David Silliman News

Deborah Zecher's new cabaret show is a tribute to three women... and community.

It may be Yesterday Once More but in the hands of Kati Neiheisel and Gregory Toroian, the Carpenters sound like they are brand new, today.

MAC Award Nominee Deborah Zecher brings her new cabaret show—Jewish Caroling:  The Music of Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager and Carolyn Leigh to Don’t Tell Mama on December 1 at 7 pm, December 5 at 4 pm and December 8 at 7 pm.

For her new club act Kati Neiheisel chose to explore the cannon of one of the most beloved and famous singing groups of all time.

Maria Corsaro has teamed up with the wonderful Sue Matsuki, who in her directing debut has fashioned a tight and clever new show that showcases Maria Corsaro’s dark, rich voice in a series of songs that started life as jazz instrumentals and had lyrics added to them later, sometimes decades later. The show, YOU TAUGHT MY HEART TO SING, had its premiere last Saturday at Pangea. I was lucky enough to be in the audience. Corsaro has a lovely voice and chose a very ambitious set of tunes that for the most part show her off to great advantage. Besides being a fine jazz artist, Corsaro is a woman with a very big heart that she loves to share with her audience.

Katie Neiheisel is all set to sing... sing a song... make it simple to last your whole life long.

Broadway dreams die hard. In her new show THIS BROAD’S WAY,  which opened last evening at Pangea, she gets to sing all the Broadway tunes she ever wanted to sing, perform all the roles she would never be cast in, and do it all her own way. The songs are completely out of context and applied to her own experiences. She infuses each tune with her own wry wit and her lovely and warm jazz stylings. She is one part chanteuse, one part monologuist, one part den mother, and one part suggestive vixen. And she is 100 percent fun. Her show is a treasure trove of swinging tunes and she has gathered a smoking trio of musicians in drummer, David Silliman, bassists Skip Ward and her longtime partner in art, musical director Gregory Toroian.

Bistro Award recipient Sue Matsuki returns to Pangea, alongside her co-Bistro-recipient, Gregory Toroian to treat some Broadway the jazz way.

A new show celebrating the musical legacy of the Carpenters has been announced, with songs written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, Hal David and Burt Bacharach, Paul Williams and Roger Nichols, Leon Russell and more!

When the clubs began reopening, Matsuki and Toroian were ready to give the people what they want: music, music, music.

Bewitched, Not Bothered, Not Bewildered is a CD Preview show with Suzanna Ross singing selected songs from her new CD, as well as new songs.

Several Downtown legends are congregating at the alt-cabaret hotspot Pangea in Marcha?? Among the headliners taking risks and breaking ground are Penny Arcade with her new show, a?oeNotes from the Undergrounda?? (March 4 & 18); David Cale, with new show a?oeSandraa?? (March 8), and Charles Busch being himself in a new act (March 26).

In her debut cabaret, Lauren Frazza is making all the right choices and it is sure paying off.

The new open mic brunch at Pangea is already proving to be a great idea from Sue Matsuki and Gregory Toroian, and it's only had two day!

Suzanna Ross will be singing at the Triad Theater in her cabaret show -- Bewitched, Not Bothered, Not Bewildered -- on Friday, March 20, 2020. The show includes all of the songs on her debut CD by the same title, which has received positive reviews and a Song of the Day (Ces petits riens) in Jazziz Magazine that highlights her 'winning voice' and a 'full-bodied bass solo to boot.'

February is festooned with fun treats from beginning to end as a rainbow assortment of artists of many persuasions continues to take risks and break ground at the Downtown supper club Pangea.

Kati Neiheisel, a 2018 MAC Award nominee for her New York Debut, Among the Stars, is brings her love of Christmas to Don't Tell Mama in her new show That Holiday Feeling! on Thursday, December 5th at 7 PM and Saturday, December 14th at 4 PM. She will be joined by singers Janice McCune and Linda Jackson, with musical direction and arrangements by Gregory Toroian, Skip Ward on bass and David Silliman on drums. The show is directed by Geoffrey Stoner.

International Opera Superstar and Tony Award Winner Paulo Szot filled every inch of Feinstein's/54 Below with his glorious once in a lifetime baritone voice last night. Broadway's supper club was also filled to capacity with a passionate audience mesmerized by his cabaret performance which celebrated the music from Paulo's native Brazil. It was a brilliantly constructed show based upon the encounter of Frank Sinatra and Tom Jobim 50 years ago. Paulo went through the Antonio Carlos Jobim songbook with is thrilling voice and also an interesting narrative which analyzed the infectious Brazilian harmonics and rhythms. There were also some tunes from The Great American Songbook, and no romantic is ever the same after hearing Paulo Szot sing Rodgers & Hammerstein's This Nearly Was Mine from South Pacific.

Described by Daily News writer Greg Thomas as "…the man with four hands," percussionist David Silliman moves from the cajon, to drum set to a huge array of percussive instruments surrounding him in creating his signature sound. He is bringing his "friends" including his wife on Friday, February 15, 2019 to play at a 7:30pm concert on the stage of the William and Helen Richards Theatre at Orange Hall, SUNY Orange.

Suzanna Ross will be singing in her new show - Bewitched - at Don't Tell Mama on February 7, 2019. The show highlights a collection of bewitching and romantic songs from around the world, including American, French, and British songbooks. There are favorites as well as a few surprises. The line-up spans jazz, pop, French chansons, bossa nova, movie songs, and a country tune. From the song lists of Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Charles Aznavour, 1960s pop, Jobim, Marlene Dietrich, Patsy Cline, and more. Suzanna's singing has been described in reviews as 'convincing to the ears,' 'passionate,' 'well-paced,' and 'magical.'