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The three-day festival at Town Hall was devoted to mostly familiar songs by mostly American songwriters, sung by Broadway performers.
Brooke Shields makes her cabaret debut with “In My Life,” an autobiographical soufflé of monologues stitched together by songs, at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.
Karen Akers sings the romance songs by Rodgers and Hart at the Oak Room in the Algonquin Hotel.
Jane Scheckter’s show at the Metropolitan Room is titled “The Moon, the Stars, Albert Einstein and Love,” but her feet are “planted on the earth.”
Marilyn Maye mines the catalogs of Herman, Loesser and even Sondheim for upbeat anthems for her shows at the Metropolitan Room.
The musical comedy team of Michael Garin and Mardie Millit take a whirlwind world tour at the Metropolitan Room.
Jack Jones, one of a vanishing breed pop-jazz crooners, opened his three-week run at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel on Tuesday night.
Two veterans of “Rent” revisit that show but also perform some of their original material.
Ms. Haran sang with a remarkably pure voice in a simple pop-jazz style that echoed big band singers of the 1940s.
Bucky Pizzarelli was the guest of honor at Lyrics & Lyricists, but it was a family affair.
Lance Horne and friends gave an evening of his theater songs as part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series.
Maude Maggart takes a journey through Berlin, Porter, Blitzstein, Sondheim and more in her new show at the Oak Room.
Kate Baldwin opened her new show, “She Loves Him,” at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency on Tuesday.
Mr. Martin’s credits included “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “The Boy Next Door,” and “The Trolley Song.”
Rufus Wainwright performs a cycle of 12 songs that includes his adaptation of Shakespeare sonnets.
An evening devoted to both the classical and the Broadway sides of Leonard Bernstein demonstrated that sometimes they are nearly the same thing.
Ute Lemper, in a program at Joe’s Pub, takes listeners on a journey through the poetry of Charles Bukowski.
David Campbell, the Australian pop singer, is back in New York in a show at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency celebrating his recent CD, “On Broadway.”
Two singers, T. Oliver Reid and Amanda King, were standouts at the New York Cabaret Convention’s opening-night gala on Thursday at Rose Theater.
Megan Hilty, known for roles on the TV show "Smash" and in an Encores! concert of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," brings her touch to Café Carlyle.
The retrospective looks at the works of the Argentine filmmaker.
This revue at the 92nd St Y smoothly accomplishes what Depression-era movie musicals did so skillfully: whisked you away to a realm of pure entertainment and made difficult look easy!
As promised, there was plenty of singing and dancing in this show at the 92nd Street Y, reminiscent of Berlin's movie musicals.
Ms. McDonald's concert put the spotlight on relatively obscure songs from well-known Broadway shows.
The actress and singer, who won a Tony for her role in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," sang songs by Led Zeppelin and Elton John.
