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Marissa Mulder
"Look to Your Heart: The Songs of Jimmy Van Heusen" The Metropolitan Room – June 4, 8, 16 Listening to Marissa Mulder, I was reminded of the old Baldwin organ...
11 O’Clock Numbers at 11 O’Clock
Feinstein's at Loews Regency – Thursdays at 11 pm There's a hazard with putting together a show consisting of "11 o'clock numbers"—those songs placed late in the second act of a...
Laura Benanti
"Let Me Entertain You" Feinstein's at Loews Regency – May 1 and 22, 2011 Laura Benanti's legit vocal chops, physical beauty, and radiant stage presence work together to invoke comparisons...
Champagne Pam (Pamela Lewis)
"Champagne Pam is…'The Dog Walking Diva!'" Don't Tell Mama – April 13, 14, 15 Using a clever packaging strategy, Champagne Pam arrived onstage wearing a leopard-patterned jacket, accented with a...
Catherine Russell
Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center – March 30 & 31 Catherine Russell's well-publicized Allen Room appearance generated a real sense of occasion—the feeling that here was a singing artist...
Dean Regan
"Give My Regards to Broadway" Metropolitan Room – March 26, 27 The persona that Dean Regan employed in his Metropolitan Room show was that of a stage-struck teenage kid—one who...