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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Lucie Arnaz’s “I Got the Job! Songs from My Musical Past”

For more than 45 years, Lucie Arnaz has been a working actor, starting on her famed mother’s sitcom Here’s Lucy. Like any working actor worth their salt, she has lots...

“Canada Day” with Josh Stackhouse & Friends

Three days before the fireworks-filled festivities of the Fourth of July, there was a different kind of celebration held on West 26th Street at Chelsea Table + Stage.  It turns...

“A Night with Nicole Henry”

A Night with Nicole Henry was not only a celebration of the singer Nicole Henry’s long overdue debut at the venerable jazz club, Birdland, but also a celebration of songs...

Amber Gray’s “Gray Matter”

Anyone who has seen Hadestown or Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 is most likely already familiar with singer/ actress Amber Gray. But even for the most devoted...

Zora Rasmussen

Zora Rasmussen’s decades-spanning career has touched on many of the signposts of New York nightlife, from appearances in Broadway shows, to adventurous, edgy Off-Broadway theatre, to iconic cabaret rooms like...

David Sabella as Amanda Reckonwith in “In Residential Care”

David Sabella is an acclaimed voice teacher in addition to his career as a singer and actor, which includes the role of the original Mary Sunshine in the 1996 revival...

David Mills’s “glamour + despair”

Comedian/actor/writer David Mills describes glamour + despair, his new show at Pangea, as a cabaret entertainment. He was born in America but has spent over 20 years in the U.K....

Tim Di Pasqua

Genuine sweetness is a rare and precious commodity, especially in 2023, and it was evident everywhere in songwriter Tim Di Pasqua’s long overdue return to the cabaret stage at Don’t...

Lisa Vroman’s “Ingénue…Ingé-not-so-new!”

The title of Lisa Vroman’s triumphant new cabaret show, Ingénue…Ingé-not-so-new!, was inspired by the fact that she played Christine in The Phantom of the Opera for over ten years (in...

Darwin Del Fabro’s “Revisiting Jobim”

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