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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Floanne

A set of French (or Frenchified) love songs is a nice, if fairly obvious, idea for a one-off on Bastille Day. The Franco-American singer Floanne (full name Flo Ankah) was...

Clark Warren

A self-described member of "the geezerhood," Clark Warren surely deserves a nicer-sounding appellation. After all, this gentleman of a certain age evinces many of the admirable qualities of advanced years:...

Alexa Ray Joel

Make no mistake about it, from the moment she takes the stage, she takes the stage. Her voice is strong and her musicality is secure. Her crisp eleven-song, fifty-minute set...

Jennylind Parris

Doing a tribute show to a beloved performer who is not only very much alive, but still working, can be tricky. Who needs the tribute maker, no matter how talented...

Anita Gillette

She has been in show business for 55 years, but made her cabaret debut (with this show) only last year. Yet it seems as if Anita Gillette has been preparing...

Sierra Boggess

In so many important ways, Sierra Boggess is my kind of cabaret entertainer. She possesses a solid, well-schooled soprano voice that ranges up to a high E. She is willing...

On the Record: A Tribute to the Great Vocal Groups of the 20th Century

Stage 72 at The Triad - Saturdays and Sundays through December 15 Songs recorded and performed live by the last century's vocal groups (trios and quartets, mostly), whether storied or...

Joanne Tatham

"Soundtrack New York" Café Carlyle  -  October 3, 4, 10, 11 The Los Angeles-based Joanne Tatham is not so well known in New York, but that could change quickly as...

Kathryn Allyn and Frank Ponzio

"V is for Victory Disc: Doing It for Defense" Stage 72 at the Triad - July 25, August 1 Those of us who don't remember World War II, which is...

Tales from the Jazz Age: An F. Scott Fitzgerald Songbook

Café Carlyle  -  June 13, 20, 21 This revue of songs truly linked to the life and works of F. Scott Fitzgerald is a good idea, if only to provide...