Bobby Patrick - Page 17

One would hope that ANDRE DE SHIELDS: OLD DAWG; NEW TRICKS would find the theatrical life it deserves beyond this one concert. The story of JELLY and what has become of him is not just one for all, but one for the ages.

This is a Diva to watch for and experience for yourselves in a nightclub setting or wherever drinks and gays in all their ways gather to FEEL the art of drag. For all this entertainment, fun and drag magic we give Ms. Vodka Stinger a hearty 5 out of 5 Rainbows.

So much of the show really landed quite perfectly with the audience on the night and felt so hip and current, along with being toe-tappingly enjoyable, touching and funny it is a sincere wish that HELL ON EARTH can pull a BE MORE CHILL and find life beyond the YATC summer camp and concert stages.

Manhattan musical duo Michael Garin and Mardie Millit have been known to stir up delicious musical mayhem wherever they go. Michael is a Drama Desk Award-winning composer/lyricist (for Song of Singapore) and Emerson College dropout who has made a living entertaining New Yorkers, playing the piano and singing at the Monkey Bar, the Rainbow Room, the VIP room at Limelight, and the Williamstown Theater Festival, to name a few. Mardie has a degree in Classical Voice from The Ohio State University and spent many years playing roles like Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and Maria in The Sound of Music in regional theatres around the country before embarking on a cabaret career. They met each other at Jim Caruso's Cast Party at Birdland in 2005 and began performing together soon after, most notably on Sunday nights at the legendary Elaine's, from 2008 until its closing in 2011.

In all a dozen numbers that kept the laughs coming and had the audience doubled over slapping their knees and tables and winding up in total hilarious agreements about that man falling into the sewer and DYING! Mel Brooks himself would have been proud hearing his songs being given such treatment by gifted Broadway vets and up-and-comers and the night made for a Monday that ended with a BANG and for that BANG Bobby gives 54 CELEBRATES MEL BROOKS! A solid 4 out of 5 rainbows. Check out the calendar at F/54B's webby and make note of the upcoming tributes as we are sure midtown's premier supper club will offer up a night to remember of one of your favorites.

Broadway veteran Elizabeth Ward Land (AMAZING GRACE, MEMPHIS, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL) returns to The Green Room 42 with her acclaimed concert STILL WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE- THE SONGS OF LINDA RONSTADT for three shows, January 16, 17 and 18, 2020 at 7pm. Touching on genres ranging from rock, country, folk, light opera, big band and mariachi, Elizabeth Ward Land finds her perfect vocal match in this salute to the great Linda Ronstadt. Featuring hits from the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers vast catalogue, including YOU'RE NO GOOD, BLUE BAYOU, DIFFERENT DRUM, DESPERADO, FRENESI and HEAT WAVE, the evening promises something for every music lover. Directed by Alan Muraoka, with Music Supervision and arrangements by Andrew David Sotomayor- with special guests Catherine Porter and Joel Waggoner.

Amy Jo Jackson in 'The Brass Menagerie' plays the Duplex Cabaret Theatre (61 Christopher Street, 2nd floor) on June 17, 2020, at 9:30pm. There is a $10 cover charge when tickets are purchased in advance ($15 at the door) and 2 beverage minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.theduplex.com. FOR INFORMATION CALL: (212) 255-5438

Nora Palka is an actress/singer/songwriter and all-around ridiculous human with an instrument that has been described by the Washington Post as 'golden-voiced.' Since moving to NYC from DC a couple years ago, she's been seen doing live shows all over the city at venues like Duplex, Joe's Pub, Club Cumming, The Bell House, Rockwood, West End and Pianos charming the audiences with her original, comedic songs or wowing them with stunning vocals leaving the people wanting more!

2020 is upon us, we're back in the twenties! The cousins that get them shows buzzin', Brock Harris and Johnson Brock, bring you The Secret, Not-So-Secret Show. Mums the word but if you happen upon this ad please join us for a rousing night of jazz and drinks a?"speakeasy style. Rumor has it Courtney Reed (Aladdin, In the Heights) will be headlining with Telly Leung (Aladdin, a?oeGleea??) and there are whispers of other Broadway crooners and flappers attending our hotsy totsy evening. The roaring 20s are upon us, join for a night of crooning, swooning, and vintage costuming.

NYC's @milo_pony and @twinkyboots have partnered to bring the newest in #boylesque entertainment. For inquiries email membersonlyboylesque@gmail.com

Surprisingly, the lady was not nearly as graphically bawdy as many of her contemporaries. Oh, there's innuendo and winks at naughtiness a-plenty, but there's no profanity and she lets the audience go the final steps into their own dirty minds without pushing them too much. For this rainbow reviewer, that's the mark of a true Pro.

After a raucous sold-out performance this summer, Amber Martin returns with her tribute to the legendary Continental Baths and Bathhouse-era Bette Midler... in Bathhouse Bette. This performance focuses on the early 70's era of Bette Midler during Continental Baths days singing with her as yet unknown accompanist was Barry Manilow. As per the fashion of Bette... copious amounts of singing, stories, and dancing ensue!

The greatest living jazz singing cabaret woman singer is knocking 'em dead at Birdland this week.

Holding it all together throughout was Mr. Simmons himself, with expert conducting, a perfunctory piano playing style, and his superior rock/pop/gospel vocals, he truly brought the concert to his cabaret.

Yours truly and the rest of her audience on the night were aching with laughter most of the time. She is also a very good singer and a funny B!+ch. She plays with the audience and plays TO the audience.

Like a holiday cabaret buffet, Rybeck, a musical maven if ever there was one, has assembled these 4 gifted artists in a way that represents the variety of talents available to patrons of the clubs. With youthful Axelrod appearing alongside soulful Berk, and old-fashioned Dozier sharing the stage with sophisticated Oberlin, the merging of musical styles and performance moods in the show are a beautiful bounty of holiday blessings.

Kim David Smith's perfect diction and bright but silken voice which lies in a glorious valley somewhere between tenor and baritone is layered and nuanced and never pushed for power. He doesn't need to because he knows exactly how much the space he's playing in needs in order to fill it without overflowing.

To say that this lady is one of the voices of her generation is not overstating things. She has worked steadily and, at times historically, over the last 40 years on, off and around The Broadway, as well as every cabaret, jazz club, and music venue across this nation.

BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon are back in an all-new two-queen holiday extravaganza, All I Want for Christmas is Attention. After last year's wildly successful To Jesus, Thanks for Everything, Jinkx and DeLa return to the stage this holiday season in a high-spirited scramble to maintain your interest!

Cabaret's up and coming duo of delight, The Drinkwater Brothers, put on a Christmas show that was all Christmas party, feeling every bit like we were all hangin' out in their house.