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Karen Mason
"Show Queen – Life After Wonderland" Iridium - July 19 Wonderland, not a popular musical last season, has left the Marquis Theatre, but Karen Mason, one of its stars, remained...
Melanie Stace
"Steppin' Out" Metropolitan Room – July 7, 14, 23 Tall, slim and stunning, with exotic dark eyes and a Colgate smile—that's the first thing you notice as Melanie Stace takes...
Django Reinhardt Festival: Starring the Young Lions of Gypsy Jazz
Birdland - June 28 - July 3 For twelve years, November has been Birdland's traditional season for celebrating the jubilant swing of Jean "Django" Reinhardt with jazz musicians from around...
Richard Holbrook
"Richard Sings Burton: The Songs of Burton Lane" Feinstein's at Loews Regency – June 29 "Richard Sings Burton: The Songs of Burton Lane" has turned into one of those cabaret...
Lea Salonga
"Lea Salonga: New York in June" Café Carlyle – June 7 - 25 Lea Salonga—who won a Tony and every other award playing Kim in Miss Saigon, who starred as...
Bettye LaVette
"An Evening With Bettye LaVette" Café Carlyle – May 24 – June 3 This is a performer who is so riveting and unique, so indefatigable, that after two hours of...
Lonette McKee
"Can't Help Lovin'" Oak Room at the Algonquin – April 5 - 30 In 1986, Lonette McKee portrayed the great Billie Holiday in off-Broadway's Lady Day at Emerson's Bar &...
Nathan Gunn
"An Evening with Nathan Gunn" Café Carlyle - March 29 - April 16 With a commanding baritone voice, GQ features, and an offhand sense of humor, Nathan Gunn is definite...
Kat Gang
Rose Room at the Plaza - Wednesdays, from 9:00PM It's Beauty and the Beat at the Plaza Hotel's Rose Room. The Kat Gang Quartet has settled in with its jazz...
Raquel Bitton
"A Little Bit of Paris: The Songs of Edith Piaf and Paris in the 1930's and 1940's" Feinstein's at Loews Regency - February 14 There were many opportunities around town for...