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Anastasia Barzee
"Barzee Sings Bacharach" Metropolitan Room – April 18, 19, 20, 24 When you think Burt Bacharach, it's likely that the upbeat selections he wrote with lyricist Hal David in the...
Jo Thompson
"Slender, Tender and Tall: An Evening with the Fabulous Ms. Jo Thompson" Café Carlyle – March 21, 22, 23, 28, 30 Those who demand an orderly, meticulously crafted cabaret act...
Ricky Ritzel
"Ricky Ritzel Sings Elaine Stritch" 54 Below: March 15, 22; Don't Tell Mama: April 26, May 6 A sort of barrelhouse raucousness was at play in Ricky Ritzel's tribute show...
Debby Boone
"Swing This" Café Carlyle – March 19-30 "I'll be a devil till I'm an angel," Debby Boone sings in "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" (Al Hoffman, Walter Kent, Manny...
Gail Nelson-Holgate
"It's About Time" Stage 72 – March 10 Gail Nelson-Holgate has a regal, elegant bearing and a gracious rapport with her listeners. At this one-off performance, she approached her largely...
John Gabriel
Metropolitan Room – March 3 John Gabriel is at least as well known as an actor (the daytime drama Ryan's Hope) and TV producer (Charles Grodin's talk shows) as he...
Pia Zadora
"Pia Zadora – Back Again and Standing Tall" The Metropolitan Room – February 7-10 Pia Zadora is a trouper. On the eve of the recent snowstorm, playing to a small...
Sharón Clark
"Blame It on My Youth" Metropolitan Room – January 22, 28, 30, February 1, 2 "So, you're diggin' the Afro?" D.C.-based vocalist Sharón Clark asked the audience upon stepping onto...
Jeff Harnar
"Does This Song Make Me Look Fat?" Laurie Beechman Theatre – January 14, 21, 28, February 8 Some cabaret performers choose to pack a show with languid ballads. Sure, they...
The Wonderful Wizard of Song: The Music of Harold Arlen
St. Luke's Theatre – Mondays at 7pm, Wednesdays at 2pm, Thursdays at 8pm The songs of composer Harold Arlen—with their sophistication and mix of Jewish and African-American melodic elements—need to...