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Minda Larsen
Part of Minda Larsen's prize package for winning last summer's MetroStar Talent Challenge at the Metropolitan Room was a four-performance engagement at the club. Called "My Southern Song" and directed...
Sally Kellerman
Throughout her long acting and singing career, Sally Kellerman has been known for her offbeat qualities. She started working in movies and television in the late 1950s and early 1960s,...
Matt DiPasquale
"Neither Here nor There," Matt DiPasquale's engaging show at the Duplex, is a solo act, but for some reason he uses three separate microphones, spread evenly across the front of...
Chita Rivera
At one point during the opening night of her Café Carlyle debut show, "An Evening of My Favorite Songs," Chita Rivera noted that she has been running around for years...
Gay Marshall
Over the years, singer-actress Gay Marshall has made the musical repertoire of Édith Piaf something of a specialty. With the 2015 centenary of the legendary French singer's birth, she has been...
David Meulemans
"Lucky to Be Me" is the title of both David Meulemans's show at the Metropolitan Room—where he is currently an "Artist in Residence"—and a CD of that show recorded live...
Josephine Sanges
Like many cabaret-goers, I first became aware of Josephine Sanges when she competed in the Metropolitan Room's MetroStar Talent Challenge last summer (she finished second runner-up in the competition). At...
Danya Katok
Lyric soprano Danya Katok is a young, fresh-faced performer with a sweet onstage demeanor. She has trained for—and launched—a career as an opera and classical concert singer, experience she gave...
Liliane Montevecchi
When she takes the cabaret stage, Liliane Montevecchi is not just regal. She's an entire royal court. At center is the monarch herself, with her imposing demeanor and effortless power...
John Epperson
You might think that John Epperson, having been for decades in the employ of the glamorous and imposing stage sensation Lypsinka, would have picked up some of his mistress's grand...