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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Pooled Resources: The Legacy of Waverly Waverly and Oh Johnny by Andrew Martin

Those who are not native-born to New York City, and even a sizable number of those who are, often have difficulty making head or tail of the pattern of the streets in Greenwich Village’s w…

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 06:49PM
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

BWW Reviews: Sikes Makes Garland-Style Comeback at 54 Below on September 18th by Andrew Martin

Two decades ago, cabaret was mesmerized by the sudden presence of a phenomenal male vocalist by the name of Tom Andersen, who quickly found himself not merely an overnight sensation in the c…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AM
Monday, May 25, 2015

Sweet, Sweet, Sweet! "Charlie" is a Champion! by Andrew Martin

Review of Play "My Sweet Charlie"

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:58PM

"Only Love Will Do" Does Beautifully by Andrew Martin

It's a great joy, when reviewing an Off-Off-Broadway play, to discover both a great new playwright and a brilliant ensemble of actors. Only Love Will Do offers all that, and more, in unspea…

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:58PM

Oh, What a Tangled Web!! by Andrew Martin

Your humble reporter is almost loathe to even discuss this because it's such a potential tragedy for the new Broadway season, but after all these weeks of waiting for Spider-man: Turn Off th…

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:58PM

Sharp Blade Gillett Takes Flight Over Carnelian Triumph by Andrew Martin

The very early 1990s were indeed a mystical and exciting moment to be taking part in the wonderful world of cabaret; in a given week and at several clubs spread over varying degrees of econo…

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:58PM
Monday, April 6, 2015

Julie, Julie, Julie, How We Loved You. Julie, Julie, Julie, How You Cared by Andrew Martin

The first time I even heard the name Julie Wilson, I was twelve. I’d begun saving my allowance every month to make a trip to the old Disc-O-Mat record store in the city on 58th and 3rd…

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Saturday, March 7, 2015

The Reluctant Legend: A Glimpse of Stone by Andrew Martin

Elly Stone would most likely be the last person on earth to ever call herself a living legend, either publicly or privately. But she is indeed. And how. Best known as the definitive interpre…

SOURCE: themartinreport.wordpress.com at 12:17AM
Sunday, February 8, 2015

The Godspell Experience…And My Personal Position Therein by Andrew Martin

I’m writing this piece in the first person, which many know I’m not usually wont to do. It simply isn’t my way as a journalist, because I was taught that the best way to ex…

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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Rosemary Loar's New Show is "Sting"-tastic! Alert The Police! by Andrew Martin

Chanteuse Rosemary Loar has been delighting audiences for well over three decades, not merely in cabaret but also on Broadway, and even more recently proved herself adept as a major develope…

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:37PM

B Is For Bargman, Bee Is For Bee-youtiful by Andrew Martin

Every once in a glorious while, a cabaret entertainer comes along that makes the spectator gasp, "How is it that I've never heard of this person before?" So it goes with Sandra Bargman, a dy…

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:34AM
Friday, August 29, 2014

Reading IS Fundamental! by Andrew Martin

Sometimes, when you’re an actor, you get an invitation to appear in what’s known as “a reading.” This is where a playwright arranges for a space for a new script of t…

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Friday, March 28, 2014

“MFA vs NYC”: Both, Probably by Andrew Martin

I learned more about writing fiction in one semester at school than I did in three years of writing in New York.

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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Getting Right Down to the Nitty Gritty…with Bobby Banas! by Andrew Martin

A certain clip on YouTube recently went extremely viral on the Internet, showing a sextette of dancers in 1964 on Judy Garland’s weekly CBS Sunday night program engaging in an energeti…

SOURCE: themartinreport.wordpress.com at 01:31PM
Saturday, February 9, 2013

R.I.P. Kathi Moss: A Beautiful Woman Is Lost To Us | The Andrew Martin Report by Andrew Martin

Among the other legendary talents to be borne from the show was a very robust young lady by the name of Kathi Moss, who memorably created the role of Cha-Cha Di Gregorio and managed to virtu…

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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Concertgoing: This is My Life by Andrew Martin

One of the most wondrous things about growing up in a showbiz family is that from a very early age you find yourself attending concerts. If you’re even luckier, those concerts encompass a …

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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012

Golden Jubilee for a Hallowed Hall by Andrew Martin

In 1985, cabaret unwittingly found a new fair-haired boy in their midst. Kevin Scott Hall had arrived in New York City from Maine in his early twenties, and seemingly wasted no time in estab…

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Friday, June 29, 2012

Toto? Now I KNOW We’re Not in Kansas Anymore by Andrew Martin

Adaptations of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, both legitimate versions for children’s theater/school plays and humorous adult parodies, have been a staple of American theater …

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Oh, Kaye!!! by Andrew Martin

If the MAC Awards have become known as the Tonys of cabaret, the Bistro Awards have certainly become its equally-glittering counterpart. Launched in 1985 by the late and legendary cabaret jo…

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Closing of Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room a Death Knell? "No!!" Shout NYC's Cabaretfolk by Andrew Martin

By now it's no secret that the Marriott Corporation, which is taking the helm in renovating New York City's historic Algonquin Hotel on West 44th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, has …

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:43PM
Friday, December 23, 2011

Velez-Mitchell's "Temple" is SANCTIFIED!!! by Andrew Martin

Anybody who makes the careless statement, "There is no such thing anymore as a quality musical in New York by unknown songwriters," has clearly not visited the West End Theatre at 263 West 8…

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Saturday, December 10, 2011

"unFRAMED" is Priceless! by Andrew Martin

The All For One Theater Festival, a series of solo shows which ran throughout November at Theatre 80 St Marks, is one of those events that prove in lush detail, that theatrical innovation wi…

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 02:38AM
Monday, November 21, 2011

Tragic? No. Macabre? Yes. Entertaining? Absolutely! by Andrew Martin

Producer/director/artist Rachel Klein can be called nothing else besides one of the most innovative young people on the modern downtown scene. Over the last four seasons, she has emerged as …

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:16AM
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

McArdle, McIntyre, Finley et al Make "Greenwood" Glisten and Gleam at NYMF Closing by Andrew Martin

Ninety-nine times out of every one hundred, attending a theatre camp proves a life-changing experience for those involved; while other more "normal" kids are happy to spend their summers inv…

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:55AM
Monday, October 17, 2011

Stepp's Sublime "Siren" Triumphs at TNC by Andrew Martin

Playwright Walt Stepp has, in the last few seasons, established himself as an unquestionable powerhouse of the Off-Off-Broadway scene, with culturally-historical themes ranging from Mark Twa…

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 07:42PM
Friday, October 14, 2011

"Breakdown" Broadway Bound? Barely. But... by Andrew Martin

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (more popularly referred to by its acronym NYMF) has, for the last eight years, become a highlight at the start of the city's theatre season every autum…

SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 02:06PM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards