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BWW Review: SAMANTHA SIDLEY Brings “Something Cool” With Her Open Queerness And Her Smooth Jazz Stylings To The Stage At The Green Room 42
For all her sexy coolness though, her performance was right out front, bold, daring, and original... Coasting somewhere between the jazz of today and the pop world of the 60s, her amalgamation in sounds was perfect for the 2020s. In fact, her stylings ran such the amazing gamut from jazz, to swing, ...
BWW Review: CONVERSATIONS WITH CLAY WOMAN Offers Up A Particular Brand Of Off-beat Comedy For Tweed Theaterworks' “Sundays At Seven” Series At Pangea
In a?oeClaywoman,a?? the in-character improviser Michael Cavadias portrays a 500 million-year-old extraterrestrial in love with planet earth, who says she'll keep on coming as long as there is an earth to visit. Interviewed by celebrity guests who ask about where she is from and why she has been vi...
BWW Review: SETH RUDETSKY & PATINA MILLER Rock The Town Hall
Seth Rudetsky and Patina Miller share some backstage stories as well as some of her backstory on the way to becoming an incredible stage and screen actress. In between, she sang a few songs at a nearly peerless level....
BWW Review: I WISH: THE ROLES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN Still Packs a Punch at 54 Below
The popular concert series created by Alexandra Silber recently had its third installment and it was so good that people are already making plans to see episodes four and five, later this year....
BWW Review: BRIDGING THE GAP Ushers in the Future at The Birdland Theater
A five week program of training in the art of cabaret leads to a showcase in which eight fabulous young artists showcase those talents that will make them the future of the art form....
BWW Review: Susanne Mack's WHERE I BELONG at Don't Tell Mama Ponders a Question To Which All Know The Answer
Much-lauded cabaret artist Susanne Mack continues to prove why she has developed the reputation she has earned as an artist, with her show WHERE I BELONG in a recent performance at Don't Tell Mama...
BWW Review: JULIE HALSTON - JUDGE JULIE PRESIDING At Birdland Is Guilty of Slaying Em In The Aisles!
She talks about the mundane and the explosive; from newspaper wedding features to style/life advice from the one and only Joan Crawford, combining them in her cauldron of comedy, so, one can never go wrong spending the cash to see Julie Halston on stage. Whether she is creating a character in a play...
BWW Review: JOE ICONIS AND FAMILY at Lincoln Center's American Songbook at The Appel Room
JOE ICONIS AND FAMILY at Lincoln Center's American Songbook at The Appel Room...
BWW Review: Liora Michelle Trills and Thrills in THE GREEDY SOPRANO at Don't Tell Mama
Opera star Liora Michelle has entered the cabaret world and audiences couldn't be happier...
BWW Review: TITUSS BURGESS TAKE ME TO THE WORLD Dazzles at Carnegie Hall
Sometimes, when the stars align, cabaret can take you out of the world for a few magical hours. Tituss Burgess's glittering spectacle Take Me to the World did just that last Saturday night. He transformed the gilded stage at Carnegie Hall into a nonstop giddy celebration of Stephen Sondheim's work, ...
BWW Review: Lianne Marie Dobbs Is The Ultimate Chanteuse In WHY CAN'T A WOMAN BE MORE LIKE A MAN...? at The Green Room 42
Lianne Marie Dobbs debuts her brand new one-woman show at The Green Room 42 and the audience reaction indicates it's a hit....
BWW Review: SANDY STEWART, NICOLAS KING AND MIKE RENZI Light Up The Beach Cafe With Their Brilliance
Three jazz greats join forces for a night of music that leaves The Beach Cafe audiences wowed with satisfaction....
BWW Review: Audience Cheers NEW WRITERS AT 54! HELEN PARK IN CONCERT at 54 Below
Composer Helen Park showcased her songs from K-POP, 50 First Dates and more in a fierce, chic, real concert at 54 Below that featured some of the best talent in town, including Ashley Park, Jason Tam and Helen Park herself....
BWW Review: Stephanie Blythe is Blythely Oratonio in BLYTHELY EVER AFTER at Lincoln Center's American Songbook at The Appel Room
Stephanie Blythe is Blythely Oratonio in BLYTHELY EVER AFTER at Jazz At Lincoln Center's American Songbook...
BWW Review: Tony Winner Glenn Close & Grammy Winner Ted Nash Combine To Bring A TRANSFORMATION To Jazz At Lincoln Center
And then, of course, there was Glenn Close, Glenn Close, Glenn Close. Three times she came to the stage to read and three times she touched her audience in ways that are probably still affecting them the following day. It is immeasurable, the kind of impact a creative work like TRANSFORMATION can ha...
BWW Review: With OLD DAWG; NEW TRICKS Andre De Shields Shakes Up The Lincoln Center American Songbook With Songs & Stories From The Book Of Jelly
One would hope that ANDRE DE SHIELDS: OLD DAWG; NEW TRICKS would find the theatrical life it deserves beyond this one concert. The story of JELLY and what has become of him is not just one for all, but one for the ages....
BWW Review: The Green Room 42 Gives Us All a VODKA STINGER & IAHHHHHHHHHHHHH'LL Drink To Vodka Stinger and The Martha Rayes In: THE BITCH IS BACK
This is a Diva to watch for and experience for yourselves in a nightclub setting or wherever drinks and gays in all their ways gather to FEEL the art of drag. For all this entertainment, fun and drag magic we give Ms. Vodka Stinger a hearty 5 out of 5 Rainbows....
BWW Review: CATHERINE PORTER AND JIM VALLANCE Rock A Full House At The Birdland Theater
Rock and Roll couple Catherine Porter and Jim Vallance gather the gang for one night of his famous songs, her incomparable vocals, and some surprises for a happier than hell crowd of rock devotees at Birdland....
BWW Review: Christine Andreas Takes Her Audience to Heaven With AND SO IT GOES at 54 Below
Tony Award nominee Christine Andreas is getting philosophical about love in her new show AND SO IT GOES... at Feinstein's/54 Below...
BWW Review: WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU: RENEE KATZ SINGS JULE STYNE at Don't Tell Mama
On January 26th, Renee Katz paid tribute to Jule Styne through an evening of intimate, jazzy cabaret at Don't Tell Mama. It was a treat to hear a selection of Styne songs, ranging from very obscure to very popular, sung with Katz's full, clear voice....
BWW Review: MAX VON ESSEN and LAURA MICHELLE KELLY Perform With THE NEW YORK POPS at Carnegie Hall
The New York Pops' performance at Carnegie Hall was just an overwhelmingly beautiful way to experience the music of theater (and I imagine if they did a John Williams score too it would feel similar.) Having seen most of these tunes played with just a piano and sometimes with a few more instruments,...
BWW Review: BILLY RECCE IS 'BACK IN THE BASEMENT' for the New Writers series at Feinstein's/54 Below
Billy Recce is doing well for himself and as a performer. With a musical still running and another show at 54 Below, he's making being a new writer in New York look easy......
BWW Review: Wendy Scherl is Stunning in TOWN AND COUNTRY at the Laurie Beechman Theatre
Wendy Scherl's TOWN AND COUNTRY continues to wow audiences around the New York City area, as she brings her unique and lovely style to this much-praised cabaret show....
BWW Review: HELL ON EARTH-A NEW MUSICAL (ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL) At Feinstein's/54 Below Delivers Grown-up Entertainment Out Of The Mouths Of Babes!
So much of the show really landed quite perfectly with the audience on the night and felt so hip and current, along with being toe-tappingly enjoyable, touching and funny it is a sincere wish that HELL ON EARTH can pull a BE MORE CHILL and find life beyond the YATC summer camp and concert stages....
Photo Coverage: Billy Stritch, Carole J. Bufford, Liam Forde, and Barry Day Come To The Kravis Center With HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD
Billy Stritch wasn't at the Grammy's last night (he won a Grammy for his song “Does He Love You” recorded by Reba McEntire), but he was at the Kravis Center for the revue devised and narrated by Barry Day titled Hooray for Hollywood! On stage with music director Stritch were Carole J. Bufford a...
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