A photo advertising “Other People’s Parties”—the recent solo cabaret debut of William TN Hall, at The Duplex—shows a hangdog Hall slumped at a bar, nursing a drink with one hand and propping up a cigarette with the other. His expression is that of a …Read more
StageBuddy host Richard Skipper interviews Lillias White, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marilyn Maye and many, many more celebrities on the Red Carpet of the 30th Annual Bistro Awards! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhqeaDoX5Fs&feature=youtu.be More intervie …Read more
The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs announced it’s 2015 nominees for the 29th annual awards show. Heeeeere;s the video…! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnyzqME6v3U#t=184
Earlier this winter the Metropolitan Room generated much publicity for setting the Guinness record for longest variety show ever. With Tim Realbuto’s “Bookseller in the Rain: A Tribute to the Music of Maury Yeston,” the club may well have quietly att …Read more
“With Love from Deeds and DIVA,” the Valentine’s weekend show at the Iridium, paired West Coast contemporary jazz singer Diane Schuur with the New York City-based DIVA Jazz Orchestra (15 strong for this booking) on songs about love, appropriately to …Read more
Have you ever met a person who’s the Mayor of something? You know, THAT GUY. The one people might know as the Mayor of East 3rd street. Or the Resident Emperor of the local bagel shop. Always holding court with multitudes of people as they come in an …Read more
One of the most appealing things about “3 Decades in the Dark—Raissa and Kenneth Go to the Movies” (at the Laurie Beechman Theatre) is the easy camaraderie that performers Raissa Katona Bennett and Kenneth Gartman have with each other. The longtime f …Read more
Many cabaret artists appropriate all sorts of songs to illustrate their life stories. But judging from her very winning recent show (a reprise from 2011-2012) at 54 Below, Marin Mazzie may be the only singer who chronicles her first two decades of mu …Read more
Tim Di Pasqua, a veteran singer/songwriter in New York’s cabaret scene for over two decades (by way of his origins in San Francisco), took to the small stage in Don’t Tell Mama’s brick room to deliver a show consisting solely of his own compositions. …Read more
In her astonishing new show at the Metropolitan Room, “New York State of Mind: The Songs of Billy Joel,” Pamela Lewis both did admirable justice to the prolific composer/performer and re-interpreted his songs as singularly her own. Offering new, vibr …Read more
