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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Photos: The 2015 Bistro Awards Gala

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Oh What a Night

Jason Graae sang an original song, “Nothing Rhymes With Bistro Blues," written specifically for the occasion of the 30th annual Bistro Awards, at the outset of the gala that included...

Bistro Awards Tonight!

Jason Grae plays host to the 30th annual Bistro Awards gala, which features 11 winners of this year's awards - such as Carol Fredette and Lillias White --  plus a...

Heart to Heart: Carol Fredette on communicating with an audience…and much more

By Wendy Lane Bailey To interview jazz singer Carol Fredette is to get a master class in the art of musicianship taught by a smart savvy woman who is passionate...

Anything Does Not Go: Cabaret Performance No-No’s

By Jeff Nishball Cole Porter’s classic Anything Goes can be heard in cabarets around the world, its lyrics presenting a loosey-goosey world, where rules and...

Farr and Lowe: Concepts in Cabaret, Twitter Chat Transcript

2015 Bistro Awards winners Shana Farr and Kristoffer Lowe discus Concepts in Cabaret - how to create a focused show. [View the story "Concept Cabaret Twitter Transcript" on Storify] Shana...

Spotlight: Jeff Harnar, Appearing March 4

Jeff Harnar is one of the 10 past Bistro Award winners who will be at the 30th annual gala March 4th. Beginning his career at age 10 as a television...

Spotlight: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Performing March 4

Dee Dee Bridgewater is one of the 10 past Bistro Award winners who will be performing at the 30th annual gala March 4th. A New York fixture on the jazz...

Dee Dee Bridgewater, Marilyn Maye, John Fugelsang, Mary Testa Appearing at 30th Bistro Awards Gala

When cabaret’s oldest award, the Bistro Awards, turns 30 on Wednesday, March 4, ten honorees from the past will be appearing, in addition to the 11 2015 award winners. In alphabetical...