Truth in advertising is always welcome, when it comes to cabaret shows as much as anywhere else. For her recent show at Don’t Tell Mama, “Lynda Rodolitz Is Off Her Rocker,” the subject certainly nailed her self-description. Oh, she may not be certifi …Read more

Love—you impossible thing! Elusive? Obviously. But sometimes you can also be slippery even to define. Your borders are often blurry and difficult to trace. Andrea Axelrod explores this particular conundrum in her new show at the Metropolitan Room: “A …Read more

Versatile soprano and chanteuse Wren Marie Harrington’s show Tropic of Broadway at the Metropolitan Room creates some summer heat with a Latin beat as she takes us on a musical tour of songs from both the American and Global songbooks.  Along with a …Read more

I first saw How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying when I was, oh, probably 5 years old. I remember watching it on my parent’s color TV (Yes kids, there was a time when we had Black & White TV’s!). I don’t know what it was, maybe the co …Read more

Before I get into my review of Tony-winner/rocker Lena Hall’s new show, “Oh! You Pretty Things,” at the Café Carlyle, I think I need to present a few personal bona fides. I saw the first New York performance of Janis Joplin (with Big Brother and the …Read more

Leaning about your family history can be fascinating. But how often will strangers share your enthusiasm for stories about the lives of your parents and grandparents? Not especially often, I would guess. Claudine Cassan-Jellison beat the odds with “J …Read more

“Marilyn in Fragments”—Marissa Mulder’s new show, directed by Sondra Lee and performed at the Laurie Beechman Theatre—doesn’t follow the format of an ordinary cabaret “tribute” show. In her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe, Mulder doesn’t break character …Read more

Barrett Foa has established a successful career in television in Los Angeles as a co-star of NCIS: Los Angeles and as a recurring character on Entourage, but he remains, in his own words, “a musical theatre addict” who’s been “jonesing” to be back in …Read more

Closing out this year’s Brits Off Broadway festival at 59E59 Theaters is the hilarious, daring, and brilliant Dillie Keane. Founder of the one-and-only British comedy singing group, Fascinating Aïda, Ms. Keane used her sass and gutsy persona to turn …Read more

Who doesn’t like the Andrews Sisters? There have been many three-girl vocal groups since, and the newest on the scene is the New York Nightingales, with a really fun throwback USO type of show that played Memorial Day called “Salute the Troops!”.  Th …Read more