Michael Amante
D4vidFinkle
“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...
Sammy Velvet (aka Scott Stiffler)
Elizabeth Ahlfors
Don't Tell Mama ~ August 9, 10 You know how some shows are so bad they're good? This is not one of them. How do you solve a problem like "Sammy's At the Palace...at Don't Tell Mama”? Is Sammy Velvet, aka Scott Stiffler, just another vocally-challenged lounge crooner with a dream of playing the Palace...
Allan Harris
Elizabeth Ahlfors
"Songs For a Summer Evening: Bennett, Cole, Mathis & More..." Feinstein's At Loew's Regency ~ August 7, 8, 2009 With energy, conviction and plenty of swing, baritone Allan Harris, debuted at Feinstein's with an up-tempo, "What a Wonderful World" (BobThiele-George David Weiss). Harris possesses a plush baritone vocal tone that sits squarely in the easy-flowing...
Joyce Lyons
Roy Sander
Metropolitan Room - August 5, 12, 19 Joyce Lyons informs us that when she puts a show together, "It's about the words. My voice teacher told me, 'Your job is not to be the best singer in the world—there'll always be someone better. Your job is to make people feel.' I'm here to tell a...
An Evening at the Carlyle
D4vidFinkle
Algonquin Theatre 123 East 24th Street currently running open-ended It's in a theater. So is it a theater piece? It takes place in the Hotel Carlyle's Bemelmans Bar and even features set designer John McDermott's adaptations of Ludwig Bemelmans's famous murals. So is it a cabaret revue? The unfortunate conclusion is that however Al Tapper's...
Stearns Matthews & Megan Candio
Roy Sander
"50 Years Experience...25 Years in the Making" Don't Tell Mama July 31, Aug. 2 & 5 Stearns Matthews and Megan Candio have been friends since childhood—which isn't all that long ago since they are now only in their mid-twenties. Besides having growing-up-in-New Jersey in common, they are both disarming, charming, and funny, and both have...
Nicholas Wuehrmann
Roy Sander
"What Can You Lose?" The Duplex - August 7, 9, December 20 With hundreds of performances in musical theatre, opera, operetta, drama, and comedy to his credit—in addition to considerable experience as a director and teacher—Nicholas Wuehrmann recently made his solo cabaret debut. All of the ingredients of a first-rate cabaret artist are on display:...
Freddy Cole Quartet With Special Guest Harry Allen
Elizabeth Ahlfors
Jazz Standard 116 - East 27 Street July 30 to August 1 He is laid-back, cool and expressive. His easy delivery, the smoky intimacy of his voice, and a sly wit insinuating itself through the music have helped him gathered a young international following. He is also a potent jazz pianist, with hefty chords and...