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Bistro Bits: Summer Serenaders, Part 1 – Jane Scheckter and Marieann Meringolo
No denying it. Summer is winding down now. Daylight hours are gone by 8pm. Technically, there are still a few weeks left in the season, but they’re flying by. There...
Bistro Bits: Summertime Cabaret: Looking Back, Looking Bacharach, Looking Forward
Like a good many things, cabaret action slows somewhat during the summer months, though it certainly doesn’t shut down entirely. There have been plenty of club shows playing in the...
Bistro Bits: Kazan Shazam! With Re-Released Albums, the World Gets a Burst of Vintage Lainie
On February 3, 1965, singer-actor Lainie Kazan stepped onto the stage of Manhattan’s Winter Garden Theatre for the first time as Fanny Brice in the Broadway production of Funny Girl,...
Bistro Bits: Rolling Back the Years—with Mary Hopkin, Dory Previn, and Eydie Gormé
The songs, sonatas, and symphonies we gravitate to early in our lives set in motion our own particular musical educations. If we hear and love Mozart or The Grateful Dead...
Bistro Bits: Where’s That Rainbow? Kelsey Seaman, James Beaman, and Pride 2024
Happy Pride Month 2024, everyone. Let your rainbow flags unfurl and fly! Just remember that, while we celebrate, there are always new concerns percolating. The first Pride event I ever...
Bistro Bits: When Theatre Is Cabaret (and Vice Versa)–Three Shows that Blur the Lines
One afternoon a few years ago, I sat in a restaurant next to a once-Tony-nominated performer who—not knowing my connection with club performances—brusquely pooh-poohed the whole notion of cabaret. She...
Bistro Bits: Let’s Hear It for the Guys—King, Skipper, and Harnar Do the Things They Do
First things first. I join Sherry Eaker in thanking everyone who made the Bistro Awards evening such a memorable event! Though a Bit Overdue.... This winter and early spring, much...
One-Man-Show–manship: Lifetime Achievement Bistro Award Honoree Robert Klein on His Singular Comedic Career
Last November, shortly after comedian and actor Robert Klein was confirmed as the recipient of 2024’s Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Bistro Award, producer Sherry Eaker and I attended a Saturday...
Bistro Bits: January Discoveries Get the New Cabaret Year Going
At the start of a new calendar year, are we—subliminally, maybe—more open to new ideas and fresh ways of doing things? I saw several cabaret shows this January. What links...
Bistro Bits: Happy New Year…Possibly
I'f you're like me, you may have had mixed feelings in the past few weeks about the imminent arrival of 2024. With controversial wars raging and a shocking appetite for...