207 stories by "Andrew Poretz"
Dancing with the Stars favorite Kym Johnson makes a dazzling cabaret debut at 54 Below, mixing fancy footwork, cheeky humor, charming vocals, and a few surprises.
By Andrew Poretz... Gunhild Carling turns a night of traditional jazz at City Winery into a wild vaudeville romp, with dazzling musicianship and surprises at every turn.
Singer and pianist Chris Autore returns to Don\'t Tell Mama on November 8th with a piano-only show, with guest singer Goldie Dver.
By Scott Penn... Melissa Errico brings wit, warmth, and glorious vocals to Provincetown in The Streisand Effect, her deeply personal homage to Barbra Streisand.
By Andrew Poretz... With holiday standards, hilarious parodies, original songs and infectious good humor, Debi Toni\'s Naughty \'n\' Nice proved that Christmas spirit isn\'t limited to Decem…
By Andrew Poretz... Jazz singer and songwriter Deanna Kirk and storyteller Lisa Faith Phillips teamed up at Pangea to bring the songs and lives of Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand to life.
Brazilian guitarist and composer Yamandu Costa is a seven-string guitar virtuoso. He first studied guitar at age 7 with his father, Algacir Costa, band leader of “Os Fronteiriços,” his …
By Andrew Poretz . . . Gabrielle Cavassa is an intriguing young singer with a unique style and repertoire. Though formally trained, she is largely self-taught, and her blend of traditional j…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Nicolas King, at long last, made his solo cabaret debut at 54 Below on April 28: Behind the Mike: Celebrating the Memory and Iconic Arrangements of Mike Renzi. This ma…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Andrea McArdle first shot to fame at 13 as the lead star of Annie on Broadway in 1977. She is now part of the Legends in Residency series at The Laurie Beechman Theatr…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Mult-hyphenate performer, producer, speaker and TV host Quinn Lemley finished her latest run of The Heat is On! A Life in Concert at The Triad Theater in March. The on…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Mary Porter has been making the scene here in New York with several well-attended and excellent performances at 54 Below. This writer, who reviewed her November show f…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Where does one hear music by the likes of Sam Cooke, Scott Joplin, George and Ira Gershwin, Willie Nelson, Irving Berlin, Talking Heads and Brian Eno, James Weldon Joh…
By Andrew Poretz . . . . Italian singer Mafalda Minnozzi (who goes by her first name) and New York guitarist Paul Ricci returned to Pangea last week with a sold-out show, Courageous Voices: …
By Andrew Poretz . . . The New York Pops, under the direction of Maestro Steven Reineke, hit gold again with their latest concert, If I Ain't Got You: The Best of R&B, celebrating some o…
By Andrew Poretz, with photos and videos by Melissa Griegel Photography The 2026 Kleban Prize winners were presented at February 2nd at ASCAP's Manhattan headquarters, with a tasty spread. T…
By Andrew Poretz (Photos: Melissa Griegel Photography) Theater Pizzazz was on hand for this week's press event at the historic Players Club for That's Love!, the Dorothy Dandridge musical th…
By Andrew Poretz . . . The New York Pops, under the direction of Maestro Steven Reineke, presented its annual holiday concert on December 19 and 20 at Carnegie Hall. Performed before a full …
By Andrew Poretz . . . Mia Vassilev, who goes by her first name, made her 54 Below debut with her retro, high-energy Keys on Fire! on December 9. The pianist extraordinaire has performed thr…
Every December, New York City overflows with holiday entertainment, from intimate cabaret shows to the full-scale spectacle of Radio City. Having seen more than my share"some mawkish, some m…
By Andrew Poretz . . . The New York Pops orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Steven Reineke, is one of the hippest and exciting orchestras out there, with innovative programs and darin…
By Andrew Poretz . . . There probably isn't a reader of Theater Pizzazz who has never seen some version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in film, television, or even animation (Mister M…
By Walter Murphy Every year the Christmas Spectacular Featuring the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall wows audiences. This year's show, and its opening night, was even more spectacula…
By Andrew Poretz . . . . "A playwright confuses her opening night and is faced with an audience expecting to be entertained. As she pulls ideas out of her ass, an array of compelling charact…
By Walter Murphy … Celtic Christmas " A Taste of Ireland, which ran earlier this month at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, offers a smorgasbord of Irish artistry, step dancing, …
