CABARET THEATER REVIEWS

As the air at Birdland is filled with Bravas, Christina Bianco says goodbye in style....

The room at 54 Below tonight was rocking with the beats of many genres of music blended together into an evening of joy and gratitude. The show was billed as AN EVENING WITH SERGE CLIVIO AND FRIENDS VOL. 2. There is truth in advertising. There were many friends who graced the stage with Clivio. This...

Jarrod and Kellie have taken their big voices and beauty and added them to an intricately scripted, meticulously rehearsed, and blissfully spectacular new show that, just last night, came into the light....

Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton are at it again. But to be honest, even during the pandemic they were never gone. They created a show that Pangea streamed for virtual audiences. Tonight that show LIFE, AND LOVE, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE?  had its debut in front of a live audience in the back roo...

Angela Bacari is 78 years young. But nothing in either her appearance of performance belies that fact. The woman has pipes and she knows how to use them. She is a jazz stylist who can rank with some of the greats. She can belt to the rafters but is also capable of very tender passages. She has an am...

Who doesn't love the music of the movies? Well Ann Kittredge does and it shows in her latest show, a deep dive into decades of tunes from the flickers....

The hour and a half show, from which the Minnesota queen took really only 1 short break... left the audience breathless with laughter, and then, the moments where Miss R let the audience have it with her broad baritone voice left everyone breathless in another way......

A singing actress with many qualities similar to the greatest stage actress of her day, Amy Beth Williams has a new cabaret show that takes the audience on a musical trip around the world....

Rian Keating is a masterful storyteller. His stories are filled with humanity. And even though his tales are very personal and specific, they remind us all that at the heart of things, we are all struggling with the same emotions and challenges. We are all looking for our place in the world while de...

After an extended postponement, Kelli Rabke's much-anticipated show about tiny women with gargantuan voices has come into the light....

Justin Vivian Bond brought vself new show STORMING THE GLAMPARTS to Joe's Pub inside the beautiful Public Theatre this week. I was lucky enough to catch Thursday night's performance and was dazzled by the brilliance of Bond's talent, brains, and beauty. V is a true one-of-a-kind entertainer. V is ou...

I took a second look at OLD SOULS. I’m glad I went. I would say about 80% of the show was the same as it was at Don’t Tell Mama. But with new songs, the new configuration of the band, and being in a room that is designed for rock and roll, OLD SOULS  was a very different experience. Everything ...

The SWINGIN' WITH THE MOUSE: VILLAINS lineup on Sunday featured performances by vocalists Rossil, Janaya Mahealani Jones, Garrett Clayton, and BEAUTY’s original Gaston - Richard White, all giving forth some of The Mouse’s most famous tunes from the “dark side” with Pablo’s fresh arrangemen...

And so sweet readers, with the combo of fine dining and even finer entertainment, Bobby has no choice but to give the DIAMOND SERIES: LAURA BENANTI our full … Five Out Of Five Rainbows ...

The singing musical theater writer has lots of fabulous friends and fantastic songs... but she, herself, is the most fabulous and fantastic of them all....

In her tribute show to John Prine, Marissa Mulder presents the genre (and John), perfected....

The musical theater actor from The Windy City returned to Manhattan for a reprisal of his pre-pandemic show, and it's looking as fresh as ever....

Natalie Douglas was excited to be on stage. She was returning to Birdland Theater on Oct. 1, 2021 in 'Best of Tributes: The Women', with a show that sampled songs from tribute shows she had previously created for Dolly Parton, Nina Simone, and Roberta Flack. The award-winning performer was in excell...

Eleri Ward's concert tonight at Rockwood Music Hall served as an album release of sorts. She performed selections from her new album A PERFECT LITTLE DEATH for a very appreciative audience comprised of both Sondheim fans and fans of indie music alike. If you weren’t a fan of Eleri Ward coming in, ...

Maria Corsaro has teamed up with the wonderful Sue Matsuki, who in her directing debut has fashioned a tight and clever new show that showcases Maria Corsaro’s dark, rich voice in a series of songs that started life as jazz instrumentals and had lyrics added to them later, sometimes decades later...

A one-off production transforms into a residency at Pangea, and though a forced hiatus stopped the show in its tracks, FABULOUS FIRST FRIDAYS is back, and it's more fabulous than before....

Joined onstage by an unusual number of fellow artists, Joannie Pallatto gives her audience a treat for the eyes and ears in an unforgettable cabaret performance...

Marcus Simeone is a singer of great range and much soul. He is fearless in going to very intimate, emotional places. He is also a born storyteller, creating vivid images with only a few words. Sean Harkness plays guitar like he made a deal with the devil. His fingers do things that should be impossi...

Staey Kent's voice teleports listeners to a different era...

With the release of the first single from what will be an album just starting its creation, Catherine Porter gives fans something to look forward to... and wait for....