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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I Made Myself An Album: Twitter Transcript

2015 Bistro Award winners Stearns Matthews, Marissa Mulder, Eric Comstock and other cabaret artists chat about their albums -- how to choose material, how you use the recording to draw...

Breaking Into Cabaret: Transcript of Chat by Celia Berk, Joshua Dixon and Surprise Guest Natalie Douglas

2015 Bistro Award winners Celia Berk and Joshua Dixon chat about breaking into cabaret. An edited (and slightly reordered) transcript follows: [View the story "Breaking Into Cabaret: Bistro Awards winners...

WINNERS ANNOUNCED – View our Press Release!

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Cabaret 101 With Gabrielle Stravelli: Twitter Chat Transcript

Read the first #BistroAwards Twitter chat, with 2015 winner Gabrielle Stravelli, joined by fellow winners Celia Berk, Shana Farr, and Stearns Matthews. [View the story "Cabaret 101: Gabrielle Stravelli "...

Join a Twitter Chat with 2015 Bistro Award Winner Gabrielle Stravelli: Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 3 pm

Gabrielle Stravelli, this year's Bistro Award winner for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist, will be having a Twitter chat on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 3 pm ET. Use hashtag #BistroAwards to follow...

Jensen Joins with Mayes to Tribute Bistro’s 30th

Singer-songwriter-musical director Rick Jensen has joined up with actress and cabaret and concert singer Sally Mayes to write a song, specially for the 30th Anniversary...

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 structure be damned. But...

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PRESS RELEASE: 2015 Winners Announced!

Carol Fredette and Lillias White are among the winners to be honored at the 30th ANNUAL BISTRO AWARDS GALA Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 pm / Gotham Comedy Club Jason Graae...