The 92nd Street Y continues the 2009 season of Lyrics & LyricistsTM with SUNNY SIDE UP, featuring the Lennon/McCartney of their time, DeSylva, Brown & Henderson. Subtitled 'Roaring through the Twenties,' the show focuses on the megastar songwriting team of Prohibition-Era Tin Pan Alley who turned out hits like 'You're the Cream in My Coffee,' 'Button Up Your Overcoat,' 'The Best Things in Life Are Free' and the definitive college musical, Good News.
Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and who she's seen in the world of cabaret in the past week. The past week's shows include Shawn Ryan at the Metropolitan Room, Joe Bachana at the Metropolitan Room, and theSet NYC at the Time Out New York Lounge.
The 92nd Street Y continues the 2009 season of Lyrics & LyricistsTM with SUNNY SIDE UP, featuring the Lennon/McCartney of their time, DeSylva, Brown & Henderson. Subtitled 'Roaring through the Twenties,' the show focuses on the megastar songwriting team of Prohibition-Era Tin Pan Alley who turned out hits like 'You're the Cream in My Coffee,' 'Button Up Your Overcoat,' 'The Best Things in Life Are Free' and the definitive college musical, Good News.
Two Tony Nominees and one Tony Award winner comprise the next all-star cast of Scott Siegel's BROADWAY JUKEBOX. The always-brand new musical revue (because both the cast and the songs are different every week) features three musical theater stars on Sunday, March 22nd that have each starred in unforgettable shows, leaving their own indelible stamps on Broadway history.
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4/1 7PM Barbara Brussell 'Brilliance from on High...BORN IN THE BRONX' Accompanied by musical director Tex Arnold, this marks their first time venturing a new show together.
Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and who she's seen in the world of cabaret in the past week. The past week's shows include Cait Doyle at the Duplex,
Christine Pedi at Birdland, and Ben Cherry at Don't Tell Mama.
Two Tony Nominees and one Tony Award winner comprise the next all-star cast of Scott Siegel's BROADWAY JUKEBOX. The always-brand new musical revue (because both the cast and the songs are different every week) features three musical theater stars on Sunday, March 22nd that have each starred in unforgettable shows, leaving their own indelible stamps on Broadway history.
Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and who she's seen in the world of cabaret in the past week. The past week's shows include Broadway Jukebox at Birdland, the Cabaret Hotline 'March Is Cabaret Month' gala, and John Bucchino & Friends at Birdland.
The 92nd Street Y announces final casting for the 2009 season of Lyrics & LyricistsTM, the Y's legendary American Songbook series. Linda Purl, La Tanya Hall, Johnny Rodgers and Hilary Kole join Polly Bergen, Lucie Arnaz, Tom Wopat, Marilyn Maye and more who will sing the songs of Ira Gershwin, Mel Torm? and DeSylva, Brown & Henderson. Charles Osgood returns to L&L as host, for the latter show. This is the first season curated by new series artistic director Deborah Grace Winer.
Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and who she's seen in the world of cabaret in the past week. The past week's shows include The Broadway Boys at Birdland, Adriana McPhee at the Metropolitan Room, and the MAC New Face Showcase at the Reprise Room.
Scott Siegel's Broadway Jukebox announces stars for next four weeks... 3 different stars every Sunday night. And you pick the songs.
All Broadway songs. All Broadway Stars.
The 92nd Street Y continues the 2009 season of Lyrics & Lyricists with DAVID ZIPPEL as host and artistic director of It Started with a Dream, February 21-23. Subtitled David Zippel - Lyrics He Wrote, Lyrics He Wishes He Wrote, the Tony award-winning, Oscar-nominated lyricist of City of Angels and Disney's animated Hercules and Mulan, presents highlights from his own scores and shares his inspirations and personal favorites from the American Songbook. The show features an all-Broadway cast, including vocalists KATE BALDWIN (Wonderful Town, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Full Monty), KEVIN EARLEY (A Tale of Two Cities, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Les Mis?rables), Tony Award-winner DEBBIE GRAVITTE (Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Chicago, Les Mis?rables), DANNY GURWIN (Little Women, Urinetown, The Full Monty), and Tony Award-winner LILLIAS WHITE (The Life, Dreamgirls, and. the voice of 'Calliope' in Hercules).
One of the most acclaimed and sought-after lyricists working today, David Zippel's other credits include the Broadway musical The Goodbye Girl (written with Marvin Hamlisch and Neil Simon), The Woman in White (with Andrew Lloyd Webber, for which Zippel won another Tony nomination) and the musical stage version of Wendy Wasserstein's bestselling children's book, Pamela's First Musical, written with Wasserstein and City of Angels collaborator Cy Coleman.
Series artistic director Deborah Grace Winer, in her first season at the helm, notes that this is the first time in over 25 years that L&L will devote an entire show to a contemporary Broadway songwriter at the height of his career--a return to the spirit in which L&L was founded, with the living lyricist as an active participant.
Todd Murray celebrates the release of his new CD Stardust & Swing with two special performance at one of Manhattan's premier clubs The Metropolitan Room, 34 W. 22nd Street, in New York on Wednesday, February 18th and Friday, February 20th, at 9:45m. There is a $20.00 cover charge and two-beverage minimum ($10.00 for MAC and Cabaret Hotline members). Due to the high demand for this special event, reservations are highly recommended by calling 212-206-0440. You can also visit metropolitanroom.com or toddmurray.com for further information.
This Sunday, February 8th, marked the beginning of an all-new revue dedicated to Broadway music. The show is 'Broadway Jukebox', an ever-changing revue of Broadway music on Sunday nights at 6:30 PM that will feature a different trio of musical theater stars every week, each offering a brand new slate of songs. Further, in the spirit of the show's title, the audience will get to pick the Broadway songs they will hear each week! BroadwayWorld's cameras were there for the first night excitement.
This Sunday, February 8th, marks the beginning of an all-new revue dedicated to Broadway music. The show is called Broadway Jukebox, an ever-changing revue of Broadway music on Sunday nights at 6:30 PM that will feature a different trio of musical theater stars every week, each offering a brand new slate of songs. Further, in the spirit of the show's title, the audience will get to pick the Broadway songs they will hear each week!
This Sunday, February 8th, marks the beginning of an all-new revue dedicated to Broadway music. The show is called Broadway Jukebox, an ever-changing revue of Broadway music on Sunday nights at 6:30 PM that will feature a different trio of musical theater stars every week, each offering a brand new slate of songs. Further, in the spirit of the show's title, the audience will get to pick the Broadway songs they will hear each week!