Ray Marchica News

Great American actress and songstress Linda Purl has released a new CD with Tedd Firth and Nelson Rangell and it is a musical journey par excellence.

Enduring and endearing actress and singer, Linda Purl, is not only one of the great artists, she is also one of the great beauties, inside and out. Here, she chats with Stephen Mosher about life, art, isolation and motherhood.

The popular singer-songwriter was on hand at 54 Below to give all a night of love songs, and he sure captured and kept the hearts of his fans.

The Callaway sisters give audiences their money's worth in a flawless night of cabaret celebrating their favorite Broadway tunes at 54 Below.

Want to see a show where every note and word and performer is genius?  Want to see a show that makes you leap out of your seat many times during the performance?   It's playing at Feinstein's/54 Below for a very limited run….Broadway The Callaway! staring Liz Callaway & Ann Hampton Callaway…November 26, 27, & 30

The French singing actor and star of theater and cabaret stages packed 54 Below with a crowd of rabid fans, old and new, and one hopes and prays it won't be the last time.

Day one of the 2019 Cabaret Convention presented by the Mabel Mercer Foundation featured Deborah Grace Winder hosting, 'The Sunny Side of the Street: Celebrating Dorothy Fields & Great Women Songwriters' starring Christine Andreas, Karrin Allyson, and more!

It was a spectacular start to the four night 2019 Cabaret Convention at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater Last night.

Michael Feinstein's show 'I Happen To Like New York' hit all the right notes by bringing songs from both the classic American songbook and the 'new' American songbook to the Manhattan nightclub scene.

Nunziata fans are now going to be able to “take home Anthony” after his solo concert shows.  He's in the famed Samurai Hotel Recording Studios in Astoria, N.Y. recording his solo debut album as we speak.   You will not be able to take home his twin brother Will Nunziata on this CD.  It's only going to be Anthony's inspiring voice with soulful takes on classics like, “The Very Thought of You”, “When I Fall in Love”, “Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You”, “Somewhere”, 'Unchained Melody”, Can't Help Falling in Love with You” as well as his original songs including “I Found a Home,” Love Me Anyway”, and “Will You Be My Everyday?”

Nicolas King, one of the most  exciting, talented and technically disciplined JazzPop voices around was swinging at The Green Room 42 last night.  

Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Deborah Grace Winer wraps up the second season of her Classic American Songbook Series at Feinstein's/54 Below on Sunday, June 16th  at 7:00pm and 9:30pm with FEELING WICKED: The Magical Side of the American Songbook featuring JENN GAMBATESE (School of Rock,) SYDNEY JAMES HARCOURT (Hamilton,) MATTHEW SCOTT (An American in Paris) and EMILY SKINNER (The Cher Show.)  Written and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer, and in time for Father's Day, this celebration of Broadway's love affair with the magical and miraculous is directed by Mark Waldrop, with an all-star trio led by Mark Hummel (musical director and piano), with Dick Sarpola on bass and Ray Marchica, percussion.

This Month, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

New York cabaret artist, LINDA SUE MOSHIER, weaves a humorous tale of inspiration featuring the music of Barbra Streisand. With iconic songs like 'He Touched Me' and 'Starting Here, Starting Now' and lesser-known gems like 'I'm All Smiles' 'When in Rome' and 'Sweet Zoo', Linda takes us from her childhood in Kansas through a musical adventure to face what each singer must face - finding her own voice. And with one VERY SPECIAL GUEST she just might find it. Directed by Kevin B McGlynn, Music Direction by Phil Hall w/Aaron Heick, Ed MacEachen, Ray Marchica and Karl Spicer. April 14th @ 7:00pm (doors open at 6:00pm)

If necessity is the mother of invention, that scrappy lineage certainly continued with Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Cook, and Julie Wilson.

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with week one of the "Second Annual Celebration of Ron Carter" with Ron Carter's Great Big Band, Billy Stritch 'Autumn in the City,' Pasquale Grasso Trio, and more!

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with Dee Dee Bridgewater with the Theo Croker Quintet, Anita Gillette, Jay Leonhart, and more!

Birdland will kick-off their exciting month of programming with Dee Dee Bridgewater with the Theo Croker Quintet, Kevin Eubanks Quartet, Anita Gillette, Ron Carter's Great Big Band, Quartet and Golden Striker Trio, Alan Broadbent Trio, Capathia Jenkins & Louis Rosen, Jay Leonhart, Pasquale Grasso Trio, Ken Peplowski with Special Guest Sinne Eeg, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, and more!

Most times when Billy Stritch is at the keyboard he is WITH somebody. Liza, Tony, Marilyn (Maye), Linda (Lavin), Christine (Ebersole), Klea (Blackhurst), Ann Hampton Callaway and of course Jim Caruso. Every major music performer has at one time or another availed themselves of Billy's unique creativity as their pianist,arranger, vocalist, or conductor.