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by Stephen MosherSep. 9, 2019 The Young Minds Benefit for Teen Suicide Prevention took place at famed New York cabaret Don’t Tell Mama on September 6th, playing to a house that was full enough but that, frankly, should have been standing room only. The cause was a great one and the lineup was equal in […]

Posted on Sep 3, 2019 in Music Reviews The Company – Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway By Myra Chanin Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway, like Brigadoon, pops up on the fourth Friday night of every month at Don’t Tell Mama where the antics of Ritzel and Company unfurl a tidal wave of utter joy that envelopes everyone in the packed […]

by Stephen Mosher Aug. 26, 2019   Teenage suicide has always been a problem in our troubled world, but recent years have seen a rise in the number of young people who take their own lives. For whatever reason, young people are choosing an extremely permanent solution to problems for which there might be help. […]

by Stephen Mosher Aug. 5, 2019   I recently did some undercover reporting. It wasn’t dangerous or glamorous, like Hunter S. Thompson or Nellie Bly, though it was both alluring and scary at times. I infiltrated the cabaret community to see what it’s like being a nightclub singer – and I had a really good […]

Cabaret Scenes | July 7, 2019 | 0 Comments A Conversation with Meg Flather and her Cabaret Sisterhood July 7, 2019 Meg Flather Meg Flather has made a name for herself in cabaret as a performer and songwriter. On July 14 and September 14 at 4:00 pm at NYC’s Don’t Tell Mama, she gathers fellow […]

by BWW News Desk Jul. 16, 2019 Singer/Song writer Meg Flather brings together fellow singers on July 14 and September 14 at 4:00 pm at NYC’s Don’t Tell Mama, in a performance of her songs for A Cabaret Sisterhood. The photos shown here are from the July 14th opening. Some of the performers seen here […]

Review: Susanne Mack “Where I Belong” at Pangea Written by: Navida Stein June 14, 2019 Singer Susanne Mack’s new show WHERE I BELONG, playing at Pangea, the best cabaret room in town, is a diverse mix of song and story that continually emphasizes our basic human need for authentic connection to both place and people. […]

Posted on Jun 24, 2019 in Music Reviews By Myra Chanin Friday night, as I was strolling toward Don’t Tell Mama for the latest edition of the multi-annual-award-winning Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway, I spied Madame R. catching a pre-performance breath on the stairs of an adjacent brownstone. Ricky was not attired in his usual, could-use-a-bit-more-ironing Elaine Stritch-ish […]

Susanne Mack May 20, 2019 | By Mark Dundas Wood Early in her new show at Pangea, Where I Belong, German-born singer Susanne Mack tells about growing up along the Swiss-German border. She speaks of being fascinated by a bridge with a line down the middle—a border marker that you could straddle so that your left […]

Dan Ruth @ City Winery 04/01/19 Posted by David Sabella | Apr 7, 2019 | Dan Ruth A Life Behind Bars City Winery Loft April 1, 2019 – 8PM Cabaret has long been the domain of the singer, and all things musical, or so we are told. But, every once in a while a solo […]