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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...
Megan Loughran
The title of Megan Loughran's recent show at Don't Tell Mama, "I Sing Standing Up," gives a sly indication of the show's content. Her act was a hybrid. It was,...
Minda Larsen
With "Johnny Mercer: Trav'lin' Light" (directed by Peter Napolitano and presented at Urban Stages' Winter Rhythms festival), Minda Larsen offered a reboot of a program of songs with lyrics by...
Jack Bartholet
The fact that Jack Bartholet has a big, flamboyant, impressive-sounding voice became evident a mere measure or two into "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez), the first number of his recent Duplex...
Tony Babino
Apparently we ain't heard everything yet. It's been 65 years since Al Jolson's death, but the performer still continues to claim attention. Few people today have memories of Jolson live...
Lisa Jason
Bullying in schools has likely been a problem ever since schools were first established. (I can personally attest that it was alive and unwell in the early 1960s.) Only lately,...
Bill Dyszel
For his new Don't Tell Mama show, "The Internet Ate My Brain," Bill Dyszel seems to have taken to heart the familiar creative-writing-course aphorism "Write what you know." According to...