Kate Pazakis News

Tales of Joni: The Storefront Sings Mitchell--featuring stars such as Liz McCartney, Jeff Blumenkrantz and Brandon Cutrell--will be presented on Sundays, April 23rd and 30th at 7pm at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre

With the addition of two new categories--Best Male and Female Stand-Up Comic--the nominations list for the 2006 MAC Awards is now complete

The 2006 MAC AWARDS will be presented on MONDAY, APRIL 17 AT 7:30 PM at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC, 199 Chambers Street. Hosted by Lee Roy Reams, the 20th annual MAC Awards will include appearances by Phoebe Snow, Ben Taylor, Karen Mason, Carol Hall and Rocky Carroll among others.

On February 19th, Marty Thomas will host the first installment of Divas Live!, a new talent showcase, at Club XL

On February 16th, the 3rd Annual embrace! concert took place to benefit The Matthew Shepard Foundation at the Westside Theatre.

Cady Huffman and Malcolm Gets have signed on to perform in the starry embrace! benefit concert on February 16th

Boy Wonder

Bill Russell will appear at the February 6th edition of Monday Nights, New Voices at the Duplex alongside singers such as Rene Strober and Kate Pazakis

Rena Strober, Kate Pazakis and others will perform in Monday Nights, New Voices at the Duplex on February 6th

Five of Broadway's leading ladies celebrate the season in this utterly charming concert.

Divas, Jewish divas, men playing divas, men playing pianos. They're all part of the festivities on a cabaret or concert stage in NYC.

A Broadway Diva Christmas, starring Kathy Brier, Maya Days, Ellen Greene, Christine Pedi and Marla Schaffel, opens tonight

The Wednesday evening ceremony of The Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting will feature a performance by the women of A BROADWAY DIVA CHRISTMAS. Belting out the show's exuberant finale are Kathy Brier (One Life to Live, Hairspray), Maya Days (Aida, Rent), Tedi Marsh, and Christine Pedi (Forbidden Broadway). They are joined by the show's back-up singers, also known as 'The Jingle Babes', Kate Pazakis, Sally Schwab, and N'Kenge Simpson-Hoffman.

Previews for a Broadway Diva Christmas, starring Maya Days, Kathy Brier, Christine Pedi, Ellen Greene and Marla Schaffel, begin on November 23rd

Kathy Brier has joined the cast of A Broadway Diva Christmas, which runs December 4th through 31st

Maya Days, Christine Pedi and Marla Schaffel will headline a Broadway Diva Christmas from December 4th through 31st with a special guest appearance by Ellen Greene

Bryan Batt, Barrett Foa, Felicia Finley, Andrea McArdle and more stars will perform in the LREI Hurricane Relief Concert on October 11th

Cabaret star Brandon Cutrell and musical director Ray Fellman will host Ray and Brandon's Birthday Bash at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre on October 9th

Stars such as Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Tyler Maynard, Kathy Brier and Lisa Howard performed in the spicy The Sounds of SILENCE! And Other Inappropriate Showtunes concert on August 14th

Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Michael Arden and Lisa Howard are some of the stars who have joined the August 14th concert The Sounds of Silence! And Other Inappropriate Showtunes