Ryan Shirar News

Pearl Studios, in cooperation with Broadway Pops International, announces the opening of a new 'triple threat' program called Audition Broadway Studio (ABS).

Broadway Pops International (BPI) presents RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN CELEBRATION at Temple Emmanuel (Great Neck, New York) featuring BPI artists Oscar Andy Hammerstein III, Teri Dale Hansen (The Music Man, The Boys from Syracuse) and Sean MacLaughlin (The Phantom of the Opera, Evita), accompanied by Ryan Shirar.

Scott Siegel (Creator, Writer and Host of The Town Hall's Broadway By The Year series) and Maxine Linehan (Star of Beautiful Songs at the Metropolitan Room) are delighted to announce that Jessica Phillips (Leap of Faith, Priscilla Queen of the Desert), will join the previously announced cast of The Songs of U2, a star-studded St Patrick's Eve concert event to benefit BC/EFA. The one night only concert will take place on Monday, February 16th at Birdland Jazz Club in New York (315 W. 44th Street). Tickets are $30-$75 and are available by visiting BirdlandJazz.com or by calling 212-581-3080.

Scott Siegel (Creator, Writer and Host of The Town Hall's Broadway By The Year series) and Maxine Linehan (Star of Beautiful Songs at the Metropolitan Room) present The Songs of U2, a star-studded St Patrick's Eve concert event to benefit BC/EFA. The one night only concert will take place on Monday, February 16th at Birdland Jazz Club in New York (315 W. 44th Street). Tickets are $30-$75 and are available by visiting BirdlandJazz.com or by calling 212-581-3080.

Scott Siegel (Creator, Writer and Host of The Town Hall's Broadway By The Year series) and Maxine Linehan (Star of Beautiful Songs at the Metropolitan Room) present The Songs of U2, a star-studded St Patrick's Eve concert event to benefit BC/EFA. The one night only concert will take place on Monday, March 16th at Birdland Jazz Club in New York (315 W. 44th Street).

After four BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award Nominations and a critically acclaimed run, Maxine Linehan will return to the Metropolitan Room for three encore performances of Beautiful Songs and the official album release. The show will begin performances tonight, February 4th at The Metropolitan Room in New York (34 W. 22nd Street) and will follow with performances on February 6th and 20th. All shows are at 7:00pm.

As the days dwindled down to a precious few in 2014, a few cabaret goers and performers in what is affectionately but also self-mockingly called the “cabaret community” would sidle up and ask if I was planning my annual end-of-the year “Best Of” column, similar to the “Top 20 Bests and Favorites” piece over the first half of the year I posted back in early July. I would respond in the negative with very reasonable and believable excuses, but the truth is I didn't want to reveal my “Bests” of the year until the voting for the 2014 BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Awards had ended. There's enough baggage and backstage whispering that comes with administering the BWW Awards, so I wasn't about to publish any opinions that might influence the vote while it was in process. I may be crazy but I'm not masochistic. But now all bets are off. You want lists? I'll give you lists.

Don't Tell Mama presents Scott Siegel's All-Star Fundraising Festival, January 13, 19, starringTom Wopat, Mary Testa, Christina Bianco, Barbara Walsh, Jason Gotay, Steve Ross, John Bucchino, Julie Gold, Sidney Myer, and more to be announced.

?After four BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award Nominations and a critically acclaimed run, Maxine Linehan will return to the Metropolitan Room for three encore performances of Beautiful Songs and the official album release.

Lincoln CenterThe concert will be presented at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (Frieda and Roy Furman Stage) on January 8th, 2015 at 7:30pm.

Broadway Pops International (BPI) presents BEHIND THE MASK starring BPI Artists Nat Chandler (The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Phantom of the Opera) and Teri Dale Hansen (The Boys From Syracuse, Showboat) accompanied by Ryan Shirar and local musicians Todd Betz and Aurora Wells.

Every year, there are a couple of young performers who seem to skyrocket up the cabaret charts and one of this season's emerging stars is Maxine Linehan. She came to the States from Ireland just a dozen years ago, performed her debut cabaret show in 2006, and then three years later staged a Petula Clark tribute. In the five years since, Linehan acted in Off-Broadway plays and appeared in the national tour of South Pacific, but has spent much of this period raising 4-year-old Rebecca and 21-month old Gabriel with songwriter/musician husband Andrew Koss. But with the help of nightlife impresario Scott Siegel, Linehan is definitely making up for lost time on the cabaret front. This spring, she staged performances of her autobiographical show An American Journey at Terminus Recording Studios for a recent CD release. Now, less than five months later, Linehan is in mid-run of a new show, Beautiful Songs, at the Metropolitan Room.

After a critically acclaimed run of her solo show An American Journey, Maxine Linehan will next present Beautiful Songs. The show will begin performances tonight, October 1st at The Metropolitan Room in New York (34 W. 22nd Street) and will follow with performances on October 8th, 15th and 22nd. T

Broadway Stars Mandy Gonzalez (Wicked, In The Heights), Jordan Leeds (Les Miserables, Sunset Boulevard), Netanel Bellaishe (A Chorus Line, Guys And Dolls), and Tamara Tsoutsouris (La Boheme, Madame Butterfly), will perform Broadway Pop's International concert of SHALOM BROADWAY! Saturday October 5th at 3:00pm.

After a critically acclaimed run of her solo show An American Journey, Maxine Linehan will next present Beautiful Songs. The show will begin performances on Wednesday, October 1st at The Metropolitan Room in New York (34 W. 22nd Street) and will follow with performances on October 8th, 15th and 22nd.

Surprise, surprise. It was an evening of 'who-knew?' for the 200-plus guests at the announcement of NJPAC's 2014-15 season in the nightclub-y Chase Room.