Liz Callaway Performance at the 35th Bistro Awards

Evan Seplow
Liz Callaway here singing “The Story Goes On,” from Maltby & Shire’s “Baby” that ran on Broadway from 1983-1984 with a book by Sybille Pearson and directed by Maltby. Callaway played “Lizzie,” one of the leads. Alex Rybeck accompanies.

Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire Performance of “One Step” at the 35th Bistro Awards

Evan Seplow
Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire closed the Bistro Awards’ 35th anniversary on March 9, 2020, by performing their own “One Step,” from their revue Starting Here, Starting Now that opened Off Broadway in June of 1977 at Barbarann, a bar/restaurant on W. 46th St.

Lynne Wintersteller Performance at the 35th Bistro Awards

Evan Seplow
Lynne Wintersteller, one of the original cast members of Maltby & Shire’s Closer Than Ever, sings “Life Story” from that show as part of the Bistro Awards’ tribute to the songwriting team on March 9 at the 35th annual Bistro Awards gala evening. Richard Maltby and David Shire are known for their story songs and...

The 2020 Honoree Roll Call: Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire

Evan Seplow
Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire are one of the longest-running musical theatre partnerships in Broadway history, celebrating more than 50 years of musical accomplishments that include Baby, Big, Closer Than Ever, and Starting Here, Starting Now. The pair were honored with the Bistro Award’s top honor, the 2020 Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award, presented...

Charlotte Maltby Performance at the 35th Bistro Awards

Evan Seplow
Charlotte Maltby sings “Autumn,” one of the first songs written by Richard Maltby and David Shire for a musical version of “Cyrano de Bergerac” while they were still students at Yale. It eventually became part of “Starting Here, Starting Now” which premiered at the cabaret space at Manhattan Theatre Club in 1977, and then transferred...

The 2020 Honoree Roll Call: Michele Brourman

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Recipient of the 2020 Bistro Award for Outstanding Singer-Songwriter-Musical Director, Michele Brourman has had a wide-ranging career in music including songs for more than 18 animated features for Universal Studios. Her song”My Favorite Year” (co-written with Karen Gottlieb) has become a cabaret standard, recorded by many cabaret luminaries, but here she is presenting it herself.

The 2020 Honoree Roll Call: Sean Harkness, Lina Koutrakos, and Marcus Simeone

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Sean Harkness, Lina Koutrakos, and Marcus Simeone, who tougher form the group Clearly Now, are the Bistro Award’s recipient in the category of Musical Group. Hear them do their own twist on a John Lennon-Paul McCartney classic, “With A Little Help From My Friends.”

The 2020 Honoree Roll Call: Aisha de Haas

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Here’s Aisha de Haas, the Bistro Award’s 2020 Outstanding Jazz Artist, singing “Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don’t Tease Me”) (Duke Ellington / Lee Gaines).

The 2020 Honoree Roll Call: Gabrielle Stravelli

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Gabrielle Stravelli, who won the 2008 Ira Eaker Special Achievement Award for a performer-on-the-rise, the 2015 Bistro for Outstanding Jazz Artist, and the 2020 Bistro Award for Outstanding Recording for Pick Up My Pieces: Gabrielle Stravelli Sings Willie Nelson. Watch her here singing “Karma Medley” ("Blame It on the Times/Little Old Fashioned Karma/Nobody Slides, My...

The 2020 Honoree Roll Call: Jack Bartholet

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Presenting Jack Bartholet, winner of the 2020 Ira Eaker Special Achievement Award, singing “Lady With A Song” (written by Ethel Merman and Rodger Edens. performed by Merman); “Lavender Song” (Mischa Spoliansky, Kurt Schwabach. English translation by Jeremy Lawrence).