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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Movie Review: She's Everything He Wants, and Therein Lies the Problem by Stephen Holden

"Ruby Sparks," written by and starring Zoe Kazan, is a variation of the Pygmalion myth, featuring Paul Dano as a struggling novelist.

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Monday, July 23, 2012

Music Review: Alice Ripley at the Metropolitan Room by Stephen Holden

For Alice Ripley, who is performing at the Metropolitan Room, tricky questions of musical identity arise.

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Friday, July 13, 2012

Feinstein's Supper Club Is Set to Close by Stephen Holden

The high-end cabaret will close on Dec. 31 because of renovations at the Loews Regency Hotel.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Music Review: Ben Vereen at 54 Below by Stephen Holden

Ben Vereen's show at the Broadway cabaret 54 Below reflects his upbeat philosophy.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Music Review: Brian d'Arcy James at 54 Below by Stephen Holden

Brian d'Arcy James is performing "Under the Influence" at 54 Below through Saturday.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Music Review: Laura Osnes at Café Carlyle by Stephen Holden

Laura Osnes mixed Broadway standards like "Till There Was You" and "A Wonderful Guy" with more eclectic fare at her New York cabaret debut at Café Carlyle.

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Music Review: Songs of Innocence and Aspiration by Stephen Holden

The young performer Alex Getlin sang on Monday night about ambition, determination and big dreams.

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Music Review: Patti LuPone Is First Headliner at the Cabaret 54 Below by Stephen Holden

Patti LuPone's "Far Away Places" is the first show at the cabaret 54 Below.

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Friday, June 8, 2012

Music Review: Crooning and Swinging in a Night of Reinvention by Stephen Holden

Michael Feinstein hosted a Jazz at Lincoln Center program that explored how popular standards have been torn apart and remade as jazz.

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Music Review: Singing Wholesome Lyrics, Depending on Your Ears by Stephen Holden

"Into the Garden," Maude Maggart's new show at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, looks at double-entendres and double meanings in lyric writing.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Music Review: 'Sound of Music' Carnegie Gala With Orchestra of St. Luke's by Stephen Holden

A concert performance of "The Sound of Music," a benefit for Carnegie Hall, was lavish but serene, an all-star event without star performances.

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Music Review: Intense Swings of Whimsy and Romance by Stephen Holden

At Café Carlyle, Clint Holmes acts out songs by Paul Simon and Cole Porter with the sweaty intensity of a man flirting with an emotional breakdown.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

New Music: A New Album From Billy Hart and the Soundtrack to 'Once' by Nate Chinen and Stephen Holden

Whether or not you're a purist who prefers the intimate movie soundtrack for "Once" to the more polished Broadway cast recording, both defy pop music's trend toward ever larger, louder, more…

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Donald F. Smith, Champion of Cabaret, Dies at 79 by Stephen Holden

Donald F. Smith, a champion of high-style cabaret who founded both the Mabel Mercer Foundation and the New York Cabaret Convention, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 79. The cause was con…

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Friday, March 9, 2012

Music Review: A Little Sweet, a Little Bitter, a Little Broadway by Stephen Holden

Marissa Mulder won a competition at the Metropolitan Room, and now she's back, with a trio, singing about dreams and illusions.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Movie Review: 'Shakespeare High,' With Kevin Spacey by Stephen Holden

A state competition for California high school students is the subject of Alex Rotaru's documentary "Shakespeare High."

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Music Review: Judy Kuhn at Feinstein's at Loews Regency by Stephen Holden

Judy Kuhn, performing at Feinstein's through Saturday, is able to convey a great deal of emotion with minimal acting.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Music Review: Eric Michael Gillett and La Tanya Hall at Feinstein's by Stephen Holden

"Nothing to Lose but Your Heart," a show by Eric Michael Gillett and La Tanya Hall, features the songs of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Music Review: Laura Benanti's American Songbook Night at the Allen Room by Stephen Holden

Laura Benanti, the Tony-winning actress and singer, gave the final concert in the season's American Songbook series at the Allen Room on Saturday.

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Music Review: With Wisdom in Her Tunes by Stephen Holden

The Lincoln Center American Songbook series has ended its season with the British musical theater star Elaine Paige in her New York concert debut.

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Music Review: Elaine Paige at the Allen Room, Friendly and Confessional by Stephen Holden

The Lincoln Center American Songbook series has ended its season with the British musical theater star Elaine Paige in her New York concert debut.

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Movie Review: 'Carol Channing: Larger Than Life,' by Dori Berinstein by Stephen Holden

"Carol Channing: Larger Than Life," a documentary by Dori Berinstein, chronicles the career of that theatrical clown "with huge saucer eyes, gigantic red lips and a massive smile."

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Sometimes Even the Experts Can Be Fooled by Stephen Holden

What was thought to be an unpublished song by Irving Berlin turns out to have been composed in 1926 by the team of Lew Brown and Cliff Friend.

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Monday, January 23, 2012

Music Review: Michael Cerveris in American Songbook Series - Review by Stephen Holden

In the American Songbook series on Saturday evening Michael Cerveris, of "Assassins" and "Sweeney Todd" fame, affected the look but not the attitude of a rambling musician from way back.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Music Review: 'Hamilton Mixtape,' by Lin-Manuel Miranda, at Allen Room by Stephen Holden

Lin-Manuel Miranda performed "The Hamilton Mixtape," his hip-hop song cycle about the life and death of Alexander Hamilton, at the Allen Room.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Music Review: Jaunty Songs That Reveal a Bleaker Reality by Stephen Holden

The songs of Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn open the Lyrics & Lyricists season at the 92nd Street Y.

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Friday, December 2, 2011

Music Review: Benevolent Monarchs Of the Songbook Realm by Stephen Holden

Michael Feinstein and Barbara Cook shared musical lore and popular standards onstage at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Music Review: Hard Reality of Nostalgia, Laid Bare by Stephen Holden

Baby Jane Dexter's "Still Bad, Still Blue" at the Metropolitan Room resurrects, to some degree, her 1996 act, "Big, Bad and Blue."

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Music Review: 'Cotton Club Parade' at City Center: A Hothouse of Swing by Stephen Holden

In "Cotton Club Parade," the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra joins singers and dancers to bring the swing to classics of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Music Review: This World Can Be Far From Easy, and It's Time for You to Face That Truth by Stephen Holden

"Stories With Piano #3" at Feinstein's at Loews Regency features Bebe Neuwirth in her illusion-breaking mode.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Music Review: Tribute to the Man of 'Mame' and 'Dolly' by Stephen Holden

The 83-year-old powerhouse Marilyn Maye is performing an all-Jerry Herman program at Feinstein's at Loews Regency through Saturday.

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