Adam Shapiro

Roy Sander
"It Starts When We're Kids"  The Duplex - September 12, 18 I've seen Adam Shapiro perform many times, but until now, only in open mic appearances. With a solid baritone voice and the ability to be hilarious with comic material, strikingly dramatic with big ballads, and sweetly tender in gentler ones, in these performances he nearly...

Joelle Lurie

Roy Sander
"This Time Tomorrow" Metropolitan Room  -  September 10, 12 Before making this Metropolitan Room return engagement, Joelle Lurie played a principal role in Jerry Springer: The Opera at Boston's SpeakEasy Stage Company, so I assumed that she would have a good voice. She certainly does: from a gutsy alto to a lovely, limpid mezzo. She has...

KT Sullivan

Roy Sander
Kathleen Downey's Granite Room  -  August 20, 27, September 3, 10 Clad in an exquisite formal dress cut low in the back, she stands at a delicate swag railing near the edge of the stage, awash in light. With utmost poise and simplicity she sings "Kiss Me Again." The stage image is reminiscent of the balcony...

Michael Feinstein & Christine Ebersole

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"Good Friends" Feinstein's at Loews Regency  –  September 8 - 12 It makes sense (and much accumulated cents) to have Michael Feinstein—who lends his name to the Feinstein's at Loews Regency tag—appear several times during the cabaret season. He's guaranteed to pack the house or almost pack it at every performance, a boon during stressed...

Jane Scheckter

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"Play a Simple Melody – A Tribute to Irving Berlin" The Metropolitan Room  -  September 1, 2, 8, 13 Right off the bat in her Irving Berlin tribute, "Play a Simple Melody," Jane Scheckter distances herself from her title and from what she apparently considers the canard about the iconic tunesmith's being a simple, not...

Eric Michael Gillett

Roy Sander
"Widescreen – Songs From and About the Movies" Feinstein's at Loews Regency  -  September 1, 2 Film is one of the dominant forces in popular culture. Is there a soul in the modern world for whom going to the movies was not one of the chief pleasures and most vividly memorable experiences of growing up?...

Darren Williams

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"Not the Boy Next Door – The Peter Allen Songbook" The Metropolitan Room - August 25, 27, September 6, 13 By the time Darren Williams reached the "I Go to Rio" encore in his opening-night "Not the Boy Next Door – The Peter Allen Songbook" tribute, he'd already pulled down the zipper on his black...

Michael Amante

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 “In the Name of Love”  Feinstein's at Loews Regency – August 24, 25   Michael Amante knows what his audience wants—volume with a capital "V"—and he gives it to them. They like their love songs loud, and at the first of his two-night Feinstein’s at Loews Regency stay, he made certain they got them that way....

Tish Oney and Eddie Bruce

Roy Sander
The Metropolitan Room Tish Oney: August 14       Eddie Bruce: August 15, 16                      No, there isn't a new duo in town. Tish Oney and Eddie Bruce are two individual artists who performed different solo shows at the Metropolitan Room. I am covering both in a single...

Jason Danieley and The Frontier Heroes

Roy Sander
The Metropolitan Room - August 17, 21, 22, 23 While Jason Danieley is the name you're likely to be familiar with, The Frontier Heroes deserve fully half the credit for what makes this group and this show so enjoyable. To elaborate: Jason Danieley is the tenor who made his Broadway bow starring in the 1997...