FeaturedTorch Song Soliloquy
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New York City Cabarets
Find Cabaret shows in New York City featuring concerts at the top venues including 54 Below, Birdland, Joe's Pub and more.
FeaturedSongs From My Childhood
Songs From My Childhood is... just that, spanning music from 1940-1980.
FeaturedThe Beat Goes On
Bistro and MAC award winning vocalist Wendy Scherl returns to the East Coast for a rare one night performance. The show features songs by pop writers Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Sedaka alongside standards from Broadway, Hollywood, and the Great American songbook, arranged...
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FeaturedThe 37th New York Cabaret Convention
65 artists. Three unforgettable nights. One legendary celebration! The 37th New York Cabaret Convention brings cabaret’s brightest stars and rising voices to Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater for a dazzling celebration of the Great American Songbook. Get your tickets today!...
AMANDA GREEN & FANTASTIC FRIENDS
Two-time Tony and Grammy Award-nominated songwriter Amanda Green performs with Broadway friends featuring songs from Regency Girls and Crazy Rich Asians. Performers include Martha Plimpton, Krystina Alabado, Jasmine Forsberg, Cailen Fu, Sarah Kay, Curtis Moore, Kate Rockwell...
Kate Douglas
Join Kate Douglas to celebrate the release of her latest record Dog Heart, an alt-folk EP about the long process of becoming yourself.
Maltby & Shire: Our Story Goes On
American Songbook Association and Cabaret Scenes present their sixth annual gala honoring songwriting team Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire. The lineup includes Liz Callaway, Jenn Colella, Judy Collins, Josh Dela Cruz, George Dvorsky, Santino Fontana, Eddie Korbich, Sally...
Team Unicorn
From composer, vocalist, and playwright Truth Future Bachman comes a glittery, gay, heart-pounding playlist of never-before-heard songs from their new musical, Team Unicorn. What begins as a joyful act of queer solidarity through sport becomes an unexpected act of resistance...
The New York Pops Underground
The New York Pops presents a one night only fundraiser in support of music education! Guests will enjoy a special cabaret performance from Grammy and Tony-nominated singer and actressDeborah Cox. Dinner with wine pairings is included for all guests and a cash bar is available...
The New York Pops Underground with Deborah Cox
The New York Pops presents a one night only fundraiser in support of music education! Guests will enjoy a special cabaret performance from Grammy and Tony-nominated singer and actress Deborah Cox. Dinner with wine pairings is included for all guests and a cash bar is available...
Truth Future Bachman: Team Unicorn
From the mind of composer, vocalist, and playwright Truth Future Bachman comes a glittery, gay, heart-pounding playlist of never-before-heard songs from their new musical, Team Unicorn.
54 Sings The Princesses of Pop
54 Sings the Princesses of Pop is a glittering celebration of the female artists defining this generation’s soundtrack. Featuring the music of Taylor Swift, Lizzy McAlpine, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Gracie Abrams, and more, this one-night cabaret brings powerful young...
Ali Ewoldt: When You Wish Upon a Star
A dream came true forAli Ewoldtwhen she became the first Asian-American to star on Broadway as Christine Daaé in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’sThe Phantom of the Opera. It was one of many such dreams that have come true for this Broadway star, including landing major Broadway roles...
Ali Ewoldt: When You Wish Upon a Star, feat. Jose Llana & more!
This performance will also be livestreamed. For tickets and more information, click here. A dream came true for Ali Ewoldt when she became the first Asian-American to star on Broadway as Christine Daaé in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. It was one of many...
House of SpeakEasy: Seriously Entertaining
Seriously Entertaining is House of SpeakEasy's critically-acclaimed literary cabaret series. Each show brings together four incredible writers for a fast-paced, thought-provoking, and often surprising night of original storytelling, connected by a common theme.
Pooja Reddy is White Trash
When Pooja Reddy's parents immigrated to America, they were not prepared for how the American South would rub off on her. The result: hunting, fishing, boating, and firearm licenses, and a childhood spent playing pretend as a country singer and youth pastor. Told through...
THE MICHAEL BRECKER QUINDECTET featuring DONNY MCCASLIN
Birdland presents a one-night-only reincarnation of Michael Brecker's landmark Grammy-winning recording Wide Angles, featuring his 15-piece Quindectet fusing a small jazz big band with a string quartet. Meg Okura, an original Quindectet touring member, serves as Artistic...
A Great Big Night with Ian Axel of A Great Big World
Spend an unforgettable evening with Ian Axel of A Great Big World, featuring an opening set by The Wildmans and a special guest appearance by Broadway's Nathan Salstone.
Bells Are Ringing 70th Anniversary Concert
Just in time… Bells Are Ringing returns to New York in a special concert celebration of the musical’s 70th anniversary! With music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Bells epitomizes the spirit of zesty, zany musical comedy: answering service operator...
Lionel R. Shockness: Awakening(s)…Mixologist to Psychologist
Lionel R. Shockness returns to Don’t Tell Mama with his new solo show Awakening(s)…Mixologist to Psychologist . Featuring the music of Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, David Shire, Johnny Mercer and more, Shockness is joined by Musical Director and Arranger Gregory Toroian on...
Something To Be Proud of: Act 2
This performance will also be livestreamed. For tickets and more information, click here. After a sold-out debut performance of Act 1, Something To Be Proud Of returns to 54 Below for an exciting Act 2 from Justin D. Reamy Vocal Studio! This brand-new installment features a...
Brandie Inez Sutton: Miss Sutton, Live!
Lauded by The New York Times, soprano Brandie Inez Sutton has a “warm, ample voice,” “ravishing performance,” and “distinctly earthy coloring.” Sutton is a soprano of striking versatility and depth, acclaimed for a voice of “sumptuous richness,” stated Opera News. Soprano...
Chelsea Handler: The High and Mighty Tour
Comedian Chelsea Handler brings her stand-up tour, The High and Mighty Tour, to the Genesee Theatre. Handler is a well-known stand-up comedian and television personality performing a single night of comedy.
Habibi Festival: Amir ElSaffar New Quartet | Akram Abdulfattah
Amir ElSaffar's New Quartet brings trumpet, drums, saxophone and piano together in music blending Arab Maqām microtones with jazz influences. Akram Abdulfattah, a Palestinian-American violinist and composer, performs genre-defying music rooted in instrumental storytelling with...
Helane Blumfield: Invisible to Invincible
An encore of an intimate evening of cabaret that invites audiences to reflect, reconnect, and embrace the power of being fully seen.
Invisible to Invincible
Helane Blumfield returns to Don't Tell Mama in an encore performance of her cabaret show Invisible to Invincible, offering an intimate evening of music and storytelling centered on reinvention, resilience, and the courage to be fully seen. The show traces the emotional journey...
It's All a Swindle
Kabarettist Artemisia LeFay returns to the repertoire of the Weimar Republic with a new show, joined by double bassist Clayton Thompson and pianist Renee Guerrero. The trio explores how radical thinkers, fringe voices, and vaudevillians of the 1920s and 1930s endured times of...
It's All A Swindle
IT'S ALL A SWINDLE What do you do when fraught times fetter your hope for a better future, and the world comes crashing all around you? The shades of the past, those who have gone through previous patterns of such historical events, may have wisdom, comfort, and strength to...
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Songs From My Childhood The Green Room 42 (10/22-10/22) |
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Torch Song Soliloquy Laurie Beechman Theatre (10/07-10/07) |
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The 37th New York Cabaret Convention Jazz AT Lincoln Center's Rose Theater (10/13-10/15) |
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The Beat Goes On Don't Tell Mama (10/08-10/08) |
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Timeless: A Tribute to Bernadette Peters Don't Tell Mama (10/04-10/04) |
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Brandie Inez Sutton: Miss Sutton, Live! 54 Below (10/08-10/08) |
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Don Ross and Julie Malía Joe's Pub (2/02-2/02) |
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The Best Show Possible Joe's Pub (10/23-10/23) |
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Marilyn Maye 54 Below (11/26-11/26) |
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Scott Siegel's Broadway Musical Brunch! 54 Below (11/07-11/07) |
