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From Logistics to Aesthetics: The Varying Roles of the Cabaret Director
BistroAwards.com's critic Gerry Geddes, also a cabaret director, has worn many hats that include writer, lyricist, teacher, and theatre director. He has no doubt about the major challenge cabaret directors...
NY Cabaret Rooms: What Are the Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Differences Among Them?
Isn’t it obvious that an evening at Don’t Tell Mama is qualitatively different from, say, 54 Below or Pangea? Sidney Myer Yes and no, says Sidney Myer, veteran cabaret performer...
Paying Tribute: Various Approaches One Can Take When Celebrating the Work of an Artist
Performers paying tribute to a singing icon or big name writing-composing team usually work within a clearly defined genre. They belt or croon the tunes identified with the anointed artist(s)...
Meet Four Performers Who Faced A Different Kind of Challenge, and Triumphed!
Anita Hollander (Photo: Kia Michelle Benbow) ANITA HOLLANDER, whose double bout with cancer led to a full leg amputation, has no problem with the words “disability."...
Cabaret Singers: Did Their Virtual Performing Experiences Have Any Effect on Their Long-Awaited Return to the Stage?
We began this article with the hypothesis that cabaret artists must have learned at least something from their virtual presentations that they were then able to bring bring back to their...
Seven Artists Discuss Performing in Cabaret and in Musical Theatre
What Are the Differences? Do They Prefer One Over the Other? Does Each Serve the Artist in Different Ways? Some cabaret-cum-musical theatre performers equivocate, but most, at least among those...
Drag Kings Just Want to Have Fun and Get Their Due
Article #2 of Simi Horwitz's ongoing series on alt-cabaret. Drag King Mo B. Dick (aka Mo Fischer), best known for his self-defining quip, “Instead of being an angry woman I...
The Evolving Genre/Gender-Bending Art Form Known as Drag is One Big Hybrid
Latrice Royale (Wade Muir Photography) (This is Part One of a multi-part series on alternative cabaret by Simi Horwitz.) The diva-inspired bitchy and/or adorably naughty drag...