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. .

Avatar

Articles by this Author:

Veronica Swift

At Birdland, singer Veronica Swift and the Benny Green Trio deliver a most satisfying evening of jazz, centered almost solely in the world of bop. At the late show on...

Robin Westle

A "concept" in cabaret is a tricky thing. It can be an elaborate and complex narrative or character that permeates every moment of the show. It can be a tribute...

Lea DeLaria

As far as I know, the stage at Birdland might still be steaming and too hot to touch after Lea DeLaria's incendiary David Bowie show there last week, which centered...

Linda Glick

In her early years as a singer in New York, Linda Glick split her time between teaching high school Spanish and French during the day and appearing at some of...

Caitlin Fahey

Party of One, which is playing at Don't Tell Mama, is the entertaining and smoothly structured cabaret debut offering of singer Caitlin Fahey. Coming from the world of opera, Fahey...

Christine Andreas

Christine Andreas's show Love Is Good proved, once again, that she is a consummate cabaret performer. There could not have been a better closing engagement for Mark Nadler's wonderful (and...

J. Michael Reeds and Marc McBarron Kessler

Songwriter-pianist Marc McBarron Kessler could not hope to find a better interpreter of his song cycle, Ghost of Vaudeville, than actor-singer J. Michael Reeds, whose bravura performance on stage at Don't...

Tom Goss

Tom Goss is an out gay singer-songwriter, or more to the point, a singer-songwriter who happens to be an out gay man. He has built a following and a career...

Livingston Taylor

The Rubin Museum of Art on W. 17th Street is a restful, almost zen-like space that inspires calm and contemplative silence. The museum's ongoing series, Naked Soul, takes place in a...

Heather Mac Rae

Early on in her new show, Use Your Imagination, recently at the Beach Cafe, Heather Mac Rae revealed, with no hesitation, that she is 70 years old. In fact, she seemed...