The title of Megan Loughran’s recent show at Don’t Tell Mama, “I Sing Standing Up,” gives a sly indication of the show’s content. Her act was a hybrid. It was, at base, a stand-up comedy show, but there were songs sprinkled throughout—some (but not a …Read more

With “Johnny Mercer: Trav’lin’ Light” (directed by Peter Napolitano and presented at Urban Stages’ Winter Rhythms festival), Minda Larsen offered a reboot of a program of songs with lyrics by Mercer that she had first presented in Manhattan at the Me …Read more

The fact that Jack Bartholet has a big, flamboyant, impressive-sounding voice became evident a mere measure or two into “Nature Boy” (eden ahbez), the first number of his recent Duplex show, “Two Drink Minimum.” The young singer let loose with a batt …Read more

As part of its Winter Rhythms festival, Urban Stages presented “Until Now…The Songs of Ron Abel and Chuck Steffan” with a starry cast and an instrumental trio featuring Abel on piano, Tom Hubbard on bass, and Rex Benincasa on drums.  Abel has arrange …Read more

A rising star in Australian cabaret, Analisa Bell brought her show “Perthonality 2.0” (she’s from Perth, get it?) to the Duplex in November after having debuted it at the Metropolitan Room in August. Urged by her mentor, Faith Prince, to come to New …Read more

Back in the last century, in the pre-digital 70’s, I used to love to frequent New York’s numerous record stores in search of new and exciting artists, taking chances on an album because of a certain song, an arranger, a producer, even a back-up singe …Read more

We were so impressed with Seth Sikes’ Judy Garland show (read our review) that we just couldn’t resist picking his brain about all things Judy! Pick Your Top 5 Judy Garland songs: One wants to not pick the obvious for this, but then one would be negl …Read more

The sensational Andrea Marcovicci will celebrate her birthday by giving her fans the gift of her voice and storytelling. On November 18th and 19th, the legendary entertainer will bring her new show, Let’s Get Lost, to Feinstein’s/54 Below. As a pre-c …Read more

At the Sinatra Centennial Celebration that took place at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on October 24, Michael Feinstein expressed he wanted to pay tribute to someone who “has influenced every singer who came after him, whether they know …Read more

The talented and affable Tim Connell, in his cabaret show Here’s the Thing… at Don’t Tell Mama, shares songs and stories about the diversity of life’s moments.  An accomplished singer, dancer and actor with Broadway, Off Broadway and National tour cr …Read more