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Steve Grand
Steve Grand—a singer and model from the Chicago area—writes and performs pop songs, some with a country edge, about being young and gay. He's attracted a following, in part because...
Teresa Fischer
In More Than You Know, her Rosemary Clooney tribute show at 53 Above, Teresa Fischer tells us that she has long been drawn to Clooney's singing because of the warmth...
Mark Farrelly – Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope
Within post-Stonewall gay culture, Quentin Crisp has not been universally beloved. And how could he have been, really? The British-born writer and raconteur—who died in 1999 at age 90—was a...
Sean Harkness, Lina Koutrakos, Marcus Simeone
Group cabaret shows can be wonderful, but they can also be tricky. You want to provide variety both in musical content and in terms of who sings what. You want...
Mischa Kischkum
There is a kid-like exuberance about Mischa Kischkum that quickly spreads through the audience. In his debut solo cabaret show, Off the Charts: Songs You Don't Know By Writers You...
Jennifer Bangs
In her new show at Don't Tell Mama, She Bangs, She Bangs: Marriage, Adultery, Texas & Jesus, actress-singer Jennifer Bangs delivers one of the most soul-baring cabaret programs I have...
Cynthia Crane
More than once in This Is a Changing World, My Dear, her recent show at Don't Tell Mama, Cynthia Crane referred to herself as a "walking obsolescence." But, in fact,...
Michael Cummings
At one point in his September 14 show at the Triad, Michael Cummings acknowledged friends and family in attendance. When he had finished, it seemed he'd greeted nearly everyone in...
Daniel Reichard
The theme of Summer Playlist—Daniel Reichard's recent show at the Birdland Theater—was the mix tape. In decades past, Reichard, like many young music lovers, would program these customized song collections...
Lucie Arnaz
It's serendipitous, I believe, that the first lyrics to be sung during the first official engagement at Manhattan's new Birdland Theater are from Irving Berlin's "There's No Business Like Show...