Bistro Awards

Sherry Eaker has been the producer of the annual Bistro Awards since the awards’ inception in 1985. She is the former editor of "Back Stage" and, during her 30-year run, produced panel discussions and workshop events on an ongoing basis, including the programming for Back Stage’s annual Actorfest. She compiled and edited four editions of the "Back Stage Handbook for Performing Artists," and compiled and edited "The Cabaret Artists Handbook." Sherry is on the Board of the League of Professional Theatre Women, a member of the National Theatre Conference and the American Theatre Critics Association (and produced eight of ATCA’s New York weekend conferences). She is an advisor to the boards of both the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition.

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2023 Award Winner – Brandon James Gwinn

Ira Eaker Special Achievement Award Brandon James Gwinn (he/they) is a Drama League nominated and Richard Rodgers Award winning composer-lyricist, performer, pianist and producer. A LiveNation artist, Brandon opened for Trixie...

Remembering Rita Gardner— Actor, Singer, Teacher, and the Original “Girl” in “The Fantasticks”

Rita Gardner had so many friends who loved her, and I was lucky to be one of them.  Rita Gardner holds up a photo of her...

Francesca Blumenthal—From Ad Agency Copywriter to Award-winning Songwriter, Maybe Her Life *Was* Just Like the Movies

Songwriter Francesca Blumenthal had the uncanny ability to write lyrics that so many of us could easily relate to. Her well-chosen words that told a story would either make us...

Ricky Ritzel Uncut!

Multi-Bistro Award-winning cabaret artist, Ricky Ritzel, shares with a friend his best memories of the Bistro Awards evenings.      

We are Nominated for a BroadwayWorld.com Award!

We don't usually like to flaunt ourselves..... For the past 36 years, the "Bistro Bits" column in Back Stage, the Bistro Awards annual event, and BistroAwards.com, has always put the...

“Machiavelli Was Right”

Click on the arrow on the left above to listen to "Machiavelli Was Right" from the musical The American Foxe, book and lyrics by Karen Gottlieb, music by Michele...

“Turn It All Around”

Click here to listen to Turn It All Around Words and music by Debra Barsha and Sheilah Rae (lyrics below) Sung by Wonu Ogunfowora Harris M. Turner and Wonu Ogunfowora,...

Highlights from the 2018 Bistro Award Show

Watch highlights from our 33rd annual Bistro Awards show (2018) that features André De Shields (Lifetime Achievement), Sheila Jordan (Outstanding Contributions to the Art of Jazz), Marta Sanders (Consummate Cabaret...

The 2020 Honoree Roll Call: Charles Busch

Charles Busch is a playwright, actor, director, drag icon, and singer, and for his combined talents he received the 2020 Bistro Award for Creative Artistry. Listen for yourself just how...

The 2020 Honoree Roll Call: Elizabeth Ward Land

New to cabaret, Elizabeth Ward Land impressed us with her tribute to Linda Ronstadt in her show Still Within the Sound of My Voice: The Songs of Linda Ronstadt. See...