Gerry Geddes

Gerry Geddes, senior critic for BistroAwards.com, is an award-winning director, writer, teacher, performer, lyricist, and a regular contributor to the podcast Troubadours and Raconteurs. He conceived & directed the acclaimed musical revues "Monday in the Dark with George" (Bistro and MAC Award winner), "Put on Your Saturday Suit–Words & Music by Jimmy Webb," and Fabulous First Fridays (continuing its five-year residency at Pangea). He has directed award-winning singers André De Shields, Darius de Haas, Helen Baldassare, and Lisa Viggiano. As a creator and critic, he has been active in the cabaret world for five decades. Gerry has produced numerous CDs, and his lyrics have been performed in clubs throughout the city and on recordings here and in Europe. His memoir of his life in NYC, "Didn’t I Ever Tell You This?" was published in November, 2023 and is available on his website, gerrygeddes.com. .

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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...

Tammy Faye Starlite

When I entered Pangea on the Lower East Side to see Tammy Faye Starlite's show She Comes in Colors, little did I realize that I would be witnessing a 2018 reincarnation...

Max Vernon

Max Vernon, award-winning composer/lyricist of the off-Broadway hits The View Upstairs and KPOP, has taken up residency at Joe's Pub with Existential Life Crisis Lullaby, which each month will present...

Deborah Karpel

In her show The Midwood Miracle, recently at Pangea, singer-writer-storyteller Deborah Karpel told the story of her estrangement from, and eventual reconciliation (however tentative) with, her late father, with whom...

Josephine Sanges

Josephine Sanges has a voice so good it's almost criminal. In her latest show, Come Rain or Come Shine – Josephine Sanges Sings Harold Arlen, which recently gave an encore performance...

Two Tuckers

Two Tuckers (drag artist Golden Delicious and pianist-singer Tucker) is a ragtag, scattershot, hellzapoppin delight that has nothing on its mind but entertainment. If you need a moment to decipher...

Cole Escola

The piano on the stage at Joe's Pub is covered with wigs of many hues and styles. Beneath it is a large black plastic trash bag, which will be revealed...

Alaska Thunderf*ck

Alaska Thunderf*ck achieved stardom as a finalist on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In Alaska & Jeremy: On Golden Girls, her show at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, she proves...

Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism

At Don't Tell Mama, Dr. Bradley Jones tells a familiar cabaret story in his show Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissism: Young man with troubled childhood dreams of being a performer,...

Max von Essen

Max von Essen has built a laudable New York theatre career over a number of years in such shows as Death Takes a Holiday, Dance of the Vampires, An American...