While I always mourn the end of summer as we flip the calendar to September, there is one tradition that softens the blow: the finale of Mama’s Next Big Act at Don’t Tell Mama, now in its ninth year.
The Manhattan Association of Cabarets will host its annual MAC TO SCHOOL symposium at Don't Tell Mama and Open Jar Studios, featuring master classes, workshops and panel discussions on creating cabaret shows.
Helane Blumfield will present an encore of her cabaret show INVISIBLE TO INVINCIBLE at Don't Tell Mama, exploring reinvention, resilience, and self-discovery through storytelling and song.
Gerrilyn Sohn will perform her cabaret tribute to Bernadette Peters at Don't Tell Mama, directed by Lennie Watts with musical direction by Tracy Stark.
Natasha Castillo will explore the lesser-known life and music of Bobby Darin in a new show directed by Lennie Watts at Don't Tell Mama in New York City.
What do a kazoo, a 10-year-old, and a wooden spoon have in common? They could all be seen at Don't Tell Mama during Mama's Next Big Act last Monday.
Helane Blumfield will bring an encore performance of her cabaret show INVISIBLE TO INVINCIBLE to Don't Tell Mama, exploring reinvention, identity, and self-visibility through music and storytelling.
Las Vegas lounge diva Trudy Carmichael made her NYC cabaret debut with the premiere of her explosive musical tell-all.
THE LINEUP WITH SUSIE MOSHER is a wild, anything-goes variety show featuring artists from the Broadway, cabaret, music and comedy scenes.
Sidney Myer was feted by Marilyn Maye, Charles Busch, Nicolas King and dozens more at a joyous sold-out American Popular Song Society Lifetime Achievement Award gala on June 15.
Robin Rothman brings her Las Vegas lounge alter ego Trudy Carmichael to Don't Tell Mama in NYC for a limited two-performance run of mashed-up show tunes, 80s pop, and audience-inspired improvisation.
The affable and amusing Marcia Roney is laying them in the aisles at Don't Tell Mama.
The 92nd Street Y will present DON'T CRY FOR ME, MY YESHIVA, an award-winning musical memoir written and performed by Joe Fox, exploring identity, faith, and sexuality as the son of an Orthodox Rabbi.
A night of perfect cabaret doesn't come along every day, and when it does, it needs to be acknowledged.
With a strong narrative voice, and a gift for connection, Jackson has firmly found her place on New York’s cabaret scene.
Grace Peña, a MAC Award-nominated cabaret performer, will present her new show Under the Influence at Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC, with music director Analise Levesque.
See highlights from the 4/19 Bernadette Peters tribute show by photographer Conor Weiss.
See photos from the cabaret singer's April 15 performance at Don't Tell Mama with her new show INVISIBLE TO INVINCIBLE, photographed by Conor Weiss.
Aaron Valentine, winner of the 2025 Mama's Next Big Act competition, will make his solo cabaret debut in Who Are You Again? Learning to Sing Through Life at Don't Tell Mama in New York City.
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