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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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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Music Review: Marilyn Maye at Feinstein’s - Review 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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Monday, November 7, 2011

Music Review: Fusions in Song and Life by Stephen Holden

Instead of science fiction, think of it as alchemy. That is one way to view John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey’s brilliant new show, “When Worlds Collide.”

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Friday, October 28, 2011

Music Review: An Eternal Optimist Plumbs Some Demons by Stephen Holden

Amanda McBroom, the Los Angeles cabaret singer and composer of “The Rose,” is performing at the Metropolitan Room.

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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Audra McDonald at Carnegie Hall - Review by Stephen Holden

The soprano Audra McDonald, who has been away in the realm of television, showed her singing chops at Carnegie Hall on Saturday evening.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Music Review: A Bobby Short Tribute Is Exuberant and Reverent by Stephen Holden

Clint Holmes presents a tribute to Bobby Short at the Café Carlyle, his musical home for decades.

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Friday, October 7, 2011

Music Review: A Singer Asks, Why Can’t a Man Be More Like a Woman? by Stephen Holden

Betty Buckley’s two sides, Broadway diva and quasi-jazz experimentalist, meet in her show at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Music Review: Betty Buckley at Feinstein’s - Review by Stephen Holden

Betty Buckley’s two sides, Broadway diva and quasi-jazz experimentalist, meet in her show at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Music Review: Swinging and Growling to an Optimistic Beat by Stephen Holden

Tony Bennett played the Metropolitan Opera on Sunday evening, conjuring an American spirit that has little to do with the hypercompetitive excesses of our new gilded age.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Music Review: Elaine Stritch at Café Carlyle - Review by Stephen Holden

The ever-resilient Elaine Stritch is performing an all-Sondheim program at Café Carlyle and embracing those pesky obstacles that come with age.

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Music Review: Where Showmanship Meets One-Upmanship, Singers Seek a Partnership by Stephen Holden

Although Michael Feinstein and Linda Eder have strong, steady voices, the only times they blended comfortably in their show at Feinstein’s were in the program’s quieter moments.

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Music Review: A Harlow for the New Era by Stephen Holden

Emily Bergl’s cabaret material comes from a broad range of sources: the Andrews Sisters and June Christy, Lily Allen and Madonna.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

An Appraisal: Igniting a Revolution, Starting with ‘Hound Dog’ by STEPHEN HOLDEN

The songwriter Jerry Leiber broke through social barriers to usher in Elvis and rock ’n’ roll.

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Friday, August 5, 2011

A Songwriter, Still on the Line by STEPHEN HOLDEN

In his cabaret show at Feinstein’s, Jimmy Webb, a polished pop crooner, illustrated songs with his piano playing and his storytelling.

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Saluting a Radio Man Who’s One of a Kind by STEPHEN HOLDEN

The guitar whiz John Pizzarelli and his wife, the singer Jessica Molaskey, host “All in Good Time,” a tribute to the New York radio personality Jonathan Schwartz.

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Playing a Jukebox Full of Show Tunes by STEPHEN HOLDEN

Neil Berg, whose “Broadway Showstoppers and the Songs of Neil Berg” is at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, has never had songs in a Broadway show.

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Friday, July 1, 2011

Finding His Inner Child, Cowboy and Housewife by STEPHEN HOLDEN

Eric Michael Gillett assumes a number of personalities from musicals written, or partly written, by Craig Carnelia (“Sweet Smell of Success,” “Imaginary Friends”).

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

A Room of Her Own, for the Right Song by STEPHEN HOLDEN

The glamorous Nicole Henry, whose style recalls a young Natalie Cole, was in a comfortable pop-jazz mood at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Alice Playten, an Actress of Small Frame, Big Voice, Dies at 63 by STEPHEN HOLDEN

Ms. Playten played Baby Louise in the original “Gypsy” and was nominated for a Tony for “Henry, Sweet Henry.”

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Music Review: Starting With Perkiness, Then Leaping Beyond It by Stephen Holden

The singer Lea Salonga is performing “New York in June” at the Café Carlyle.

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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Looking Back on Love and Loss, With an Eye on More to Come by STEPHEN HOLDEN

Barbara Cook's new show, "You Make Me Feel So Young," imparts some life lessons at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Evoking ’50s Glamour, Through Teasing Taunts by STEPHEN HOLDEN

Yanna Avis’s show at the Metropolitan Room is a nod to the glamorous, high-style cabaret shows that flourished in New York in the 1950s and early ’60s.

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Friday, June 3, 2011

Delights Alongside Dark Notes by STEPHEN HOLDEN

Wesla Whitfield’s show, “The Best Things in Life,” sometimes took a sad turn at the Metropolitan Room.

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Just a Couple of Sports, Merrily Singing Along by STEPHEN HOLDEN

Claire Martin and Richard Rodney Bennett are performing a breezy Irving Berlin program at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel.

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Music Review: American Songbook as Fountain of Youth by Stephen Holden

At Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, the singer Marilyn Maye, 83, delighted in her long love affair with her audience.

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Rock Songs Turned Testaments of Triumphant Soul by STEPHEN HOLDEN

The soul singer Bettye LaVette puts her own heartfelt spin on songs by Ringo Starr, the Who, Elton John and others during her cabaret show at the Café Carlyle.

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Friday, May 20, 2011

Music Review: Brünnhilde Meets Broadway at Benefit for Collegiate Chorale by Stephen Holden

Selections from classic musicals were on offer at a Carnegie Hall program on Thursday benefiting the Collegiate Chorale.

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Finding His Inner Sinatra, the Always Charming One by STEPHEN HOLDEN

Tom Postilio, a suave, witty crooner, pays tribute to his idol in his show at Feinstein’s.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Tunes to Help Gray Skies Clear Up by STEPHEN HOLDEN

Peggy Herman delivers a brassy performance of songs by the composer Jerry Herman in her show “Herman on Herman ...With a Touch of Merman,” at the Metropolitan Room.

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Friday, May 13, 2011

A Singer’s Tribute to Lena Horne, Her Regal and Daunting Role Model by STEPHEN HOLDEN

In her show at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, Nnenna Freelon is much jazzier and more experimental, but you could hear the influence.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Music Review: A Cabaret Evening of Songs From a Marriage Made Off Broadway by Stephen Holden

Ms. Mazzie and Mr. Danieley walk in the famous footsteps of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme.

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