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Anna Anderson
I first heard Anna Anderson—a recent arrival from Arizona—perform at the November 3 Gala show at the Duplex, where she was on the bill with a number of other performers featured...
Anthony Santelmo Jr
Anthony Santelmo Jr. has a welcoming presence that can make you feel at times that he is singing especially to and for you. He's a big guy with a big...
Jon Peterson
With his recent show exploring the life and career of entertainer Anthony Newley (at Stage 72 at The Triad), British singer-dancer-actor-writer Jon Peterson reminded the audience just how thrilling a...
Richard Holbrook
Fred Astaire's relaxed grace on the dance floor spilled over into his whole onscreen persona—including his work as a singer. For Astaire, the bridge between speaking and singing was really...
Charlie Rosen’s Broadway Big Band
In this one-off performance at 54 Below, young artists from New York's musical theatre community teamed up with director Max Friedman, bassist/bandleader Charlie Rosen, and Rosen's large ensemble of musicians (counting Rosen,...
Teresa Eggertsen-Cooke
There's a particular challenge for cabaret performers who are singer-pianists. When they come to the stage and sit down at the instrument, the very configuration can suggest a "piano bar"...
Jason Morris
Jason Morris certainly has talent. He is blessed with a malleable singing voice with a pleasing timbre. He seems at home with the conventions of contemporary pop singing. He favors...
Tom Andersen
The closing performance of Tom Andersen's recent Don't Tell Mama show (his first solo program in almost a decade) had a casual pre-Labor Day vibe. He wore cool summer attire,...
Jake Mendes
Although his recent Don't Tell Mama show, "Lady Songs," had more than a few rough edges, Jake Mendes is, I think, on the right path to finding out who he...
Lillias White
There is more than one way that cabaret can succeed. Some shows—Shana Farr's recent program of Noël Coward and Cole Porter songs, for example—are carefully manicured gardens. Everything has been...