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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...
BWW Review: SONGWRITER TRIBUTES Glow Affectionately at 92nd Street Y
Two prolific writers who put the a?oeGreata?? in a?oeThe Great American Songbooka?? were celebrated and explored in the same week at Manhattan's 92nd Street Y. In different presentations, there were embraces of the legacies of lyricist E.Y. (a?oeYipa??) Harburg and composer/lyricist Cole Porter....
BWW Review: MICHAEL & MARDIE…AND OTHER DELIGHTS at The Birdland Theater Is A Lot Of Other And Not So Many Delights.
Manhattan musical duo Michael Garin and Mardie Millit have been known to stir up delicious musical mayhem wherever they go. Michael is a Drama Desk Award-winning composer/lyricist (for Song of Singapore) and Emerson College dropout who has made a living entertaining New Yorkers, playing the piano an...
BWW Review: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: SONGS THAT BUILT ME at Lincoln Center
The iconic pop star impressed the Jazz At Lincoln Center audience this week during his concert for The American Songbook Series...
BWW Review: AN EVENING WITH... FRANK SINATRA Satisfies Supremely at The Green Room 42
The Broadway World Award winning Best Series is back for a third season and they are better than ever!...
BWW Review: ORFEH AND ANDY KARL: LEGALLY BOUND Rocks And Rolls Full House at 54 Below
The hottest couple on Broadway has returned to 54 Below with their smash hit duo show LEGALLY BOUND and the crowds have turned up for the best party in town....
BWW Review: Tony Yazbeck Is The Ultimate Leading Man In BOTH FEET OFF THE GROUND at 54 Below
The Tony Award nominee continues to amaze with every new show he does and his latest nightclub act is just one more great show proving that Tony Yazbeck is a class act....
BWW Review: Bruno Giraldi Tries Hard In THIS IS BRUNO at Don't Tell Mama
A cabaret debut from Bruno Giraldi is a labor of love that isn't ready to be born....
BWW Review: BILLY GILMAN Comes Of Age at Joe's Pub
Billy Gilman is showing off a new sound and a new attitude in clubs around the country, and his New York fans were beside themselves with joy at Joe's Pub last night...
BWW Review: KARRIN ALLYSON SINGS MOSE ALLISON ...and Soars at Birdland
Now at Birdland, Karrin Allyson is a great muse for Mose Allison. His wit and satirical edge sound interestingly freshened sung by a modern female voice who is clearly in sync with the way he used to think. ...
BWW Review: BACK WHERE IT BEGAN: AN EVENING WITH JEFF THOMSON AND FRIENDS at The Duplex Showcases Music Stands
An evening celebrating the work of composer Jeff Thomson also showcases singers' noncommittal attitude toward actually learning the words to the songs they sing....
BWW Review: MARISSA MULDER Warms Cold NYC Night (and Hearts) at Beach Cafe
Witnessing the bliss of Marissa Mulder singing gems from vintage Broadway scores and classic movies, accompanied just by longtime musical director/pianist/pal/pro Bill Zeffiro, is worth risking frostbite. ...
BWW Review: IN THE WORKS Pays Off at The Duplex
A once-monthly series creates a safe haven for composers looking to try out new works, and it's a show that delivered the goods last night at The Duplex...
BWW Review: Feinstein's/54 Below Celebrated the Birthday of an Icon with 54 SINGS DOLLY PARTON
Is there a better way to celebrate the birth of one of the greatest living songwriters than with song itself? I think not. And Feinstein's/54 Below clearly felt the same last night when it brought some of Broadway's greatest voices together to celebrate the birthday of one Miss Dolly Parton. The wom...
BWW Review: 54 CELEBRATES MEL BROOKS: Feinstein's/54 Below Gathered The Gags Of The Grandfather Of Comedy For A Night Of High GAG-XIETY
In all a dozen numbers that kept the laughs coming and had the audience doubled over slapping their knees and tables and winding up in total hilarious agreements about that man falling into the sewer and DYING! Mel Brooks himself would have been proud hearing his songs being given such treatment by ...
BWW Review: In Her STILL WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE-THE SONGS OF LINDA RONSTADT, Elizabeth Ward Land Explores Her Creative Life Set To The Music Of A Legend
Broadway veteran Elizabeth Ward Land (AMAZING GRACE, MEMPHIS, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL) returns to The Green Room 42 with her acclaimed concert STILL WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE- THE SONGS OF LINDA RONSTADT for three shows, January 16, 17 and 18, 2020 at 7pm. Touching on genres ranging from rock, coun...
BWW Review: In THE BRASS MENAGERIE At The Duplex, Talented And Gifted Child Amy Jo Jackson Takes On Williams Women With A Welish … uh… Relish!
Amy Jo Jackson in 'The Brass Menagerie' plays the Duplex Cabaret Theatre (61 Christopher Street, 2nd floor) on June 17, 2020, at 9:30pm. There is a $10 cover charge when tickets are purchased in advance ($15 at the door) and 2 beverage minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.theduplex....
BWW Review: Beth Leavel Levels 54 Below Audiences With IT'S NOT ABOUT ME
Tony Award winner and force of nature Beth Leavel spends some time at 54 Below in between The Prom and The Devil Wears Prada and hordes of fans scream with laughter and sigh wistfully as she shows the places she can go with her wealth of talent...
BWW Review: Hannah Jane Peterson Casts A Light On The Future With LEADING LADIES at Birdland Theater
A 19 year old powerhouse has arrived in New York to become the next big thing in musical theater. Her show LEADING LADIES proves that Hannah Jane Peterson should succeed at her goal.. by next week....
BWW Review: Gloria Swansong is Mesmerizing in JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL at Stonewall Inn
Watching Gloria Swansong lip-sync Judy Garland's Carnegie Hall was like performance-inception: somehow, we were experiencing Judy Garland's 1961 performance in most of its glory (recordings are not the same as being there in the flesh, after all), while also delighting in Gloria's impeccable artistr...
BWW Review: TUESDAYS AT 54 WITH ROBBIE ROZELLE Kicks Ass at 54 Below
The popular variety/game/talk show with Robbie Rozelle begins the end of its' run at 54 Below with the first of three final performances....
BWW Review: Nora Keeps IT'S CASUAL WITH NORA PALKA! At The Duplex Lite, And Funny, And Well… Casual
Nora Palka is an actress/singer/songwriter and all-around ridiculous human with an instrument that has been described by the Washington Post as 'golden-voiced.' Since moving to NYC from DC a couple years ago, she's been seen doing live shows all over the city at venues like Duplex, Joe's Pub, Club C...
BWW Photo Flash: LEOLA - GAY HISTORY FOR STRAIGHT PEOPLE at The Green Room 42
The unique comedy of Leola continues a popular residency at The Green Room 42 and Stephen Mosher is there to photograph her first performance of 2020...
BWW Review: THE TEXAS TENORS Are Fish Out Of Water at The Green Room 42
The famed America's Got Talent trio tested the waters of the New York Nightclub venue, where they floundered...
BWW Review: Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton Continue To Light Up the Stage, with BITS AND PIECES at Pangea
Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton perform as if a pair of life long friends. Acting well and singing with gusto, the duo lit up the stage at Pangea!...
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