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BWW Review: Kristin Chenoweth Wins Christmas With CHRISTMAS AT THE MET at The Metropolitan Opera
Such a big stage and a big job... and Kristin Chenoweth is totally equal to the task....
BWW Review: These Well-Strung Boys Whip Out Their Pizzicatos Right On Stage For A WELL-STRUNG CHRISTMAS At Feinstein's/54 Below
From the great American Song Book (SLEIGH RIDE) to country (SANTA WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA) ... you basically wind up with something for everyone...
BWW Review: Lisa Howard Brings Power, Pathos & Passion As Her Gifts For Christmas In LISA HOWARD: WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME At Feinstein's/54 Below
Highlights of the night were Shaieb’s THE HOUSE WHERE I GREW UP AT CHRISTMAS, Mariah Carey’s ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU (a total home run) and her encore, Stephen Schwart’s MEADOWLARK - a theatre opus that she still managed to make sound Christmassy. ...
BWW Review: ARI'S ARIAS at The Birdland Theater Cements Ari Axelrod's Stardom
With his new show, ARI'S ARIAS, Ari Axelrod publicly takes his status as a performer and an artist to a new level - for himself and for the cabaret community....
BWW Review: Jennifer Diamond Owns Her Fabulosity In LET ME BE ME at The Green Room 42
LET ME BE ME finally makes its way into the light as Jennifer Diamond returns to the stage with the show she had planned before the pandemic... with slight revisions because of things that happened during the shutdown....
BWW Review: Ben Bogen Shocks With TEENAGE DREAM at The Green Room 42
He's no longer Frozen and he's not over in Jersey. Ben Bogen has arrived on the club and concert scene and hopefully, he will stick around for a long while....
BWW Review: Mania Her Gift To All In HOLIDAY SPARKLE 2021 At The Laurie Beechman Theatre
Heigh-Ho, My Merry Rainbow Tribe! Bobby Patrick, your RAINBOW Reviewer here. Putting the silent T in cabareT to bring you all the T!...
BWW Review: 54 CELEBRATES HANUKKAH: A FESTIVAL OF WRITERS at Feinstein's/54 Below by Guest Reviewer Ari Axelrod
Cabaret artist and Jewish activist Ari Axelrod lends his expertise in two areas to Broadway World Cabaret in a special holiday series of reviews by guest writers....
BWW CD Review: Lisa Howard's THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR is The Most Wonderful Christmas CD of The Season
Lisa Howard and collaborator Michael Shaieb have worked hard to create a holiday album that is fresh, new, and different from all the others... at least, that's what they did, whether the wanted to or not....
BWW CD Review: SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED Honors A Legend and Preserves a Movement
An abundant collection of music pays tribute to a great man and a great series....
BWW CD Review: Karen Mason Is Music Personified, Perfect, and Profound on LET THE MUSIC PLAY
Whether singing Broadway or original pop music, Karen Mason can tell a story and sell a song better than anybody....
BWW Review: Deborah Zecher Takes Don't Tell Mama Crowd to Schul with JEWISH CAROLING
Deborah Zecher's new cabaret show is a tribute to three women... and community....
Photo Flash: The Boy Band Project and New York City Continue Their Love Affair at Feinstein's/54 Below with a HOLIDAY EDITION
Returning to 54 Below for another sold-out performance, The Boy Band Project sings, dances, and jingles some bells....
BWW Review: A Glorious Return of JAMIE DeROY & FRIENDS Enlivens and Enriches Evening at Birdland
Eighteen months later, Jamie deRoy returns to the live venue stage with some marvelous mates and her signature tune....
BWW Review: AMINE HACHEM Takes Feinstein's/54 Below Patrons on a Musical Trip Around the World
The tenor who can sing anything brought all the music, all the countries, and all the drama to his 54 Below show....
BWW Review: Kati Neiheisel Puts A New Spin on The Carpenters With YESTERDAY... ONCE MORE at Pangea
It may be Yesterday Once More but in the hands of Kati Neiheisel and Gregory Toroian, the Carpenters sound like they are brand new, today....
Ben Moss Brings Friends, Fun & Music With A Touch of Out & Out Hilarity In BEN MOSS & FRIENDS At The Duplex
You see my dear ones, in the end, it’s all in his singing. Moss has one of those rare tonal qualities that can only be described as, “A tear in the voice” and it is this heartfelt vulnerability that draws you into his music as he travels from Hilariousville to Haunting Town and back again....
BWW Review: Marieann Meringolo Displays Her Longevity With IN THE SPIRIT at Feinstein's/54 Below
The popular vocalist isn't showing any signs of slowing down, much to the delight of fans of the annual concert....
BWW Review: Roderick Ferguson Needs No Rescuing In MAN OVERBOARD!!! at Don't Tell Mama
The Faith Prince-helmed comedy program about Roderick Ferguson's legal fight for Marriage Equality in Bermuda is a laugh a minute... and maybe a tear or two....
BWW Review: RETURN OF THE JINKX & DELA HOLIDAY SHOW, LIVE! at Town Hall by Guest Reviewers Michael Kaplan Nolan and Will Nolan
As BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon return to Town Hall with their annual Christmas show, Broadway World Cabaret welcomes our first-ever father and son reviewing team to check out the action....
BWW Review: With Flair and A Flourish Kimberly Faye Greenberg Tells The Tale of FABULOUS FANNY BRICE at The Green Room 42
With her one-woman solo show about a Vaudevillian only Streisand fans remember, writer-actress Kimberly Faye Greenberg tells the truths that Funny Girl forgot about....
BWW Review: A BROADWAY BREAKUP PLAYLIST VOL. II at Feinstein's/54 Below Starts The Holidays On a High Note
Benjamin Rauhala musical directs a collective of singing actors to brilliant heights in musical storytelling about heartbreak....
BWW Review: With A WOMAN'S PREROGATIVE at Don't Tell Mama, Marnie Klar Looks At Years of Groovy Women... Including Herself
Inspired by Bobbie Gentry, Marnie Klar has done a deep dive into the works of the women of song, the result being a concert that spans the decades....
BWW Review: Robbie Rozelle THE NEXT ONE at Birdland Won't Be His Last One at Birdland
Robbie Rozelle has been on a steady cabaret climb for the last five years and it doesn't look like he's slowing down....
BWW Review: Todd Buonopane cleans up with ALL WASHED UP at The Green Room 42
Out of the bathtub and on to the stage to the delight of all who witness it...
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