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Jesse Luttrell
Before I go into the show that Jesse Luttrell performed at Feinstein's/54 Below with the Fred Barton Broadway Band, let me digress into a bit of metaphorical art criticism. Imagine,...
Bob Diamond
It's funny how over time, words can lose or change their meanings in popular culture. Before it became a kiss-of-death description, the word "nice" was a perfectly acceptable positive description...
Lavender Songs – A Queer Weimar Berlin Cabaret
In Lavender Songs – A Queer Weimar Berlin Cabaret, actor/singer/writer Jeremy Lawrence, in the guise of his alter ego, "kabarettist extraordinaire" Tante Fritzy, manages to turn the tiny stage at...
Judy Pancoast
I think pretty much all of us at one point or another in our music listening lives had a soft spot for The Carpenters and for Karen Carpenter's extraordinary vocals,...
The Meeting*
Justin Sayre has one of the most distinctive voices in New York clubs and cabarets. I mean that in both senses of the word "voice." He sounds like no one...
Life Is for Living: Conversations with Coward
Sir Noël Coward, the subject of Simon Green's Life Is for Living: Conversations with Coward—which was co-created by its star, Simon Green, and its musical director, David Shrubsole, and is...
Remy Block
Singer Remy Block returned to Pangea with a revised version of her earlier show "On a Lonely Road: Travelin’ with Joni"—her tribute to Joni Mitchell. Her love of the iconic...
Natalie Arneson
In her new show, "I Love Being Here with You," Natalie Arneson sings songs written by and/ or associated with the great Peggy Lee. One of the tricky things about...
Martha Lorin
Jazz singer Martha Lorin has been a continuing artist in residency at Cafe Noctambulo at Pangea this year. I attended her most recent appearance at the club. I would be...
Lisa Viggiano
Lisa Viggiano's new show, "Night in the City," which recently played at both the Laurie Beechman Theatre and Don't Tell Mama, is a delight from start to finish. She has...