CABARET THEATER REVIEWS

Coming up on their tenth month of offering online entertainment, LIVE FROM SKYLIGHT RUN has definitely found their voice in the name of presenting quality virtual cabaret entertainment....

I’m not sure if Farah Alvin intended it, but her show is not only about the music of the ’70s. It is also about all kinds of out-of-control love. The sort of obsessive passion that fueled the cynical Watergate decade. The music was theatrical. This makes it a perfect fit for Farah Alvin’s cons...

Eden Espinosa uses the word “vibe” a lot in her casual banter. And her show does feel a lot like vibing in her living room. It’s not every singer that could thrive under those conditions, but Espinosa is perfectly at home. She has the hallmark of all great singers. She is able to make you feel...

Leola is a septuagenarian redneck lesbian from Waycross Georgia who manages the deli counter at the Piggly Wiggly and shares a double-wide trailer with her ex-husband, also an employee at the Piggly Wiggly. Each of Leola's different shows explores the story of her late-in-life coming out, the histor...

Broadway World Cabaret welcomes a new correspondent who will focus, solely, on virtual content, and for his first outing Jarrod Cafaro got a doozy of a show....

Class is in session at The West Bank Cafe when these artists of the jazz persuasion get up to perform, and everyone in the joint is going home with a diploma in musical appreciation....

Dawn Derow knows how to work anticipation to her advantage, and when the lockdown was lifted and the clubs started to reopen, the first thing she did was plan for her new show to, finally, play for the audience that so anxiously awaited it....

There's a reason Gabrielle Stravelli is considered one of the best, and the Saturday night crowds at The West Bank Cafe are among the lucky ones who know it....

Alice Ripley’s gift as a performer has always been to lead with vulnerability. She doesn’t so much sing songs as she inhabits them. There is always a rich inner life going on. She’s one of the most authentic performers you’re likely to see because she's one of the most authentic humans you�...

Steve Olsen is presenting great music to go with the great food at his cherished Hell's Kitchen haunt....

Dawn Derow lit up The West Bank Cafe with a very eclectic mix of favorite golden-age Broadway standards, newer Broadway sounds, pop songs, and even a touch of the operatic. Ms. Derow has a voice that is warm and as comforting as an old friend. She is capable of soprano arias and smokey torch songs a...

Together, Gloria Swansong and Maxie Factor make up nearly 20 years of makeup, wigs, gowns, and pumps pummeling the stages and lip-synching their way across the floors of NYC’s uptown, downtown, and midtown night spots....

“Dinner music” is really too small a term for what Billy Stritch is doing at the West Bank Cafe. That implies something that’s occurring in the background. His smart jazz arrangements of classics from the Great American Songbook are very much front and center....

The Boy Band Project and The Green Room 42 presents BOY BAND BRUNCH every Sunday at 2 pm. It is a loving tribute to, and a sly send-up of, the boy bands from the 1990's we all loved, lusted after, and laughed at. These guys work harder than any brunch server in the city....

The Skivvies bring the fun back to New York nightlife with their new show at The Green Room 42. Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley create a rocking evening of pop songs, show tunes, mash-up, and parodies that is the best party in town....

54 Below Premieres took no chances when they put Marilyn Maye on the stage and told the cameras to roll, and it has paid off, big time. The legendary star shines as brightly as she did all seventy-six times she appeared on Carson....

As the final concert of three, Melissa Errico and Adam Gopnik premier their evening for the French Institute; Alliance Française, IL PARLE, ELLE CHANTE, PART 3: MYSTERY. It is a treat for the music lover, the knowledge lover, and the francophile. ...

Award-winning jazzman, Ted Nash, and legendary actress, Glenn Close have teamed up to create an inspiring album of jazz and spoken word pieces in TRANSFORMATION: PERSONAL STORIES OF CHANGE, ACCEPTANCE, AND EVOLUTION. Recorded live as part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center series, the album is a triumph ...

All jokes aside, Jim David is a funny B!+CH, and landing him on board ship for 9 days with no way for anyone to leave during a global pandemic was just grist for his comedy mill. We laughed our big gay heads off, and it made these dark days seem brighter for all the funny....

With a May 6 premiere and streaming options through May 27th, CARRY ON is a film worth gathering the family around the TV set....

When your hear over and over about how amazing a singer is, you might grow to fear the hype. This is one time high expectations are met... with a vengeance....

With pretty and powerful vocals and a sweetly home-spun tale, Meri Ziev brings sunshine and optimism to MetropolitanZoom....

Marilyn Michaels is celebrating seventy years as a performer, and for her anniversary she is giving all her fans a gift: a sixteen cut CD that illustrates why she made it in the business and why she's still going strong....

In this interview, I am lucky to uncover some new facts about the legendary funny lady, Marilyn Michaels....

The stylish crooner of classics from The Great American Songbook, traded in her slingbacks for a mini-skirt and all the groovin' tunes that goes with the look, and you know what? She wears it well....