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Amy Beth Williams: Great Ladies, Great Songs Posted on December 12, 2018 by Alix Cohen in Playing Around Amy Beth Williams is  double distilled lady, polished, elegant, dignified. Fortunately, though she could physically loosen up some, this doesn’t indicate lack of emotional communication. Williams seems to take in lyrics whole, process, and exhale. She’s clearly […]

Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, December 7, 2018 Reviewed by Alix Cohen for Cabaret Scenes Marnie Klar is a tall, attractive drink of water. Her freshness adds to the authenticity of this show. When the vocalist tells us about her subject’s independent, inherently feminist life, she speaks with passion. Biographical material is, alas, predominantly factual rather […]

Hidden Treasures VI: Songs of Larry Kerchner The Triad, NYC, November 26, 2018 Reviewed by Alix Cohen for Cabaret Scenes Larry Kerchner “Lemme tell you, Larry (pictured) is a prolific composer, lyricist, arranger, producer, and he has a Grammy Award” began host Klea Blackhurst. Iteration No. 6 of the artist’s work packed The Triad with […]

Jennifer Bangs November 18, 2018 | By Mark Dundas Wood  In her new show at Don’t Tell Mama, She Bangs, She Bangs: Marriage, Adultery, Texas & Jesus, actress-singer Jennifer Bangs delivers one of the most soul-baring cabaret programs I have ever seen. The show (directed by Tanya Moberly) is a true confession, told in excruciating […]

    Marnie Klar @ DTM Posted by Sue Matsuki | Nov 11, 2018 Photo Credit: Takoko Harkness What can I say about “Marnie Klar Sings Bobbie Gentry”? Well, to start, it was an inspired pairing of voice and material. It was a well-researched show with minimal, informative patter delivered as a conversation and not […]

By Myra Chanin I arrived a bit early at Don’t Tell Mama a few days ago, notebook in handbag, led by my brain to believe that I would be hearing a comparatively unknown songbird warble classics from the Great American Songbook. Where in the world had I gotten that idea? Nowhere special. I am just aware […]

Ricky Ritzel (piano), Anna Anderson, Aaron Lee Battle, Tanya Moberly The Cast     By Sandi Durell   While the keeper of the flame for Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway, Myra Chanin, is traveling in Hawaii, I couldn’t let this auspicious evening of song pass me by without being part of the BIG anniversary celebration at Don’t […]

Warren Shein, Kristine Zbornik   By Myra Chanin   June 29, 2018 was very special. It was the date of the penultimate performance of Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway’s Triple-Consecutive Mac-Award-Winning Series before its Third Anniversary Celebration. Tada! Harrumph to them who said it wouldn’t last! Them couldn’t recognize an addicting substance when they injected it. Nevertheless, […]

Kendra Cunningham June 25, 2018 | By Mark Dundas Wood  Kendra Cunningham is a good human being. Or, at any rate, she’s trying hard to be one. Growing up in a Catholic, Irish-Lithuanian-American household, she began saying affirmations at age 13. Her favorite is “I love and adore myself,” a motto that has apparently morphed […]

Hollywood Fringe Fest 2018 A LIFE BEHIND BARS Storytelling can be casual.  It can be challenging.  It can be insightful.  Stories can be funny, sad, inspirational, depressing or so many other things.  When you find a performer who can seamlessly blend aspects of all the above into a single, insightful show… there is reason to […]