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Perspectives on Tuesday’s MAC Awards Show March 22, 2018 By Rob Lester for Cabaret Scenes “Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day” Ira Gershwin rhymingly wrote to his brother George’s melody. For those hoping for the good news of winning a MAC Award in addition to the earlier good news of being nominated, the […]

Lisa Viggiano: Sings Bruce on Christopher Chris Struck | March 7, 2018 Lisa Viggiano Sings Bruce on Christopher The Duplex, NYC, February 24, 2018 Reviewed by Chris Struck for Cabaret Scenes Luckily, Lisa Viggiano found a kindred spirit in Bruce Springsteen, a fellow Jersey kid gone Northern California adult and occasional stage singer. While Springsteen […]

Six Degrees of Cabaret Separation This Weekend: From Sequins to Springsteen to Salon February 23, 2018 Rob Lester Cabaret 0 By ROB LESTER****Our shortest month still has some NYC cabaret life in it with this last weekend.  Shall we play “Six Degrees of Separation”? OK. FIRST DEGREE: Rick Skye returns as Liza with a Z—that […]

This Week in Cabaret–It’s All About the “M” Word: Marnie, Marissa, Miss Cast, My Island Home, and More January 22, 2018 By ROB LESTER***Cabaret in NYC always offers many choices. Here are some to consider that are happening this week. To narrow it down, I’ve just picked ones that all can be filed under the […]

Tanya Moberly: The Jon Weber Show Bart Greenberg | January 3, 2018 Tanya Moberly The Jon Weber Show Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, December 29, 2017 Reviewed by Bart Greenberg for Cabaret Scenes Tanya Moberly In the last of her series of six shows over the last few months of 2017, each with a different accompanist […]

Amy Beth Williams: A Thousand Beautiful Things Alix Cohen | December 21, 2017  Amy Beth Williams A Thousand Beautiful Things Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, December 18, 2017 Reviewed by Alix Cohen for Cabaret Scenes Amy Beth Williams Amy Beth Williams has a voice with wings. There’s something about its tenor and texture that buoys material. […]

Marnie Klar November 16, 2017 | By Penelope Thomas Delightfully bookended by “Stay Awake” (Robert B. & Richard M. Sherman), Marnie Klar’s new show, Bedtime Stories, features nighttime, fairy tale, and storybook songs. Skillfully directed by Tanya Moberly, Klar presents her theme in a brief but illuminating introduction, in which we learn that this her […]

Amy Beth Williams November 7, 2017 | By Bistro Awards | Don’t Tell Mama Mondays November 13, December 18; 7:00 pm A Thousand Beautiful Things A new show from one of the most incisive artists to grace the cabaret stage in the past twenty-five years. She delivers a cornucopia of attitudes and emotions—at times with […]

Marnie Klar Bedtime Stories Bart Greenberg | November 9, 2017  Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, November 8, 2017 Reviewed by Bart Greenberg for Cabaret Scenes Marnie Klar Photo: Russ Weatherford Having admitted that her previous four shows, all with director Tanya Moberly, were based on very personal matters, Marnie Klar jubilantly announced that her new show […]

The 28th New York Cabaret Convention October 24, 2017 | By Bistro Awards | Add a Comment The 28th edition of the New York Cabaret Convention, presented by the Mabel Mercer Foundation, took place October 16-19 at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Penelope Thomas, Mark Dundas Wood, Gerry Geddes, and Robert Windeler […]