by: Sandi Durell A cleverly orchestrated show title by one of today's top interpreters of song lyrics, Gillett most assuredly would be the right choice to invoke the master's (Stephen…
by: Sandi Durell It’s a rare happening that a show can celebrate 25 years of sleuthing mystery as the longest running show on or off-Broadway, and celebrate it did, at the Snapple Thea…
by: Sandi Durell How delightful to have been chosen to be part of the current Lincoln Centre Noel Coward Festival in New York City! The Noel Company, which is Keith Merrill…
My View by Stephen Sorokoff I always have the same experience at a Natalie Douglas Cabaret Show. There's a whole lot of love going back and forth between audience and artist. …
As we frequently do, Times Square Chronicles loves to get two different takes on a performance artist. Here’s a second one for Barbara Cook. Barbara Cook *photo Stephen Sorokoff My…
By: Susan Hasho On Wednesday night, Barbara Cook moved slowly through the room, observing each table with a smile and accepting the audience's enthusiastic applause. She…
When two old friends come together to make a CD – "Sing Happy"- Â that's always nice. But when the two happen to be powerhouse Karen Mason and dreamboat Brent Barrett, well. .…
  By: Susan Hasho Sharon McNight at The Metropolitan Room on Saturday night April 7th was in great form. At the start, she came from the back of the room and moved forward sing…
Does the name Fred Weintraub mean anything to you? It should. He's the guy who launched the careers of Woody Allen, Stiller and Meara, Joan Rivers, Billy Crystal, Bill Cosby, Judy Collins, P…
By: Sandi Durell March came in like a lamb and went out like a lion! Not only weather-wise, but with the culmination of the 26th Annual MAC Awards. Everyone was gussied up on March 2…
Just how difficult is it to play an iconic role? Or "It's A Hard Act To Follow." That was the topic for the distinguished panel on March 30th, moderated by Elysa Gardner of USA Today. Th…
MY VIEW – Stephen Sorokoff It's probably my fault. I never liked being in class. I also admit to falling into the stereotype trap. So upon entering Birdland a…
Reviewed by: Russ Weatherford Tom Vaughn 's cabaret show Trail of Cheers opened Tuesday evening, March 20th, at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in Manhattan. The Missouri native was inspired…
By Stephen Hanks In 1972, Jerry Lewis made a Holocaust film called The Day the Clown Cried, which for various reasons has never been released. But if a studio were to release a…
Reviewed by Linda Amiel Burns Carnegie Hall was the setting for a remarkable concert on March 16, 2012 entitled "Patti Austin Sings Ella Fitzgerald's Gershwin Songbook" accompanied by…
Reviewed by: Susan Hasho Yes, Bettye LaVette is a well-known, consummate entertainer and singer. But the important thing to know is that Bettye LaVette IS, when she's onstage s…
Reviewed by Linda Amiel Burns – 3/14/12. Charles West is currently the standby for El Gallo in the NY production of The Fantasticks and has appeared on Broadway in The Sc…
Written by: Joe Regan, Jr. Vineyard Theatre chose to honor Linda Lavin at their annual gala March 12th taking place at the Hudson Theatre. Lavin, who has won several Tonys …
It's always interesting when you get two reviewers to give their impressions of the same show. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â He said " She said . . . My View: By Stephen S…
Donald Smith founded the Mabel Mercer Foundation that helped champion a growing interest in Cabaret in 1985. The organization was a tribute to the celebrity jazz singer, Ms. Mercer, with…
Reviewed by: Â Joe Regan Jr. Janice Hall, whose first cabaret show last year Grand Illusions: the Music of Marlene Dietrich won a 2011 Bistro Award for Best Tribute Show and who is …
By: Stephen Hanks As Marissa Mulder was about a third of the way through her 18-song set during the third of a recent four-night run of her new show Illusions at the Metropolit…
By: Susan Hasho " March 9, 2012 Judy Kuhn's show at Feinstein's is about varying aspects of love and relationships seen through the different songwriters that have been "touchstones" for Jud…
Words of Wisdom from Vocalist Marilyn Maye: The often referred to Marvelous, Mischievous, MARILYN MAYE was in town presenting one of her regular Master Classes for Singers. What a perfect ti…
By: Linda Amiel Burns Loni Ackerman called her new show at The Metropolitan Room "Next to Abnormal" as her childhood was quite unusual with celebrities such as Gwen Verdon and Bob Fos…