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Eva Noblezada
In her new show, Ballad of a Broadway Twenty-Something, Eva Noblezada gives us a glimpse into the wild ride she's been on since being cast (in her teens and still...
Love Letters – Music of Thomas Hodges
Back in the heyday of New York City cabaret (or at least back in one of the heydays of New York City cabaret) I can remember wandering into a club...
Charles Busch
Charles Busch long ago conquered the stages of Off and Off-Off Broadway, often resplendent in gowns recalling the heyday of Hollywood leading ladies and delivering sparkling, campy, stinging, funny, dramatic...
Just Laugh
For some time now, Thomas Honeck and Lisa Moss of the Duplex have been regularly providing a showcase for new and little-known composers and lyricists in a series called In...
Jack Bartholet
Too often in cabaret, a performer will play it safe when it comes to repertoire, clothes, spoken content, or performance. In his new show, Lady with a Song, singer Jack...
Lindsay Mendez
Spoiler alert: This review of Lindsay Mendez's show at Feinsteins/54 Below is going to be an unabashed, totally smitten love letter. Her open, unaffected, thrilling performance transports the audience back...
Matt Rogers
The holidays are, for most, a time of celebration, and I cannot think of a better cabaret celebration than Matt Rogers's brilliantly funny, wonderfully profane, infectiously musical show at The...
Telly Leung
When it comes to popular music in general and singing in particular, it might not be the worst of times, but it is far from the best of times. It...
Aisha de Haas
Singer-actress Aisha de Haas entitled her new show at Birdland The Music That Makes Me Dance, but it might have been more accurately titled The Music That Makes Me SING. Claiming...
Barb Jungr and John McDaniel
In their show 1968 – Let the Sun Shine In, recently at Birdland, Barb Jungr and John McDaniel dove into the amazingly rich pool of music that 1968 produced. It seemed...