Entering through the house wearing a bonnet full of sunflowers and a long black coat over a black catsuit and boots, Sandra Bargman knew how to make an entrance and you got the feeling you were in for a very different kind of cabaret show. On that sc …Read more

I first heard Anna Anderson—a recent arrival from Arizona—perform at the November 3 Gala show at the Duplex, where she was on the bill with a number of other performers featured at that club in 2014; that night she sang an appealingly saucy version o …Read more

“Go Where the Love Is,” the title song of Kim Grogg’s current show at Don’t Tell Mama, speaks volumes. First, it establishes her as a solid, self-confident singer of infectious MidWestern warmth. Second, it neatly establishes the theme and content of …Read more

Anthony Santelmo Jr. has a welcoming presence that can make you feel at times that he is singing especially to and for you. He’s a big guy with a big voice, a big personality, and, it seems, a big heart—and his talent is certainly abundant. The title …Read more

With his recent show exploring the life and career of entertainer Anthony Newley (at Stage 72 at The Triad), British singer-dancer-actor-writer Jon Peterson reminded the audience just how thrilling a well-executed tribute performance can be. In part …Read more

Barb Jungr is a great interpreter of songs. She is every bit as iconic as the singer/songwriters she chooses to translate and reinterpret. She’s a rock star; she looks and feels like the girl next door or your mom—if your mom were Patti Smith or Joni …Read more

Shepley Metcalf, cabaret and jazz vocalist, treated her audience to a delightful set of relatively unknown songs from the 1930’s to the 1950’s at the Metropolitan Room on Saturday night. Celebrating the release of her third CD, Don’t Bother to Knock, …Read more

For a dose of very adult Halloween entertainment (seriously, leave the kids at home for this one), I wholeheartedly recommend that your get your costumed butt over to St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo and snag tickets to one of the final performances of T …Read more

The 25th anniversary edition of the NYC Cabaret Convention, presented by the Mabel Mercer Foundation, took place October 20-23 at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Robert Windeler, Kevin Scott Hall, and Mark Dundas Wood covered the four nig …Read more

Fred Astaire’s relaxed grace on the dance floor spilled over into his whole onscreen persona—including his work as a singer. For Astaire, the bridge between speaking and singing was really nothing but a couple of steppingstones, over which he lightly …Read more