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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Katie McGrath

Sitting in the audience at the Metropolitan Room, viewing Katie McGrath's extraordinary new show, Significant Others, I was reminded of a friend's description of good musical theatre: the songs occur...

Chris Harder

Chris Harder wears many hats, most of which he will happily remove with the rest of his clothes in his role as burlesque performer/producer and porn star. He is also...

Antonia Bennett

Antonia Bennett arrives on the stage of the venerable Café Carlyle having grown up around giants of the Great American Songbook, including Rosemary Clooney and Frank Sinatra, and having been...

Those Girls

With Those Girls, currently at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, four talented solo cabaret performers (Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser, Karen Mack, and Wendy Russell) join forces and voices to apply their...

Lady Bunny

The immense, swirling, platinum wig atop her head is but one of the many things about Lady Bunny that are larger than life. She revels in them all in her...

D’Vorah Bailey

D'Vorah Bailey is a charming, talented singer who shines on stage when she doesn't get in her own way. Unfortunately, that happens only part of the time in her heavily...

No Evil – A Cabaret of Resistance

Politics and cabaret have been entwined since the beginning of the art form. Political and social commentary and criticism informed much of the early days of cabaret in Germany. In...

Sally Schwab

If you go to a cabaret show in 2017, there's a fifty-fifty chance that the concept will be "how I got to New York and what I did to get...

Laura Kenyon

Laura Kenyon recently revived her iconic cabaret creation, June Cool, in June Cool...Alive! at Pangea as the final presentation of the second season of the TWEED TheaterWorks series Happy*Cry*Pretty! This...

A Life Behind Bars

The title of Dan Ruth's remarkable show, A Life Behind Bars (currently enjoying a run at the Laurie Beechman Theatre), might lead one to expect an exposé of the prison...