Penelope Thomas

From Canada, Penelope Thomas came to NY to study dance with Merce Cunningham; then through a series of fortunate and unfortunate events, she wound up back in singing and acting. Credits include lead vocals with FauveMuseum on two albums and live at Symphony Space, singing back-up for Bistro Awards director Shellen Lubin at the Metropolitan Room, reading poet Ann Carson’s work at the Whitney, and touring North America and Europe with Mikel Rouse’s The End of Cinematics. In Toronto, she studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music and cello with the Claude Watson School for the Arts, and in New York she studied music theory with Mark Wade. She's taught in the New School’s Sweat musical theatre intensive and taught dance in public schools and conservatories.

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Club Review: Susanne Mack’s “Fragments”

Almost all of the cabarets I’ve seen in the last year have seen performers grappling to make sense of the pandemic lifestyle: the grief of missing their collaborators and audiences,...

Club Review: Celia Berk’s “On My Way to You—Improbable Stories That Inspired an Unlikely Path”

Celia Berk drew a large and enthusiastic crowd to the Laurie Beechman Theatre for “On My Way to You: Improbable Stories That Inspired an Unlikely Path.” Berk brought a room-filling...

Club Review: Tim Connell’s “Dreamin’ Again”

Tim Connell  (Photo: Stephen Mosher) Tim Connell’s latest offering, Dreamin’ Again, featured music director and longtime collaborator James Followell on piano, and was directed by Steven Petrillo....

Club Review: Ari Axelrod’s “Ari’s Arias”

One of the many things that Ari Axelrod gets right on stage is sharing his gratitude. A medley of “Never Never Land” (Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green) and...

Club Review: Stacey Kent

Stacey Kent (Photo: JazzJournal.co.uk) Stacey Kent sings from a part of the jazz vocal tradition that I particularly admire. She’s one of the post-Anita O’Day singers...

Club Review: Ann Kittredge’s “Movie Nite”

Ann Kittredge (Photo here and below: Helane Blumfield) Ann Kittredge was in her element at Birdland Theater with her latest cabaret offering, “Movie Nite.” In a...

Club Review: Susie Mosher’s “The Lineup”

Susie Mosher is a hell of a good host. She wrangles a weekly Tuesday variety night with a rotating group of performers at Birdland Theater; when I was there on...

Club Review: Amy Jo Jackson’s “The Brass Menagerie”

Amy Jo Jackson in The Brass Menagerie. When Amy Jo Jackson says she’s offering the CliffsNotes guide to Tennessee Williams’s body of work in The Brass...

Club Review: The Royal Bopsters

(L. to r.):  Dylan Pramuk, Amy London, Jeanne O'Connor, and Pete McGuiness of The Royal Bopsters. A lucky few who braved torrential rain got to hear The...

Club Review: André De Shields’ “Black by Popular Demand (A Musical Meditation on How Not To Be Eaten by The Sphinx)”

Three women emerged silently in low light from the back of the house; winding between café tables, eyes scanning the horizon, parasols aloft; the pianist and percussionist shimmered a soundscape...