Lisa Vroman
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Theatrical Cabaret From Broadway to classics, onstage and in concert, Lisa Vroman has established herself as one of America’s most versatile voices. She starred on Broadway and in San Francisco and Los Angeles as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. Other major roles include Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus); both Fantine and Cosette (Les Miserables); Rosabella (The Most Happy Fella...
Karen Mack
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Variety of Cabaret Performances Karen Mack is a multi-award-winning singer/songwriter with creative roots in jazz, folk, pop, and swing. Over the last 20 years, she’s established herself as a favorite in NYC’s top clubs and performance spaces. Her varied musical influences are apparent in her style, which meshes a warm jazz/folk sensibility with an affinity for...
Wendy Scherl
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Tribute Show (The Sweetness and the Sorrow: The Songs of Marvin Hamlisch) Wendy Scherl started her performance career in regional theatre after graduating from Northwestern University (BA, Department of Theatre). She toured the country in featured roles in Annie, The Pajama Game, Grease, and Hair, among others. She made her cabaret debut in 1988 with...
Elvira Tortora
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Musical Memoir (The Bookmaker’s Daughter) Elvira Tortora began singing in her room at age 10, while listening to cast albums of Broadway musicals. Her first time singing onstage was in her all-girls high-school production of South Pacific (in which played Lieutenant Joseph Cable.) Next came Baruch College productions of Kiss Me Kate, Where’s Charley, and...
Tony Yazbeck
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Song & Dance Performer Tony Yazbeck most recently starred on Broadway as Cary Grant in the musical Flying Over Sunset for Lincoln Center Theatre. He made his Broadway debut at age 11 in Gypsy with Tyne Daly. For the 2014 Broadway revival of On the Town, he won the Astaire Award and was nominated for...
Linda Kahn
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Recording (Wait ’Till You See What’s Next) Linda is an active member of the cabaret community in New York City and is a fixture in master classes, cabaret workshops, and streaming performances. Her desire to connect with audiences above all else has attracted the attention of reviewers and sold-out crowds at some of NYC’s best...
Maud Hixson
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Recording (Permanent Midnight: Songs of Richard Rodney Bennett) Hailed as “gently virtuosic” (All About Jazz), Maud Hixson is a devoted exponent of great songs, ranging from the classic Great American Songbook to the often unsung or forgotten compositions awaiting rediscovery. Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Maud made her Guthrie Theater debut in the Noël Coward...
Jason Henderson
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Musical Comedy Performer Jason Henderson is an actor, singer, and cabaret performer. His show, Getting to Noël You, created with director Barry Kleinbort and musical director Christopher Denny, has been critically acclaimed, listed among the top 10 Cabaret Shows of 2023 (Times Square Chronicles), and performed numerous times at Don’t Tell Mama. Other recent New...
Amber Gray
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Creative Artistry in a Cabaret Debut Amber Gray has originated roles in numerous productions over the years, including Claudia in Here We Are, Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, at The Shed; Persephone in Hadestown at NYTW, Edmonton’s Citadel, London’s National, and on Broadway (Tony nomination, Grammy); Hélène in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 at Ars Nova, Kazino, and on...
Margaret Curry
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Vocalist Noting the guidelines of the Bistro Awards, “to recognize and congratulate the accomplishments of those who have done something special,” makes receiving this award a true honor for Margaret Curry. A multidisciplinary performer, her extensive live experiences include over 300 performances as Titania in the Off-Broadway hit musical Fools in Love and multiple Equity National tours...