There may have been 40 cabaret performers strutting their stuff this past week at the 23rd New York Cabaret Convention at the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center, but the true star of the three-night extravaganza (October 17-19) was the late Donald Smith, the cabaret impresario and guru to the genre's luminaries, who died this past March at 79. Sponsored by the Mabel Mercer Foundation, which Smith founded in 1985, this year's Convention featured numerous homages to Smith from the performers, many of whom had their career's supported and advanced with the help of the colorful and beloved cabaret producer and promoter. Early in Wednesday's Gala Opening Night show, the 'first lady of the American keyboard' Barbara Carroll called her friend Donald Smith 'the quintessential New Yorker,' and when Mark Nadler closed night one with George and Ira Gershwin's 'Our Love Is Here to Stay,' he said, 'Everybody who cares about the myths of these songs are in this room tonight.' Well, it was clear that anyone who cared about Donald Smith was at the Rose Theater for at least one of the three shows.
The LasVegas-based entertainer Kelly Clinton reprises her unique, free wheeling club act "Freckles and 80-Year-Old Bones" for a one-week, prime time run through May 11. The new show,which premiered here in a one-night, sold out performance in October, plays four shows only through Friday May 11. Check out photos fromt he concert below!
History repeats itself as the cabaret provocateur Mark Nadler extends his mile-a-minute musical survey of 1961 into 2012. The special 51st anniversary of "Crazy 1961" plays three consecutive Sundays at 1pm - January 15, 22, 29 - at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 West 42nd Street.
The New York Pops is proud to present the First Annual Salute to Music Benefit Concert in support of the Staten Island Salute to Music program. The concert will take place on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 12:00 PM at the George L. Egbert Intermediate School 2 Auditorium.
The international cabaret star Mark Nadler, who opened his new club act, 'Crazy 1961,' on December 1 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, was drenched by the time he came off stage. Nadler, a whirling dervish if there every was one, tops off his mile-a-minute survey of the year 1961 with a ten-minute 50-song medley of the 50 top hits of the year. All told, Nadler packs over 61 songs and 61 newsworthy events in an hour-long show.
The international cabaret star Mark Nadler packs over 61 songs and 61 newsworthy events in his new show, "Crazy 1961," a celebration of the year of his birth. The show's New York premiere opens on Thursday December 1 at 7pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 West 42nd Street, and runs to Sunday December 18. The world premiere took place in June on the other side of the planet at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival where Nadler is a regular headliner.
Call him crazy, but the international cabaret star Mark Nadler is packing over 61 songs and 61 newsworthy events in his new show, 'Crazy 1961,' a celebration of the year of his birth that has its New York premiere at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 West 42nd Street, in a three-week engagement from December 1 to 18.
The international cabaret star Mark Nadler packs over 61 songs and 61 newsworthy events in his new show, "Crazy 1961," a celebration of the year of his birth. The show's New York premiere opens on Thursday December 1 at 7pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 West 42nd Street, and runs to Sunday December 18. The world premiere took place in June on the other side of the planet at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival where Nadler is a regular headliner.
The New York Pops is proud to present the First Annual Salute to Music Benefit Concert in support of the Staten Island Salute to Music program. The concert will take place on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 12:00 PM at the George L. Egbert Intermediate School 2 Auditorium.
Call him crazy, but the international cabaret star Mark Nadler is packing over 61 songs and 61 newsworthy events in his new show, 'Crazy 1961,' a celebration of the year of his birth that has its New York premiere at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 West 42nd Street, in a three-week engagement from December 1 to 18.
Halloween came early to the Metropolitan Room last night because a room full of cabaret connoisseurs were treated to a wonderfully entertaining show by an extremely beautiful and multi - talented performer.
The Las Vegas-based entertainer Kelly Clinton makes her New York cabaret debut at The Metropolitan Room in 'Freckles and 80-Year-Old Bones,' on Monday October 17 at 9:30pm.
Missing the Presidential debate to attend the exciting and elegant opening of Clint's show at the Carlyle (JFK) brought this phrase to mind. 'I knew Bobby Short, Mr. Holmes (dramatic pause) and I'm sure that he was in the room last night, smiling, and just as overwhelmed and captivated by your talent as your star studded audience was.'
The Las Vegas-based entertainer Kelly Clinton makes her New York cabaret debut at The Metropolitan Room in 'Freckles and 80-Year-Old Bones,' on Monday October 17 at 9:30pm.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 16th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Festival will present "Corky Hale And Friends," featuring Corky Hale, the critically acclaimed and renowned Jazz Harpist, Pianist and Vocalist on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Terrace Theater of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; 2700 F Street, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20566.
This December, Carnegie Hall continues its long-standing tradition of providing audiences with a place to gather and experience the transformative power of music during the holiday season, presenting six special concerts in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage and Zankel Hall.
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the debut of THE DIVA JAZZ TRIO.