CABARET THEATER REVIEWS

Gianni Valenti sure knows how to throw a re-opening, as Birdland audiences last week learned... or re-learned, as it were....

With a new album on the way, Blaine Alden Krauss is saying hello to summer and goodbye to New York with his lead off single HAUS OF LOVE....

The star of the TV show PLAN B has a plan all her own, to heal through music, and that is precisely what she did on Friday night at 54 Below....

With the world of showbiz finally getting the message that casting brackets need to go, that all parts should be for all people, this installment of I WISH, with all of these hard-working musical theatre performers presenting roles that coulda been, proves that they, in fact, shoulda been....

For her Pride show at 54 Below, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz brought down the house on a room full of people who were proud to have picked this show to see....

New to the West Bank Cafe lineup, Corinna Sowers Adler showed a knack for lounge singing in an immensely enjoyable set of dinner music last night....

Scott Coulter Brings A Roster of His Incredible, Usual Suspects To Feinstein's/54 Below To Give A Retrospective Of The Last 7 Years Of Spot On Entertainment With FROM DOLLY TO BOWIE...

Derrick Baskin made some meditative discoveries in pandemic and he is applying his lessons learned to every aspect of his existence, the result being a fulfilling new solo show at Feinstein's/54 Below....

The Broadway musical theater actor who has seen it all is telling a little bit of this and singing a lot of that in his tribute show to a legend that he remembers most as a dear friend....

The crowd could be neither controlled nor contained when Mason Alexander Park took over The Green Room 42 during Gay Pride weekend, and, dudes, it was a night to remember....

Faith Amour's jazz classics show was as smooth as molasses running downhill in July and an evening of unbridled joy....

Nicole Henry played two shows at 54 Below this month and put a very special woman in the spotlight for an hour: her....

For Andrew Barth Feldman, the Disney parks were a metaphor for an escape from a life that has seen extraordinary highs and tragic lows. There has been a lot of incident in his brief nineteen years, and through all the change, Disney has been the glue that held it together. In particular, Disney was...

In this interview, I get to find out what John has been up to and what he is working on next!...

If you want to see a rarely performed musical from the past you have two options. You can either wait for the folks at Encores to get around to the show you love, or you can visit the Lincoln Center Library. Alternatively, you can turn to cabaret staple Ricky Ritzel, who is a one-man Lincoln Center ...

The unequivocal King of Broadway Soul made his 54 Below solo debut with an electric show to kick NYC Pride weekend off right! Known for his dynamic presence, megawatt smile, and a vocal tone that’s as rich as it is bright, KTP showered the audience with a variety of songs from his solo albums Broa...

We all want to run away and float around Bali Ha'i and Gilligan's Island with Shirley Valentine, don't we? Jack Theoharis did it and now she's got the club act to prove it....

With her new show DRAG THERAPY Phoebe Jeebies is taking the art form of drag into dark corners in the hopes of lighting the way for others feeling the pain of mental diagnoses....

Alexis Michelle has a lot to celebrate these days, and Gay Pride & 54 Below are the perfect conduits for the party....

George Salazar and Joe Iconis reunite to reopen Feinstein’s/54 Below with a revamped sequel to their cabaret act, Two-Player Game! Following the Broadway run of Be More Chill and the release of Two-Player Game as a live album, George Salazar and Joe Iconis return to Feinstein’s/54 Below by popul...

Britton Smith is a force to be reckoned with. He is a tornado of talent and energy grounded in self-love that expands ever outward to embrace all of his audience. Britton & the Sting is a self-described “funk liberation band.” But that label is not broad enough. They are an all-inclusive advocac...

In her Feinstein's/54 Below debut solo show, Beth Malone delivers light into a formerly dark world....

Though her setlist consists of very familiar hit songs from Broadway and pop repertoires, the particular selections and where they intersect with her On The Road Again act brought surprise after surprise and laughs on top of laughs. Seriously, who puts Moonraker (a James Bond Theme) in their nightcl...

There’s an old adage that warns that you should never meet your childhood heroes because they will inevitably be disappointing. I’m happy to report that the old adage is dead wrong. Not only was Andrea McArdle not a disappointment, she was exactly right. She was in fantastic voice, she looked li...

Singer-songwriter Lauren Marcus has a unique voice as an artist and at her 54 Below debut last night, she brought the house down and brought home some new fans....