Nicolas King News

On Tuesday night at the Iridium Jazz Club, precocious, yet polished 20-year-old crooner Nicolas King conquered a packed room filled with freshly-minted MAC Award winners, veteran cabaret performers, a burgeoning legion of fans, beaming family members, and his mentor and friend Liza Minnelli (who attended the show with actor Tony Danza).

Last night, April 3, Nicolas King made his solo debut at The Iridium NYC, under the musical baton of legendary Mike Renzi and the Mike Renzi Trio. The show delivered Broadway ballads, swinging favorites and, of course, selections from the Great American Songbook.

The Las Vegas Hotel and Casino has announced its exciting Spring Season, ranging from Liza Minnelli and Chicago to Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show and 'The King' starring Trent Carlini. Billed as 'The last remaining great showroom in Las Vegas', the 1,700-seat LVH theater will be home to headline entertainers and Broadway shows, while the smaller Shimmer Cabaret will feature more intimate theatrical events and musicals.

The singer, actress and comedienne Kaye Ballard, the Grammy and Tony Award-winning singer/songwriter and actress Dee Dee Bridgewater, and the jazz trumpeter and cornetist Warren Vaché will be the special honorees of the 2012 Bistro Awards on Monday, April 23 at 6:30pm. Taking place at Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd Street (between 7th & 8th avenues), the 27th Annual Bistro Awards gala, which celebrates outstanding achievement in New York cabaret and jazz, will also recognize 22 other artists and shows.

The legendary Liza Minnelli will once again perform at the LVH - Las Vegas Hotel & Casino (formerly Las Vegas Hilton) May 12 in the LVH Theater. One of America's true legends, Liza Minnelli, winner of four Tony awards, an Oscar, a special "Legends" Grammy, two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy is one of the world's consummate performers. In film, on stage and in television, Liza has won critical acclaim, a multitude of fans, and recognition from her peers in show business, giving new dimension and credibility to the word "superstar."

Benjamin Wenzelberg, Noah Kitchen and Nicolas King will be starring in a benefit for Urban Stages Out Reach Program singing the Music of Glen Roven.

Benjamin Wenzelberg, Noah Kitchen and Nicolas King will be starring in a benefit for Urban Stages Out Reach Program singing the Music of Glen Roven.

Cabaret Chronicles author Jenna Esposito interviews rising star Nicolas King in a Cabaret Chronicles exclusive article!

On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 20, 21, 22, The Mabel Mercer Foundation presents its 22nd annual Cabaret Convention at The Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Performances begin each evening at 6 o'clock and run 2 hours and 30 minutes with an intermission. More than forty exemplary vocalists and musicians are scheduled to appear in three diverse programs.

On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 20, 21, 22, The Mabel Mercer Foundation presents its 22nd annual Cabaret Convention at The Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Performances begin each evening at 6 o'clock and run 2 hours and 30 minutes with an intermission. More than forty exemplary vocalists and musicians are scheduled to appear in three diverse programs.

Among the requirements of being a member in good standing of the Friars Club is that you commit to having a good time, laugh a lot, and have a pallet appreciative of good food & spirits. Once again Friar Randi Levine Miller produced and hosted a special evening.

The Iridium continues its eclectic, genre-bending bookings in July, inviting Wilco's Nels Cline to sit in with The Les Paul Trio, hosting Soulive's Eric Krasno, presenting songwriting icon Chip Taylor's 1650 Broadway homecoming, and more.

Mike Renzi looked over his eyeglasses at the elite audience at don't tell mamas, nodded to bassist Chip Jackson and drummer Ray Marchica and then opened the starting gate to a highly charged and expertly crafted 75 minutes of Nicolas King displaying his awesome vocal proficiency.

Nicolas King returns to the New York scene in a new show 'Nicolas King - In Concert!' at Don't Tell Mama's from June 4-7th.

These are a few of my favorite things: The Last Tuesday of every month with Terese! The Little Big Band! Billy Stritch's arrangement of Favorite Things! Nicolas King and Terese's new continual Guest Artists singing it!

Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and what's coming up in the world of cabaret (and sometimes beyond!) This week's column features Nicolas King at The Metropolitan Room, Carly Ozard at Don't Tell Mama, Ann Hampton Callaway at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola and Sarah Louise Young, also at Don't Tell Mama!

Host & Producer Randie Levine-Miller created a Friars Club evening that lived up to Abbot Jerry Lewis's statement 'Good Fellowship, Friendship and Fraternity form the sturdy basis that makes the Friars club what it is.'

Piano legend Mike Renzi, who has arranged and played for the best, Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme' (to name a few) has a sensational young singer he's working with. Nicolas King - this 19 year old has a voice and style that is a most worthy addition to the Mike Renzi stable.

Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and what's coming up in the world of cabaret (and sometimes beyond!) This week's column features Cast Party at Birdland, a great concert by Klea Blackhurst, MetroJam at the Metropolitan Room, and more!

Klea Blackhurst returned to Birdland, her musical home, on Monday, January 10, with a fresh show of stories and songs from the American Songbook and Broadway. Jim Caruso's Cast Party, the wild open mic night that celebrates the Broadway, pop and jazz communities, followed the concert.