381 stories by "Rob Lester"
Well, 2010 isn't quite over yet--and that means that the celebration of Stephen Sondheim's·80th birthday isn't quite over yet either.· With many tributes, such as the one just released…
NYMF Reviews
NYMF Reviews
. Its appealing and soulful intensity and very human heart make it clear early on that this sometimes gutsy and gritty (but ultimately sweet) musical belongs on the list of gratifyingly adve…
Alysha Umphress has an album that, like her role in On the Town, has lots of moxie and sass, while it's low-key lullabyes on the agenda for Anika Larsen (Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carol…
It's only taken seventy years for On the Town to get a truly complete recording by a cast who had lived in the roles through an actual run of a production.
The original stage cast album and the recent recorded revival have somewhat different tones and the same can be send for the film version. Designed for ears attuned to film, there's a genera…
Hello, cabaret fans. I'd like to start out by telling you about the most inventive, charming, and out-and-out hilarious musically mad merriment I've seen in a cabaret room in a very long tim…
... here is an honor roll of the ones I find myself wanting to return to and which seem richer and more appreciated with repeat plays.
Assuming no iPods are allowed on desert islands and there's no Wi-Fi there and the "sound cloud" isn't overhead, here's what I'd bring if forced to only bring ten cast albums from 2014 ...
Like your favorite Christmas sweater, Antonia Bennett's Embrace Me feels warm and comfortable and familiar ... the versatile Sandy Bainum voice that can croon, build up steam, or belt as nee…
Merry Christmas from the factory where they make the toys, and then meet singer Mark Jennett, not cut from the same cloth as many of the retro crooner boys.
A beleaguered woman, strong and troubled, is at the center of each. Meet Tamar and Tess—one of the River, one of the D'Urbervilles. Both have tragedy and unusual trajectories.
Musical theatre veteran Betty Buckley's Ghostlight is named for that perhaps spooky sole light that traditionally is kept on in theatres so they are not completely dark. The Ellynne Rey ray …
Don't say that NiteLifeExchange didn't give you a medical warning. If you feel a sudden pain later this week, it will be because you deservedly kicked yourself for missing Marilyn Maye and h…
... some pretty good things come in big packages, like this finally full, generous-length two-disc set, giving us much more of the score of this revue.
Studio casts of shows about fashion (Roberta) & passion (Theater Boys).
Ann Hampton Callaway's From Sassy To Divine: The Sarah Vaughan Project and Diane Schuur's I Remember You: With Love to Stan and Frank.
