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Barb Jungr
Barb Jungr is a great interpreter of songs. She is every bit as iconic as the singer/songwriters she chooses to translate and reinterpret. She's a rock star; she looks and...
Natalie Douglas
"Hello Dolly," Natalie Douglas’s recent tribute to Dolly Parton at Birdland, provided a memorable cabaret experience. Her vocal instrument is incomparable; she segues easily from a smoky contralto to a...
Luba Mason
Luba Mason slinked onto the stage of the Metropolitan room in a cream floor-length gown accented with blue brocade flowers riding the curves of her lithe frame. Her hips swayed,...
KT Sullivan & Jeff Harnar
Stephen Sondheim is so special, so specific, so idiosyncratic. Sung by everyone, everywhere, how could anyone possibly do anything new and unique? In "Our Time – Sullivan & Harnar Sing Sondheim"...
Carol Shedlin
An evening with Carol Shedlin's new show, "Child of the '30s," is a walk into a black-and-white movie. Her opening number, "Are you Having Any Fun?" (Jack Yellen, Sammy Fain),...
Shakina Nayfack
The legendary cabaret artist Marilyn Maye says of cabaret, "You don't have to be anything but who you are." Shakina Nayfack is the epitome of Maye's comment. In her evening...
Jane Monheit
Jane Monheit is a voluptuous beauty in the tradition of Jane Russell and Jayne Mansfield. The other night at Birdland, she came on stage dressed like a Christmas present in...
Jarrod Spector
At the top of Jarrod Spector's rockin' show "A Little Help from My Friends," he tells us that he is a music nerd and that he's spent a lot of...