BWW Feature: The Twelve CD's Of Christmas
by Stephen Mosher
- Dec 3, 2019
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. That's a sentiment that has been expressed for many years, sometimes merely through the utterance of the sentence, but usually through the singing of the popular song written by Meredith Wilson in 1951. While many attribute the song to the 1963 Broadway musical Here's Love, it was actually written simply as a Christmas song and singers have been crooning the tune ever since.
Photo Flash: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF's Benjamin Walker, Emily Bergl and More Join Jim Caruso's Cast Party at Birdland
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 7, 2013
Cast Party host Jim Caruso turned one year older this past week, so the Monday night 'extreme' open mic was awash in birthday balloons and party hats. The cast of the Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roofshowed up to celebrate their success, and their very own 'Brick,' Benjamin Walker, performed a very blue/bluesy 'New York State Of Mind.' Cast member Emily Bergl showed why she's one of the most popular ladies in cabaret when she sang her heart out, too. Scroll below for photos from the concert!
Daniel Kirkley Celebrates New Holiday CD at Sidewalk Cafe, 12/12
by Kelsey Denette
- Nov 21, 2012
Singer/songwriter DANIEL KIRKLEY will make his New York debut and perform two acoustic sets as part of the new "Landmark Wednesdays" series of concerts at the historic SideWalk Cafe in the East Village on Wednesday, December 12, at 8 and 10pm. These two very special shows will celebrate Kirkley's new holiday album, "Love Is Christmas," which blends secular and sacred music.
Photo Flash: Amra-Faye Wright, Valarie Pettiford, et al. at CAST PARTY!
by Nicole Rosky
- Mar 28, 2012
Jim Caruso's Cast Party packed Birdland with a huge variety of talent on Monday night. The weekly open mic, recently called 'the best party in the universe' by the Australian Cabaret Confidential, was the place for Broadway folk like Amra-Faye Wright (currently starring as Velma in Chicago), supperclub star Clint Holmes (in rehearsal for his upcoming Café Carlyle run), country legend Larry Gatlin, jazz superstars Jane Monheit, Natalie Douglas and Sachal Vasandani, publicist and birthday boy Richard Hillman, 'Broadway Beat' host Richie Ridge, musical director/pianist Ron Abel, cabaret folks like Scott Coulter and Carole J. Bufford (this Monday's11 O'Clock Numbers revue at Birdland), and regulars Allana Adderly, Daniel Kirkley, Matthew Falber, William Blake, and LA diva Valarie Pettiford!
