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The event is on September 17th, 2022. by Stephi Wild Aug. 29, 2022 A light-hearted, gut-punching, mournful dissection of singlehood, love, romance, loss, and maybe most importantly: an indomitable desire for Gavin Creel. But, every Say Goodnight, Gracie is different. There’s a wonderful rotation of musicians including bassists, vocalists, saxophonists, and my personal favorite: a […]

Tour-de-Force Tanya Strikes Again, this time with Misters Schwartz and Sondheim. by Stephen Mosher Aug. 23, 2022   Holy Pamela Myers, Batman! Tanya Moberly has been belting! Since January the versatile virtuosa vocalist has been doing a residency at Don’t Tell Mama titled MOBERLY AT MAMA’S MONTHLY, the hook of which is that Tanya does […]

June 24, 2022 NiteLife Exchange By Michael Barbieri***As a critic, I’m afforded the opportunity to see some wonderful performers. There are times, however, when I see someone in a brilliant new light, and their performance is eye-opening in a way I never expected. In this very way, Tanya Moberly’s tribute to The Beatles and Led […]

June 23, 2022 | By Mark Dundas Wood For most any cabaret show, performers will want to share something about themselves. They’ll note, for instance, what a particular song in their setlist means to them personally and why they decided to include it. But certain shows go well beyond that. Such presentations are essentially spoken-word […]

April 6, 2022 NiteLife Exchange Cabaret Reviews By Marilyn Lester***Songwriter Jeff Flaster is by far not a newbie to the world of creating music, but he is in the world of cabaret. His singing and performing debut at Don’t Tell Mama can be certifiably stamped “success.” With Take the Moment, Flaster, in his sixth decade, […]

Bart Greenberg | April 2, 2022 Jeff Flaster Take the Moment Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, March 16, 2022 Reviewed by Bart Greenberg Jeff Flaster made a highly impressive solo cabaret debut with his show, Take the Moment. As with many such programs, the subject was autobiographical. One of the things that made the evening special […]

Mar 18, 2022 | Music & Cabaret By Andrew Poretz . . . The last time a numbers guy made a name for himself as an entertainer, the world got Bob Newhart, a former accountant.  Jeff Flaster has taken it a step further.  He became an actuary!  To go from a world of successfully gauging […]

Bart Greenberg | February 26, 2022 Marnie Klar A Woman’s Prerogative Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, February 23, 2022 Reviewed by Bart Greenberg Marnie Klar takes command of the stage. Planting her feet, she delivers her lyrics with both assurance and clarity. Her amazingly mobile face can appear amused, haughty, destroyed, or triumphant (and her choices […]

Broadway World Cabaret and Concert editor Stephen Mosher picks his favorite moments of 2021. by Stephen Mosher Dec. 31, 2021   As the minutes tick by on the clock on the wall (everyone still has a ticking clock on the wall, right?), there is much satisfaction in looking through the list of shows I have, […]

It’s hard to tell what shines brightest – the lights, the blue silk suit, or Frank McDonough’s ebullience by Stephen Mosher Dec. 17, 2021   Although Frank McDonough’s new show LEGENDS OF LAS VEGAS is about the music of the famed entertainers who made Las Vegas the Entertainment Capital of the World, the legend of […]