CABARET THEATER REVIEWS

SHAKINA NAYFACK: WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH IT re-opening F/54B was really as fab a pride celebration as we could wish for and we hope that the lady will find her way back onto the club’s calendar soon...

As Broadway and Off-Broadway performers get back onto the stages of live-entertainment venues in New York City, there are songs that long to be sung... And Seth Bisen-Hersh has plenty to go around....

There are some performers who are blessed with an ineffable quality called “stage presence.” They enter a stage and instantly command your attention, even if they are not really doing much. It is more than looks or charisma or talent. It’s as if they are able to alter the very air in a room si...

AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS is a bit of an organization. The group consists of eleven women but only three perform at any one performance. Tonight’s trio consisted of group founder Carly Kincannon, Amanda Lavergne (Annie, The People in the Picture, ) and Kristen Michelle (Once Upon a Mattress.) Their ...

Karen Oberlin (Our Sinatra) is not only a delicious singer blessed with great musical sensitivity and excellent diction, but she is also a wonderfully passionate actor who can bring a wide range of emotions to every well-formed phrase. Some singers take great care to make sure the emotions land ...

Linda Purl and trio deliver a memorable evening of authentic cabaret....

Nicole Spano played a good show for MetropolitanZoom on June 10th and Broadway World Cabaret's newest team member was mightily impressed....

Thanks to the successful vaccines and the re-opening of clubs and cabaret rooms, we are starting to see a slow return to the normality of gathering to hear the work of fellow artists. I was privileged to be at such a gathering this afternoon when I attended the PANGEA SUNDAY OPEN MIC & JAZZ BRUNCH. ...

Travis Moser is a gifted storyteller as well as an excellent vocalist, as he proved many times in the evening. Most notably in “The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress. It is a very poetic lyric that he delivered with great emotion. He was also particularly effective in Jimmy Webb’s “Still Within the So...

Farah Alvin's is the kind of talent people pray for, but not everyone gets. Her new show at The Green Roon is just one more example of the fact that hers is a voice that needs to be heard, a talent that needs to be seen....

It’s hard to pinpoint the proper musical label for Zen Brother. The closest I can come would be to call their style ‘“jazz fusion.”  Although what the jazz is being fused with changes from piece to piece. The set I heard contained influences from salsa, funk, R & B, swing, and New Age. And...

Aaron Lee Battle and Jon Weber are a testament to one of the things that make New York such an amazing city: the artists who call this place home are working at the top of their game and are always moving the goalpost toward something finer, something more challenging, and something more beautiful....

The West Bank Cafe continues to bring interesting, diverse, and entertaining nightclub entertainers in to perform for their patrons, and Sunday night was an evening of variety... in fact, it was like two Variety TV Shows back to back....

“Gay country singer' are not always words that fit neatly together, but Falduto, also a certified life coach, has integrated all the parts of that label quite nicely. His act is not only about good music, it is about being empowered to be your highest self....

Eric Yves Garcia has a special thing going on with him, the Great American Songbook, his piano, and the crowd at The West Bank Cafe....

NICOLAS KING: HINDSIGHT IS 2020 was 70 minutes of awesome jazz technique, great storytelling, and honest showmanship. He acknowledges his musical influences with love and gratitude: Mel Tormé, Charles Aznavour, Fred Astaire, Carol Burnett, and most especially his mentor, Liza Minnelli. Their work s...

Combining with the room Mason, her expert musicians, and her song arrangements gives one a feeling of an updated beatnik arthouse chic....

But for all the goody-two-shoes exterior, there’s a devilish glint behind the eyes that hints at something darker. He only lets it out once in a while, but it’s exciting when he does. Sikes is known for his shows honoring Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli. He brings much of their full-throated, sho...

The debut CD from The Osmond Chapman Orchestra releases tomorrow, and if THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM, we want more, and we want it now....

Jordan and Michelle have a good thing going, on stage and off, and last night they shared it with the lucky patrons of The West Bank Cafe....

It's been a long time for Meg Flather and for her fans, but everyone left The West Bank sated and smiling after a dinner music set that ranks as full-blown cabaret show....

One thing after another Matthew and John Drinkwater are showing the world why they're here, and why they deserve to be. The six songs on their new EP are just more proof positive....

The debut act of Darnell White and David LaMarr will become known as one of the great cabaret debuts of all time....

Natalie Joy Johnson sent the crowd home happy from The Green Room 42. Happy and hysterical....

John Zisa, an alumnus of American Idol, has deep roots in gospel and R&B and this album is steeped in those traditions, even though the songs are mostly covers of pop tunes. What unifies the 13 tracks is a longing for connection and a belief that love, while often elusive, is our best hope for deal...