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

For listeners like me with fond memories of Janis Siegel’s soaring, raucous gospel-jive vocals on Manhattan Transfer’s big 1975 hit “Operator,” the prospect of hearing her in an intimate setting like Jazz at Kitano was enticing. She did not disappoin …Read more

For a decade Kimberly Faye Greenberg has been channeling the spirit and music of the great comedy icon Fanny Brice. With two successful recordings and three separate productions based on Brice’s life to her credit, it is easy to see how Greenberg is …Read more

These days the worlds of stand-up comedy and cabaret in New York City may occasionally intersect, but mostly, it seems, they just sort of brush up against one another. The Duplex, however, is one cabaret venue where stand-up shows crop up fairly ofte …Read more

Newly minted American citizen Karen Jacobsen (born and raised in Australia) celebrated by bringing her pared-down but classy act to Stage 72 recently. Effortlessly charming, Jacobsen is an accomplished singer, pianist, and songwriter, and on this par …Read more

Two Cheyenne Jacksons are making their Café Carlyle debut: Cheyenne Jackson the handsome actor-singer of stage, film, and television; and Cheyenne Jackson the man, who has faced a number of personal challenges and tells us about them. Headliners at t …Read more

The temperature is a frigid 10 degrees as I make my way to midtown to meet with journeymen actors and Broadway funny-men Michael Kostroff (The Nance, HBO’s The Wire) and Eric Leviton (Kinky Boots, The Full Monty) to talk about their upcoming show A L …Read more