Matt Scharfglass News

With the Coronavirus stopping all social gatherings and causing the closing of Don't Tell Mama for the duration, MAC has made a change from the previously announced event which was to be held at the club.

The MAC Awards were scheduled to be celebrated on March 30th at Sony Hall. Instead they will be announced via Facebook Live from Lennie Watts' home. The times are a little different now, but the celebration of art is the same.

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) has announced the 2020 MAC Award nominees. The nominees were determined by votes cast by the active MAC membership, except for the four song and recording categories, which were determined by special committees.

Kate Loprest (Hairspray), Salena Qureshi (The Society), Emma Degerstedt (Smokey Joe's Cafe), Ben Bogen (Frozen), Tatiana Wechsler (Love in Hate Nation) and Russell McCook (Bad People) join to celebrate Kacey Musgraves. Feinstein's/54 Below brings you the music of the six-time Grammy Award-winning singer (including 2019's Album of the Year award), Kacey Musgraves, for one night only! Join us on Thursday, February 6th, 2020, at 9:30PM, for an evening of hits including a?oeFollow Your Arrow,a?? a?oeButterflies,a?? a?oeSpace Cowboy,a?? and more!

Stephen Mosher looks back at the cabaret scene, as captured by his camera in 2019

The most unique and most beloved man in the cabaret business came out of retirement in 2018 and discovered he still had it. That's why he is PANGEA'S choice to ring in the new year with their discerning clientele.

Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director and Tom Toce , Musical Director) announces the line-up for this year's award-winning series, WINTER RHYTHMS 2019, which will begin Wednesday, December 11 featuring some of New York's best musical performances through Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Urban Stages Theatre (259 West 30th St., East of 8th Ave.)

A melodious potpourri of musical holiday gifts from far and wide is being placed under the tree at the alt cabaret oasis Pangea in December. And at the tippy top is our star, the beloved Sidney Myer, who lights up Pangea at the pinnacle of the month, New Year's Eve. The day before, on December 30, Rachelle Garniez throws her popular a?oeFarewell Partya?? a?" her fourth annual countdown of the amazing musicians who left us in the last 365.

Kevin Smith Kirkwood brings his uber popular Whitney Houston Christmas concert back to Joe's Pub for a full house of appreciative fans.

New York: Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director and Tom Toce , Musical Director) announces the line-up for this year's award-winning series, WINTER RHYTHMS 2019, which will begin Wednesday, December 11 featuring some of New York's best musical performances through Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Urban Stages Theatre (259 West 30th St., East of 8th Ave.)

THOSE GIRLS Sing The Boys (Vol. 1) pays tribute to the men who write and sing the songs, but it also pays tribute to the girl groups and to the strength of women working together.

During Lisa Viggiano's critically-praised 2018 Bruce Springsteen Tribute Shows (which helped earn her a 2019 Bistro Award for “Outstanding Vocalist”), she included a section of songs by iconic musicians and singers discovered over five decades by talent scout/record producer John Henry Hammond, who also championed Springsteen and recorded “The Boss's” first demo. Now, like a spinoff from a hit TV sitcom, Viggiano has created an entire cabaret show featuring songs and performers produced by Hammond during his long career at Columbia Records. In FROM LADY DAY TO THE BOSS: 50 YEARS OF TALENT DISCOVERED BY LEGENDARY COLUMBIA RECORD PRODUCER JOHN HENRY HAMMOND, Viggiano will deliver her unique renditions of classic tunes recorded by Bessie Smith, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Harry James, Count Basie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Leonard Cohen, George Benson, and Springsteen.

Cabaret arch-angel Sidney Myer, who is in the midst of a remarkable career surge since returning to regular performing at Pangea in 2018, will headline Pangea's New Year's Eve festivities in back-to-back shows at 8pm and 10:30pm.  The New Year's Eve edition of a?oeSidney Myer Live!a?? is a new evening of stylish specialties and signature songs, with music direction by Tracy Stark on piano and Matt Scharfglass on bass.  The show piggybacks on Myer's dazzling string of sold-out shows at Pangea, his newfound performance home, where he has sold out four separate engagements, three of which were extended by popular demand.

KEVIN SMITH KIRKWOOD - who most recently appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots, and as a featured performer in the 2019 WORLD PRIDE PARADE on the PROCTOR & GAMBLE float, returns to JOE'S PUB at THE PUBLIC THEATER with CLASSIC WHITNEY: THE HOLIDAY LOVE SHOW! on November 29th at 9:30PM.

Two award winning cabaret besties are having a grand time playing HOMETOWN HEROES at The Laurie Beechman Theatre

Multiple Award winners Kim Grogg and Lennie Watts join forces to honor their HOMETOWN HEROES! Grogg, from Indiana, and Watts, from Missouri pay tribute to songwriters and artists that hail from their home states. Featuring artists from Cole Porter to Burt Bacharach and Hoagy Carmichael to Michael McDonald, Grogg and Watts explore their musical roots, with a nod to artists from New York, where they have resided for over 30 years. Steven Ray Watkins Musical Directs with Matt Scharfglass on bass.

Award winning cabaret singer Lucille Carr-Kaffashan recently did a run of shows at Don't Tell Mama in which she looked at the works of some of rock and roll's great male singer songwriters.

Lynda Rodolitz brings a?oeAnimal Magnetism,a?? back to Don't Tell Mama in November.

Lynda Rodolitz, the 2018 winner of Mama's Next BIG Act, will reprise her show Animal Magnetismat Don't Tell Mama on Wednesday, November 6at 7 PM and Sunday, November 10 at 4 PM.

KEVIN SMITH KIRKWOOD a?" who most recently appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots, and as a featured performer in the 2019 WORLD PRIDE PARADE on the PROCTOR & GAMBLE float a?" will return home to JOE'S PUB at The Public with CLASSIC WHITNEY: ALIVE! for an impromptu 'GREATEST HITS POP UP SHOW' on October 8th at 9:30PM. With reprisals of favorite tunes from CLASSIC WHITNEY shows over the past four years (including special guests Mary J. Blige and Luther Vandross), this show is guaranteed to give audiences more of the CLASSIC WHITNEY they have come to love.