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...

Barbara Porteus

Roy Sander
Don't Tell Mama July 24 & 27 With an extensive background in theatre and cabaret, Barbara Porteus commands the stage like a pro. Backed by musical director Barry Levitt on piano, Eric Udel on bass, and Mayra Casales on percussion, she sings her way with assurance through an appealingly eclectic program in a voice equally...

Jonathan Long

Roy Sander
"Cherish the Tenor Moments" The Metropolitan Room July 19 & 28 You know how cabaret shows sometimes begin with an offstage voice exhorting us to "sit back, relax, and enjoy the show"? That introduction would be especially apt for Jonathan Long's show "Cherish the Tenor Moments," for Long delivers an hour of some of the...

Nicole Henry

D4vidFinkle
The Metropolitan Room  ~ 34 West 22nd Street
Friday, July 31 at 7:30 Nicole Henry sings with such brassy force that it's as if a parade is coming up the street with a battery of baton-twirlers in the lead. She can modulate her tones when she wants to-and she often wants to-but it's the power of...