Broadway’s Jarrod Spector has been living that jukebox life from the ripe age of three. Inspired by the music of his parents, Spector’s journey has taken him from Star Search to the Great White Way. Starring in hits such as Jersey Boys and Beautiful: …Read more
With a seamless blend of songs and stories that will break your heart or make you laugh until you plotz, cabaret singer Risa Finkel is just terrific in her new show Moment to Moment at Pangea, a sweet boîte in the East Village. Statuesque, with a gl …Read more
After premiering his solo show at Feinstein’s/54 Below this spring, Jay Armstrong Johnson will make his return — just in time for Halloween! The talented actor who has graced the screen and stage in ABC’s Quantico and Broadway’s On the Town just rel …Read more
Opening her show It’s Today with the Jerry Herman song from Mame of the same title, cabaret singer Laura Jean Fumia turned Don’t Tell Mama’s back room into her own personal living room as she sang a set filled with songs from the Golden Age of musica …Read more
When I heard about this show, I had a feeling it would be fun and cute – and I wasn’t disappointed. “Those Girls” consists of four bright, bubbly and super-talented ladies who are veteran cabaret performers. Each of them brings a wit and charm to the …Read more
Over fifty years of a life lived in the theatre stands before this audience tonight. The eyes I look into have seen the likes of which most of us New York City theatre devotees can only imagine. He’s seen it all and done it all. Probably. He’d never …Read more
At the start of their current new show at Don’t Tell Mama, Anya Turner, the lead-vocal half of this married couple’s self-written evening of what she calls “modern cabaret” songs, acknowledges that this description might just be an oxymoron. Not to w …Read more
David Vernon’s new show is terrific. Before I elaborate, I’d like to back up to 2005, when I was introduced to his artistry through his CD “By Myself…” I was taken with his voice—pure, ethereal, hauntingly beautiful. I was struck by his eclectic musi …Read more
A comedian, actor, and author, Loni Love is probably best known as a panelist on television’s talk fest The Real. Her brand of stand-up may not necessarily stick out in a crowd—she trades in traditional comic staples: race and ethnicity, politics, re …Read more
Lindsey Brett Carothers has been in a number of musicals, among them the off-Broadway hit Mad Libs, and she has guest-starred in a number of cabaret reviews and tributes. (I first saw her at the Duplex in the ongoing series Madame Mathieu’s Soirée; s …Read more
