cabaret show, Elizabeth Ward Land documented her own genius as an artists, along with Linda Ronstadt's....
Album Review: Joe Iconis & Family Release a Hyper-Generous, Uber-Artistic, Super-Sensational ALBUM
After playing these original compositions in clubs around the city for years, Joe Iconis & Family have finally gone into the studio and recorded all the songs on their first ALBUM....
Review: HOT HOT HOT A SUMMER CONCERT Showcases Talent and Teaching at Don't Tell Mama
Bad advertising couldn't keep away the crowds who knew what was really happening last night at Don't Tell Mama....
Review: Somebody Said “Make Them Hear You” & They Did In MAKE THEM HEAR YOU: AN ODE TO BLACK MUSICALS, VOLUME 2 At 54 Below
One of the best shows of the season, MAKE THEM HEAR YOU leaves a lasting impression....
Review: Danny Bolero Livens Up Don't Tell Mama Audience With THEY CALL ME CUBAN PETE
They Call Me Cuban Pete: The Music and Genius of Desi Arnaz is a tribute show that has the right leading man playing the titular character....
Review: EYAL VILNER BIG BAND - THE JAM! ALBUM RELEASE EVENT at Birdland by Guest Reviewer Andrew Poretz
Theater Pizzazz reviewer and jazz devotee Andrew Poretz joins Broadway World Cabaret for the night, as he covers the album release party for JAM!, the new CD from the Eyal Vilner Big Band....
Review: A VERY QUEER HOLIDAY: CHISMUKKUH IN JULY! at 54 Below Is Silliness With An Important Mission
It was a sweet and valuable night at 54 Below as fundraising for a groundbreaking film gets underway....
Review: ANAÏS RENO at Birdland by Guest Reviewer Andrew Poretz
Guest Reviewer Andrew Poretz has praise for the phenom that is taking the jazz scene by storm....
Review: June 26th Installment Of SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED at Feinstein's/54 Below by Guest Reviewer Andrew Poretz
Phil Geoffrey Bond's long-running Sondheim series sparkles and shines with glittering cast on Gay Pride Sunday....
Review: CANADA DAY WITH JOSHUA STACKHOUSE & FRIENDS at 54 Below Is Fun Fare For The 9:30 Slot
Singer-songwriter Joshua Stackhouse presented his songs and his friends in a Canada Day celebration that highlights his talent and good will....
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