Lennie Watts News

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Central New York Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

After twenty years as the editor of Cabaret Scenes Magazine, Frank Dain is being honored with a one-night-only concert featuring some of the greatest entertainers in the industry.

Singger Susan Neuffer returns to the cabaret stage with a reprise of her show, An Elpee's Worth of Todd, on Saturday, November 12 at 4:00 PM and Sunday, November 20 at 4:00 PM at Don't Tell Mama. Musical direction is by MAC award winner Gerry Dieffenbach, directed by MAC award winner Lennie Watts.

For three nights the Mabel Mercer Foundation presented their picks of artists for the 2022 Cabaret Convention at Rose Theater at Jazz At Lincoln Center.

NYC's favorite monthly fill-in-the-blanks comedy has announced its first-ever all-male cast: 7pm, Thursday, November 17. The stellar pack of fellas will star the clever & quirky David Dean Bottrell (Modern Family, Boston Legal), Broadway song & dance man Bernard Dotson (Paradise Square, Chicago), and more.

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) has announced the 2022 winners of the Dottie Burman and John Wallowitch songwriting awards. Each recipient receives $500.

With her new one-woman solo show, Meg Flather has taken her storytelling to a whole new level.

'Mod Hollywood! Tunes from a Town Without Pity' will move to Don't Tell Mama following its sold-out summer debut at The Provincetown CabaretFest. Shows will take place November 5, 7 and 21.

Actress and singer, Jill Senter, joins forces once again with Lyle Smith Mitchell and Music Director, Elliot Finkel, to present That's What Friends are For, an edition of Jill Senter's La Soirée series of cabaret evenings.

Telling the story of her final yers with her beloved mother, Meg Flather launches HOLD ON TIGHT - A LOVE STORY in book and solo show format.

Helane Blumfield, Lynda Rodolitz, Peggy Schwartz and Deborah Zecher have been delighting audiences with their heart-warming and deeply resonant show, FOUR WOMEN, FOUR STORIES. On October 23 at 4:30 pm, FOUR WOMEN, FOUR STORIES returns to Don't Tell Mama with Steven Ray Watkins on piano.

The Green Room 42 has announced its October line-up for in-person cabaret performances. October will feature new installments of Broadway Sessions, At This Performance, Villain: DeBlanks and much more.ARTZ

Join NYC favorites THOSE GIRLS for an all-new mix of all things Broadway, from Gilbert & Sullivan to SIX! Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser, Karen Mack, and Wendy Russell are bringing a special celebration of show tunes revered, rocked & re-imagined with their usual 'anything goes' shenanigans.

'Mod Hollywood! Tunes from a Town Without Pity' moves to Don't Tell Mama following its sold-out summer debut at The Provincetown CabaretFest.

Susan Neuffer returns to the cabaret stage with a reprise of her show, “An Elpee’s Worth of Todd”, directed by MAC award winner Lennie Watts, with musical direction by MAC award winner Gerry Dieffenbach. Ms. Neuffer will appear at Don’t Tell Mama, on Saturday, November 12 at 7:00 PM and Sunday, November 20 at 4:00 PM. 

Singer Carol Sue Gershman is back! Help her celebrate her 87th birthday as she presents A Reminiscence on Thursday, October 13 at 7 PM at the Green Room 42. Special guests Wendy tap dances and Terri sings. Music director is Dan Furman, with Carol Sudhalter on sax, Iris Orning on bass and David Silliman on drums. The show is directed by Lennie Watts.

Gerrilyn Sohn will return to Don't Tell Mama for her new show 'If Joe Allen's Walls Could Sing & Other Hidden Gems' on September 15, 2022 at 7pm and October 1, 2022 at 4pm. Directed by Lennie Watts, with Musical Director Steven Ray Watkins and Marco Panascia on Bass.

Linda Kahn is returning to The Laurie Beechman Theatre with her critically acclaimed solo cabaret debut show, “Say Yes!” on Sunday, September 18 at 4 pm and Saturday, October 22 at 7 pm. The show was previously performed at The Triad Theater last November and The Laurie Beechman Theatre in February and May. 

Linda Kahn will return to the Laurie Beechman Theatre in her Jeff Harnar-helmed solo show debut SAY YES! for two dates in September and October.

It's back! -- three extraordinary nights of “live” songs, entertainers, and musicians – all in celebration of the 33rd annual New York Cabaret Convention, produced by The Mabel Mercer Foundation.