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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Music Review: Still Flying Beyond Gravity's Pull by Stephen Holden

Idina Menzel performed at Carnegie Hall on Sunday night, accompanied by the Orchestra of St. Lukes under the direction of Rod Mounsey.

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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Music Review: 'W. S. Gilbert and Broadway He Inspired' at 92nd Street Y by Stephen Holden

For the first time in its four-decade existence the 92nd Street Y's Lyrics & Lyricists series devoted a program to W. S. Gilbert.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Music Review: Linda Lavin at 54 Below by Stephen Holden

Linda Lavin, the actress and singer, demonstrated passion, vigor and versatility in her show at 54 Below.

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Friday, January 4, 2013

Music Review: 'Chorus Line' Cassie, Where She Left Off by Stephen Holden

Donna McKechnie's new cabaret show extends the story of her "Chorus Line" character, Cassie, into the present.

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Music Review: Donna McKechnie in 'Same Place: Another Time,' at 54 Below by Stephen Holden

Donna McKechnie's new cabaret show extends the story of her "Chorus Line" character, Cassie, into the present.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Music Review: Sun Pokes Through the Rage by Stephen Holden

Justin Vivian Bond mixes pessimism with optimism in a show at 54 Below.

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Music Review: Singing All the Way to Blasé by Stephen Holden

The singer Steve Tyrell, in his cabaret show at the Café Carlyle, resurrected the gold age of the swinger.

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Friday, November 9, 2012

Movie Review | 'Coming Up Roses': Tarnished New Beginnings by Stephen Holden

In Lisa Albright's turgid family drama, Bernadette Peters plays a faded Broadway diva with two daughters who starts life over in a rented, graffiti-scarred shack in Nashua, N.H.

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Music Review: Peopling the Stage With the Characters He Sings by Stephen Holden

Brian Stokes Mitchell, performing at Alice Tully Hall for an Actors Fund benefit, makes songs into detailed character studies of carnival barkers and knights.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Music Review: Sherie Rene Scott at 54 Below by Stephen Holden

The age-old struggle between humanity's higher and lower impulses is the subject of Sherie Rene Scott's very personal show, "Piece of Meat."

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Music Review: Sad Songs, at Their Wit's End by Stephen Holden

Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano, performing at the Metropolitan Room, combine midnight reveries and lighter numbers with mixed success.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Music Review: This Time It's the Women Giving the Business by Stephen Holden

Betty Buckley's new show at Feinstein's at Loews Regency is rich in musical theater lore and spicy autobiographical tidbits.

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A Cheerful Self-Help Program, Delivered in Song by Stephen Holden

The singer Andrea Marcovicci, long a fixture at the Oak Room, appeared to be invigorated by her new surroundings at the Café Carlyle.

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Music Review: A Polite Crooner Capable of Boogie-Woogie Fire by Stephen Holden

In "Making Love Songs" Tony DeSare brings his original tunes and some standards to 54 Below.

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Music Review: Jason Robert Brown at 54 Below by Stephen Holden

The singer-songwriter-playwright Jason Robert Brown performed a set of his songs that are just short of being cabaret staples at 54 Below.

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Music Review: Marin Mazzie's Cabaret Show at 54 Below by Stephen Holden

Marin Mazzie, in her show at 54 Below, uses cabaret as a time machine to revisit her musical past.

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Music Review: Two Veterans Give a Nod to a Talented Youngster by Stephen Holden

Michael Feinstein and Marilyn Maye, delivering pop and jazz standards at Feinstein's, are a perfect show-business fit.

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Movie Review: Cocaine and Alcohol Fuel a Trip Down the Aisle by Stephen Holden

"Bachelorette," the film version of Leslye Headland's play, comes at you with the crackling intensity of machine-gun fire.

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Movie Review: 'Bachelorette' by Leslye Headland, With Kirsten Dunst by Stephen Holden

"Bachelorette," the film version of Leslye Headland's play, comes at you with the crackling intensity of machine-gun fire.

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Friday, August 24, 2012

Music Review: Singing for Siri, and Others, With Humor by Stephen Holden

Raissa Katona Bennett brings new songs and standards to Feinstein's at Loews Regency for her show there, "Another Kind of Light."

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Music Review: Two Vestiges of Vaudeville by Stephen Holden

"The Prince and the Show Boy," at 54 Below, features Faith Prince and Jason Graae.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Music Review: 'The Prince and the Show Boy' at 54 Below by Stephen Holden

"The Prince and the Show Boy," at 54 Below, features Faith Prince and Jason Graae.

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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Music Review: Adding Stevie Nicks and Paul Simon, Then Setting the Songbook to Shuffle by Stephen Holden

Hilary Kole mixes cabaret, jazz and pop, and sings originals and works by Elvis Costello, Stevie Nicks and George Michael, in a set at 54 Below.

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Friday, August 17, 2012

Music Review: It's 'Amore,' Her Father's Way by Stephen Holden

Deana Martin, a daughter of Dean Martin, brings her show "Deana Sings Dino" to Feinstein's at Loews Regency.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

ArtsBeat: Marvin Hamlisch, the Pro's Pro by Stephen Holden

The composer was often overlooked because he put solid work ahead of personal self-expression.

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Music Review: In the Light and Dark Corners of Poetry and Blues by Stephen Holden

Norbert Leo Butz, a complex musical personality with the soul of a bluesman, performed songs by Van Morrison, Tom Waits and others in a show at 54 Below.

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Monday, August 6, 2012

Music Review: Norbert Leo Butz in Cabaret at 54 Below by Stephen Holden

Norbert Leo Butz, a complex musical personality with the soul of a bluesman, performed songs by Van Morrison, Tom Waits and others in a show at 54 Below.

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Thursday, August 2, 2012