209 stories by "Andrew Poretz"
By Andrew Poretz . . . Grammy and Oscar winner Howard Ashman wrote lyrics for many of the best songs of the modern Disney catalog for films like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Producer and performer Jamie deRoy packed Birdland for another of her highly entertaining and philanthropic "Jamie deRoy and Friends" shows. The show benefitted Entert…
By Andrew Poretz … The delightful cabaret star Maude Maggart made a rare New York headliner appearance with "Here Come the Dreamers," her Birdland debut. She sold out the large room upstai…
By Andrew Poretz … Following two nights of sometimes heavy material " the first honoring the music of Kurt Weill, followed by a tribute to the music and somewhat tragic life of Doris Day, …
By Andrew Poretz … Ava Nicole Francis made her New York cabaret solo debut at 54 Below on October 10. The young singer, not quite out of her teens, is a San Francisco transplant, and has a…
By Andrew Poretz . . . We last wrote about the tremendously entertaining Bryce Edwards in January, when he had his impressive solo debut with a sold-out show at Don't Tell Mama (read HERE). …
By Andrew Poretz … Writer, dramatist and concert/revue creator Deborah Grace Winer continued her popular Songbook Sundays series at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club with more than a d…
By Andrew Poretz … Singer Kieran Brown, a very young, "up and coming" jazz and R&B singer with a strong proclivity for material from the Great American Songbook, took the stage at The …
By Andrew Poretz … Amanda McBroom, a singer-songwriter as well as a fine actress, sold out Birdland Jazz with an audience filled with bold-face names from the cabaret scene, including Mari…
By Andrew Poretz . . . There are few singers of jazz and cabaret today more compelling than the wonderfully talented Nicolas King. The star performed a rare set of pure jazz at The Green …
Rene Pfister is a Boston-based singer/songwriter. A newcomer to the New York cabaret scene, Pfister will make his New York debut with What I Learned from All My Ex-Boyfriends … If Anyt…
The York Theatre Company continues its fall 2023 "Musicals in Mufti" series with The Lieutenant, with book, music and lyrics by Chuck Strand, Eugene Curty and Nitra Mcauliffe. Performances b…
A new theatrical, Dreams of Dracula: An Immersive Masquerade Experience,will feature two floors and six rooms across 25,000 square feet, a choose-your-own adventure journey through history's…
Tony Award nominee Peter Friedman (Ragtime, "Succession," Single White Female) and Sydney Lemmon (TÃR, "Succession," "Helstrom") are currently in rehearsal for the world premiere of JOB b…
Red Bull Theater will present the fourth installment of Red Bull's acclaimed Hispanic Golden Age Classics, this year examining Don Quixote in English and Spanish versions, which …
Sharon Katz & the Peace Train are celebrating the release of their new album, "For You," at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, on September 5, at 7:00 PM. Take everything you love about So…
The nonprofit Help Is On The Way, (http://www.helpisonthewaytoday.org) was founded 20 years ago, after cabaret producer Joseph Macchia founded it after meeting a little boy named David who w…
By Andrew Poretz … Pop met Pops at Forest Hills Stadium on August 17 when pop singer/songwriter and guitarist Jason Mraz closed out his Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride (the …
Experience the spellbinding stories and colorful characters of the late children's book author and illustrator Eric Carle in a whole new way, with The Eric Carle Story Show, currently playin…
By Andrew Poretz … It's impossible not to notice the performer Marnie Klar the moment she walks into any room. Ms. Klar looks like a high-fashion model (her bio unsurprisingly bears this o…
By Andrew Poretz … Quintin Harris is more than just a pretty face. As the "Dean Martin" to Bryce Edwards' "Jerry Lewis" in their popular "Mr. Harris and Mr. Edwards" musical comedy act…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Marieann Meringolo's performances consistently make one wonder why on earth she isn't a much bigger name in cabaret and beyond. This terrific, award-winning performer …
By Andrew Poretz . . . Move over Michael Bublé, there's a new Canadian heartthrob, eh, and that is one David Marino. The Montreal native made his rather auspicious New York cabaret debut at…
By Andrew Poretz … Broadway great Norm Lewis wowed 'em when he kicked off the Midsummer MusicFest at The 92nd Street Y. Working with the top trio " music director Billy Stritch, bassist Ge…
The Stars of Tomorrow Project is the teen acting program founded by Tony Danza " the beloved star of Taxi and Who's the Boss, as well as a fine song-and-dance man. The organization provides …
