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BWW Review: LINDA EDER Is Miraculous at 54 Below
The iconic and beloved singer returns to Feinstein's/54 Below with a holiday show featuring some of her favorite Christmas tunes and her fans choices from Broadway....
BWW Review: LUBA MASON 5'10" Is A Giant Achievement at 54 Below
Super Woman Luba Mason is breaking out with a return of her one-woman musical cabaret, a new cd and a return to Broadway. It's About Time....
BWW Review: Ana Gasteyer Brings Holiday Hilarity To Joe's Pub With Two Essential Ingredients, SUGAR & BOOZE
In addition to her celebrated work as a television actor and on SNL, Ana Gasteyer is a trained singer who has starred in multiple Broadway and televised musicals as well as at The Hollywood Bowl....
BWW Review: THE GREGORY BROTHERS Kick Off The Holidays In Style With Their CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR at Joe's Pub
The YouTube sensation THE GREGORY BROTHERS have another side to them and it was fully on display last night at Joe's Pub when they presented The Gregory Brothers Christmas Spectacular....
BWW Review: Kevin Smith Kirkwood Raises Spirits in CLASSIC WHITNEY - THE HOLIDAY LOVE EDITION at Joe's Pub
Kevin Smith Kirkwood brings his uber popular Whitney Houston Christmas concert back to Joe's Pub for a full house of appreciative fans....
BWW Review: Natalie Douglas Tributes Joni Mitchell at Birdland Jazz Club
Natalie Douglas finds a way to make the audience the focal point yet enjoys the limelight. One of the best performers to regularly star on the Birdland stage. In her latest Tributes show, Douglas paid homage to Joni Mitchell, while exuding the same charming, sweet, and wonderful aura that's made eac...
BWW Review: Liz Callaway & Ann Hampton Callaway Score a Win with BROADWAY THE CALLA-WAY at 54 Below
The Callaway sisters give audiences their money's worth in a flawless night of cabaret celebrating their favorite Broadway tunes at 54 Below....
BWW Review: Edmund Bagnell Hits a Sweet Note in HE PLAYS THE VIOLIN at 54 Below
The first violinist of the famous and infamous WELL STRUNG goes out on a limb with his first solo cabaret show, HE PLAYS THE VIOLIN. It's a risk that pays off...for him and for the audience at 54 Below....
BWW Review: Jennifer Barnhart Outdoes Herself with IT'S ABOUT TIME at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
Popular pupeteering actress Jennifer Barnhart proves that there is much more to her than people know with her show IT'S ABOUT TIME....
BWW Review: JAIME LOZANO: SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT at The Green Room 42
Jaime Lozano made his debut at the Green Room 42 to a packed house on Sunday November 24th. His show, Songs by an Immigrant, explored the immigrant experience through a series of songs from various points in his songwriting career....
BWW Review: Sasha Davenport Is Fresh Off The Boat & Having A SASHA DAVENPORT AFFAIR & We all should keep Club Cumming back for more!
After singing around the world for 9 months on the high seas, Sasha is home and beyond excited to tell you all about it at Club Cumming! A Sasha Davenport Affair is an intimate evening of stories and song. An evening filled with Broadway, Soul, and Jazz....
BWW Review: Aaron Blake Soars to New Heights at 54 Below
Opera star on the rise brings his larger than life voice to the smaller and more intimate cabaret room at 54 Below, and audiences swoon....
BWW Review: PAULA WEST Perfects Jazz at Dizzy's Club
With the dim outline of Central Park behind her, Paula West lounged on a wooden stool, tilted a smile at the crowd, and let her classic, mystical voice seduce her adoring audience. West made the art of Jazz seem natural as words and melody blended beautifully to create experiences unique to the even...
BWW Review: MARK WILLIAM: FEELING GOOD Gives Golden Age Tunes a Youthful Spin at The Green Room 42
Seeing Mark William perform feels a bit like seeing Bobby Darin or Frank Sinatra reincarnated as a young man. Williams has a boyish appearance but a deep love for the classics, and his silky smooth vocals sound like something you could have heard on the radio in the 1950s or 60s....
BWW Review: SHAKINA NAYFACK: MANIFEST PUSSY at Joe's Pub is a Heroine's Journey
Manifest Pussy is a deeply personal and profound her-story, the story of how Shakina went from a nice Jewish boy growing up in the suburbs of Los Angeles, dreaming of dressing up in the gossamer gowns that were forbidden to him, to the relentlessly exuberant, terrifically talented, hilarious and kin...
BWW Review: GEORGIA STITT AND FRIENDS impress at Birdland Jazz Club
Georgia Stitt joined Broadway at Birdland, this past Monday night to showcase some of her favorite work and some of her favorite friends. Joined by Jessica Vosk, and two-time Tony nominee, Kate Baldwin, among others, Stitt led a wonderful show with a positive message....
BWW Review: THOSE GIRLS SING THE BOYS (VOL. 1) Rocks at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
THOSE GIRLS Sing The Boys (Vol. 1) pays tribute to the men who write and sing the songs, but it also pays tribute to the girl groups and to the strength of women working together....
BWW Review: JUDY COLLINS Sings Ravishing WINTER STORIES at Joe's Pub
Judy Collins Sings Ravishing WINTER STORIES to Joe's Pub with guests, Jonas Fjeld and Chatham County Line...
BWW Review: Cyrille Aimee Sets New Standards with A SONDHEIM ADVENTURE at Birdland
The French jazz virtuoso has taken on Sondheim and impressed everyone... including Sondheim himself....
BWW Review: Ari Axelrod is a Miracle of Miracles in A CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BROADWAY at Birdland Theater
Ari Axelrod's musical cabaret A CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BROADWAY is just the Chanukah present you didn't even know you needed....
BWW Review: HERB ALPERT AND LANI HALL Rock The Cafe Carlyle With an Evening of Classics
Trumpet icon Herb Alpert and Grammy Award-winning vocalist/producer Lani Hall return to Café Carlyle performing new and classic songs, November 19-30. At 84 years old, Herb Albert is still at the top of his game. Alpert played with the confidence of someone with nothing to prove, and nothing to gai...
BWW Review: ALICE RIPLEY at The Laurie Beechman Theater
When Alice Ripley appeared onstage at the Laurie Beechman Theater, she was greeted by cheers. 'This is where I get to do whatever I want,' she told the crowd....
BWW Review: THIS IS LOLA Leaves Us Lost at Joe's Pub
Talented Dionne Figgins can't rescue a biography musical about Lola Falana at Joe's Pub nightclub cabaret....
DO YOU DREAM IN SPANISH? Asks Roberto Araujo At The Green Room 42 And The Answer Is; When He Sings… YES!
An unapologetic story of identity, racism, love, and belonging, Do You Dream in Spanish? weaves the songs of Frank Loesser, Steven Lutvak, and George Gershwin, with original music by Araujo and Michael Perrie, Jr. The show also uses Araujo's original photography....
BWW Review: FARAH ALVIN ON VINYL Leaves The Green Room 42 Audience Screaming for More
Taking a night off from musical theater, Broadway favorite Farah Alvin twists and shouts with a grateful audience as she rocks out to some 70's classics in FARAH ALVIN ON VINYL....
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