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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...
Steve Hayes
As part of TWEED TheaterWorks' Happy*Cry*Pretty! Monday night performance series at Pangea, comedian-writer-actor Steve Hayes recently presented We Only Have Brains On Tuesdays. That wild title only begins to describe...
Broadway “Boozy” Brunch
Broadway "Boozy" Brunch is a great idea—a hybrid of Sunday afternoon brunch, late night piano bar, and full-fledged cabaret revue. That's what Don't Tell Mama is offering on Sundays at...
Amy Friedl Stoner
Amy Friedl Stoner's Dreamchaser at the Metropolitan Room was one of the most stylish, assured, intelligent, entertaining New York cabaret debuts I have had the pleasure to witness. Using an...
Liz Rubino
In Make Yourself Comfortable, singer Liz Rubino's Don't Tell Mama debut, there are two elements and styles at war with each other. One is that of a thoughtful, emotional storyteller...
Louis-and-Ella!
Trent Armand Kendall and Natasha Yvette Williams are terrific singers with lengthy theatre credits, and the idea of them singing songs made famous by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald is...
The Outer Space
The Outer Space, currently running at Joe's Pub, is a song cycle set in the future about the desire to escape the stress, fear, danger ,and drudgery of urban life...
Shelly Watson
Singer/comedienne Shelly Watson takes the stage at the Laurie Beechman Theatre as equal parts Sophie Tucker, Bette Midler, Dolly Parton, Beverly Sills, and a drag queen (in this case a...
Liz Callaway Sings Maltby & Shire
Liz Callaway is a wonder! The Story Goes On: Liz Callaway Sings Maltby & Shire, her loving and beautifully sung tribute at the Appel Room as part of Lincoln Center's American...