Robert Windeler

Robert Windeler is the author of 18 books, including biographies of Mary Pickford, Julie Andrews, Shirley Temple, and Burt Lancaster. As a West Coast correspondent for The New York Times and Time magazine, he covered movies, television and music, and he was an arts and entertainment critic for National Public Radio. He has contributed to a variety of other publications, including TV Guide, Architectural Digest, The Sondheim Review, and People, for which he wrote 35 cover stories. He is a graduate of Duke University in English literature and holds a masters in journalism from Columbia, where he studied critical writing with Judith Crist. He has been a theatre critic for Back Stage since 1999, writes reviews for BistroAwards.com, and is a member of The Players and the American Theatre Critics Association.

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Bob Diamond

An admitted and proud octogenarian, Bob Diamond clearly revels in his longevity. In his latest show, The Game of Life (at Don't Tell Mama, directed by Gretchen Reinhagen), he proved...

Sue Matsuki

On September 16, 1986, Susan Trosell, as she was called then, performed her first cabaret show at Don't Tell Mama, having passed a nerve-wracking audition for Sidney Myer. Exactly 33...

Elizabeth Parrish

If there's such a thing as a carefully crafted stream-of-consciousness approach to cabaret, Elizabeth Parrish is surely the queen of it. In her recent show at Pangea, Every Soul's a...

Lisa Viggiano

In her latest show, From Lady Day to The Boss (at Don't Tell Mama, smoothly directed by Tanya Moberly), Lisa Viggiano justly and joyously celebrated the nearly five-decade career at...

Ari Axelrod

Editor's note: This review has been updated to correct factual errors in the original version published on December 10. We apologize for the errors and sincerely regret any misunderstanding they...

Meg Flather

At this time of her life ("now post-menopausal and proud of it"), Meg Flather is clearly reassessing her past mistakes and triumphs along with her current and future options. In...

Sally Darling

She's done it again. Only more so this time. Over several seasons, we've come to expect the best from Sally Darling, including straight-ahead, uncluttered vocals, a profound understanding of lyrics,...

Luba Mason

Although, by her own reckoning, she's been a professional singer since 1987, Luba Mason postponed performing her first fully autobiographical cabaret show until Luba Mason – 5'10", her recent outing at...

Andrea McArdle

Nostalgia can cover a multitude of sins or situations. Even better if the nostalgia is shared. In the case of Andrea McArdle's recent new show at Feinstein's/54 Below, the happy...

Corinna Sowers Adler

Somewhat as a sequel to Stories, her New York cabaret debut nearly a decade ago, Corinna Sowers Adler recently offered Second Stories at the Triad Theater. But this stunning, hour-long...