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Broadway Live!
Feinstein's at Loews Regency – August 29 "Broadway, it's a magical, mystical place," performer Robert Cuccioli told the audience early on in 'Broadway Live!'—"and it's only a couple blocks away!"...
Keri Heidecker
"Freak Magnet" The Duplex – July 29, August 20, 27 "Comedian/singer Keri Heidecker has always attracted freaks. And she is one." So read an online tag for her show, "Freak...
Gregory Michael Castoria
"Bette Midler Already Did This Show" The Duplex – July 21, 30, August 18 Taking a page, perhaps, from Rufus Wainwright's recreation of Judy Garland's 1961 Carnegie Hall concert, Gregory...
Rosalyn McClore
"Cry Me a River" Metropolitan Room - July 24, 31 There's no denying that Rosalyn McClore possesses bountiful musical talents, both as singer and pianist. She seems to connect in...
You’ve Got Hate Mail
The Triad – Fridays at 7 pm You couldn't ask for much simpler, more economic staging than what director Gary Shaffer has provided for Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore's...
Susan Siegel
"Starts & Stops" The Duplex – June 5, 12, 19 Among the songs that singing actress Susan Siegel included in her Duplex show was Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields's "It's...
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...