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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 […]

Marnie Klar By: Paulanne Simmons March 17, 2019: Bobbie Gentry is not exactly a name we hear often these days. Yet the singer/songwriter was one of the first female artists to compose and produce her work. Born in Chickasaw Country, Mississippi, she was hugely influenced by the music she heard growing up on her grandparents’ […]

Monday, March 18, 2019 J.W.’s Postcard from NYC: I was in New York City over the weekend for a business meeting and had the opportunity to squeeze in some theater and cabaret (well, a lot, actually). It was a memorable weekend and I wanted to share some thoughts: The Cher Show I went for the costumes and […]

Posted on Feb 27, 2019 in Music Reviews Erika Lustig By Myra Chanin Once upon a time there lived senior-ita, known for her veneration of mid-to-high culture, who acquired an Art Deco-ish abode with a view of a pond populated by perpetually quacking ducks in the land where boredoms – note the plural – reign supreme. The […]

In The Spotlight | ‘Life’ story: Johnstown native’s one-man play explores ‘roller coaster’ life of an NYC bartender By Mark Pestompesto@tribdem.com Feb 2, 2019 Johnstown native Dan Ruth wrote and is performing his one-man play, “A Life Behind Bars,” in Pittsburgh. After he graduated from Bishop McCort High School decades ago, Dan Ruth moved from […]

MUST SEE: Dan Ruth’s A Life Behind Bars – Broadway World Pittsburgh By Alan D. Welding on January 24, 2019 • ( Leave a comment ) “A Life Behind Bars” is a hilarious & seedy tour-de-force roller coaster ride of after-hour whiskey shots, horror films and rock & roll.  Dan Ruth shares dark comic monologues, […]

Marnie Klar December 30, 2018 | By Bistro Awards | Don’t Tell Mama Wednesdays January 16 & 23, 7:00 pm Marnie Klar Sings Bobbie Gentry Marnie Klar brings her tribute to Bobbie Gentry back for two more performances. In addition to having a grand time at this show, you will learn two things: (1) though […]