Mark Dundas Wood

Mark Dundas Wood is an arts/entertainment journalist and dramaturg. He began writing for BistroAwards.com in 2011. Currently, he writes the "Bistro Bits" column for the site. Other reviews and articles have appeared at theaterscene.net and talkinbroadway.com, as well as in American Theatre and Back Stage. As a dramaturg, he has worked with New Professional Theatre and the New York Musical Theatre Festival. He is currently literary manager for Broad Horizons Theatre Company.

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Bistro Bits: Winter Rhythms 2024 Features Beats of Different Drums

This year’s “Winter Rhythms” series at Urban Stages (the 16th annual edition) was a mix of old and new, playful and profound, polished and loosey-goosey. Some shows focused on the...

Bistro Bits: From Gershwin to Booze, Broadway, Murder, and Sex, Cabaret Shows Take on a Variety of Themes

We’ve now reached the point in the year when the influx of new cabaret runs may be tapering off a little, giving way to year-end holiday offerings (often one-offs), with...

Bistro Bits: A New Album from D.C. Anderson and a Lina Koutrakos Trifecta

In this column, I check in on an important new album from singer/songwriter/actor D.C. Anderson. Plus, I report on three recent club shows, all of which just happen to be...

Bistro Bits: Autumn in New York Cabaret — New Shows from Ward, Moberly, Neiheisel, and Mack

Now that we're officially more than a month into the fall season, there's been a noticeable uptick in the number of new cabaret shows opening in Manhattan. This week, I...

Bistro Bits: There Are Many Ways to Approach a Tribute Show—Here Are Two

Singers preparing a tribute show, whether they’re celebrating the tune list of a songwriter or feting the career of a performer, have a number of decisions to make. Do they...

Club Review: Shannon Daley—”Love and Let Die: Confessions of a Bond Girl”

In her breezy yet ambitious Don’t Tell Mama show, Love and Let Die: Confessions of a Bond Girl (directed by Lennie Watts and first performed in June of this year),...

Bistro Bits: Special-Case Albums—New Releases by Minnock and Aloisio/Pallatto

Today for Bistro Bits, I’m having a look at two recent album releases, both of which fall into the “jazz” bucket. But circumstances make these two albums a bit different...

Club Review: Val Hawk—”Special Material”

Val Hawk is a singer with an earthy, wry presence—she’s funny, friendly and unpretentious. Shortly before she was officially called to take the stage at her recent Pangea show, Special...

Bistro Bits: Jazz Babies 2024–New Recordings by Russell and Mason, Loar, and Levy/Vannatter

A couple of weeks ago, writer Lisa Jo Sagolla discussed a number of new recordings on this site. But it's a busy time of year, and there are many more...

Bistro Bits: Summertime Serenaders, Part 2 – Julie Benko and Laurin Talese

No matter where singers are in their career trajectory, the potential for creating something magical is a constant. Veteran performers are obviously more qualified to look back at how they’ve...