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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...
Pat Kirkwood Is Angry
If Off-Broadway's recent one-woman musical Pat Kirkwood is Angry (directed by Lee Blakely) did nothing else, it certainly brought the late British music star Kirkwood to the greater attention of...
Kristoffer Lowe
According to biographical notes provided to reviewers, Kristoffer Lowe is an award-winning classical singer and a musical-theatre actor who has previously worked largely in regional theatre, along with spending some...
Joyce Breach
For all I know, Joyce Breach sits at a piano or desk and maps out meticulously each moment of every song she sings—measuring every breath, polishing every phrase, tailoring every...
Paul Chamlin and Rochelle Breyer Chamlin
Right at the top of Paul Chamlin and Rochelle Breyer Chamlin's new Jule Styne tribute show, "Gems by Jule," at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, the performers set up the personas that...
Libby York
There's something to be said sometimes for the loose, anything-goes quality of a song set in a jazz club, as opposed to the more formal ambience of a cabaret show....
Frank Torren
There are cabaret shows that challenge and even rattle an audience's sensibilities. And then there are shows that comfort and reassure. Frank Torren's "Moment to Moment" falls decidedly in the...
Tommy Tune
Is Broadway showman Tommy Tune too oversized a talent to be contained by a cabaret stage? The answer seems to be: literally yes, but figuratively no. As Tune told the...
Shana Farr
Following a 2011 show that featured the music of Julie Andrews, Shana Farr returns with an ambitious program highlighting the music and lyrics of Noël Coward and Cole Porter. Thoughtfully...