Mabel Mercer News

The spotlight will return to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater as The Mabel Mercer Foundation presents the 36th Annual New York Cabaret Convention.

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present the return of Jeff Harnar in his show The 1959 Broadway Songbook this fall. Learn more about the concert and see how to purchase tickets.

Ever since their NYC debut at the Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention in 2021, their name has become synonymous with quality concerts, heavenly vocals and authentic performances.

On 9/1, vaudevillian troubadour Bryce Edwards (Frivolity Hour) and New York’s premiere “antimodernist” cornetist Mike Davis (The New Wonders) will celebrate the centennial of one of jazz’s hottest overlooked duos! We chatted with them about the show.

The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will hold a Grand Opening Celebration for its new performance space the Indigo Room with performances by jazz vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway and more. Learn more!

Tony Nominee Ann Hampton Callaway will bring The Streisand Songbook to Virginia. The performances will take place on Septemebr 6 at Sandler Center for the Performing Arts and at The Tin Pan on September 7.

Multi-award nominated vocalist Corinna Sowers Adler will bring her new show All That Matters to Don't Tell Mama. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Next week, 54 BELOW, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Laura and Linda Benanti, and more! See the full lineup here!

The Oscar Hammerstein Museum & Theatre Education Center will celebrate the 130th birthday of Oscar Hammerstein II with concerts of his songs during tours of  Highland Farm.

Jeff Harnar will celebrate his latest album Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn: The Second Time Around – the acclaimed tribute to legendary Academy Award-winning lyricist – with a string of major concerts this summer. Learn more!

LTV Studios in East Hampton has announced the return of its acclaimed musical series, Hamptons Summer Songbook by the Sea, set to run July 5 through August 30, 2025 at its Wainscott studio space.

The June 11th show, featuring a star-studded cast from the cabaret world and hosted by KT Sullivan, was titled ELEGANCE & LEGACY. See photos from the night snapped by photographer Conor Weiss

Cabaret royalty was on the stage of 54 Below on June 11 for the Mabel Mercer Foundation's 40 year anniversary hosted by KT Sullivan celebrating the foundation's legacy.

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Jenn Colella, and more. See the full lineup here.

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Tracie Thoms, Jenn Colella and more. See the full lineup here!

The Mabel Mercer Foundation will present Elegance & Legacy: Celebrating the Mabel Mercer Foundation, a one-night-only gala event. Learn more and see how to attend!

The glow of Mother’s Day was still in the air at the Dutch Treat Club's May 13th luncheon. The audience was treated to a performance by Elizabeth Sullivan and a talk by Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorial writing Daniel Henniger

Award-winning concert artist Jeff Harnar will appear at Birdland for Cole Porter's birthday in “It's De-Lovely: Cole Porter's Birthday” in June. Learn more about the performance here!

The Mabel Mercer Foundation's AMERICAN SONGBOOK H.S. COMPETITION had all the talent and excitement of the “America’s Got Talent” and “American Idol” competition shows.

Don't Tell Mama will present Christy Trapp in The Tender Trapp, a woman's perspective on Sinatra's standards and double standards this month. Learn more here!