Cabaret Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 24

The John Pizzarelli Trio Jazzes Up the Broadway Songbook at Birdland
by Cary Wong - May 02, 2023

The John Pizzarelli Trio (with the insanely talented bassist Mike Karn and pianist Isaiah J. Thompson) successfully celebrates Broadway and Hollywood songs at their latest turn at Birdland...

Review: Darius de Haas Is Suave, Smooth, and Smokin' In MAISEL AND MORE! at 54 Below
by Stephen Mosher - May 03, 2023

The dreamiest-voice male singer in the business is everything a hit show (stage or television) needs....

Review: GOLEM OWNED A TROPICAL SMOOTHIE Gives 54 Below Audience A Wacky, Entertaining Night Out
by Rebecca Kaplan - May 02, 2023

Some inventive puppetry brought the sparse production of GOLEM OWNED A TROPICAL SMOOTHIE a little added fun....

Album Review: Amy Irving Was BORN IN A TRUNK And Now She's Singing All About It
by Bobby Patrick - April 30, 2023

All in all, my dearlings, each individual song on Born In A Trunk is a treat, but when all ten musical monologues are lined up end to end, what we have is a musical memoir....

Album Review: Lauren Henderson's Latest Release, CONJURING, Conjures The Past While Pushing Toward The Future
by Bobby Patrick - April 30, 2023

This album is one for romantic nights with someone you love or hope to love and no mistake....

Review: RICKY RITZEL'S BROADWAY Honors off-Broadway at Don't Tell Mama
by Ricky Pope - May 01, 2023

Tou are missing out on one of the last vestiges of what the golden age of cabaret was like....

Review: Carole J. Bufford Is Expertly SETTING NEW STANDARDS at Chelsea Table + Stage
by Stephen Mosher - April 29, 2023

It's a brand new show for Carole J. Bufford and when we say brand new, we mean brand new....

Album Review: Some Troubadours Are Ladies & Vice Versa, As Carmen Cusack Shows Us On Her New Album LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME
by Bobby Patrick - April 30, 2023

Taking it one by one, Carmen Cusack’s LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME songs are beautiful, uplifting, and soul-stirring, sometimes all of it at once....

Review: Karen Akers Demonstrates Star And Staying Power With ABOUT TIME at Birdland
by Stephen Mosher - April 27, 2023

Karen Akers brought her consummate artistry, marvelous colleagues, and all the stuff of legend to her latest Birdland offering....

Review: Witnessing The Future Of Musical Theater At STARS IN MY EYES/FOOD ON THE TABLE At The Green Room 42
by Belle Goodman - April 23, 2023

STARS IN MY EYES/FOOD ON THE TABLE at Green Room 42 spotlights the future of musical theater....

Review: Encores & Coronaries - Charles Busch Sings Them All In MY FOOLISH HEART at 54 Below
by Bobby Patrick - April 22, 2023

The Busch is top drawer, and as an entertainer/storyteller, this Divine Sister is a Times Square Angel. In any case, CHARLES BUSCH: MY FOOLISH HEART is worth the time and money one spends on enjoying it...

Review: SETH SIKES & NICOLAS KING Buddy Up in THE NEW BELTERS at 54 Below
by Ricky Pope - April 22, 2023

SETH SIKES & NICOLAS KING; THE NEW BELTERS is a high-energy, well-honed entertainment that has its audience buzzing with excitement and tapping its toes with joy....

Review: Anita Gillette & Penny Fuller Leave Birdland Audience Sated With SIN TWISTERS: THE NEXT FRONTIER
by Stephen Mosher - April 21, 2023

Gillette and Fuller are at it again and the magic is as strong as ever at THE NEXT FRONTIER....

Review: Hate To See Them Go But Love To Watch Them Walk Away - THE SKIVVIES Are In Their Prime at Chelsea Table + Stage
by Belle Goodman - April 21, 2023

The Skivvies are keeping it just as fresh as it was when they first started....

Review: CHRISTINE ANDREAS Goes On a Passionate Road Trip in TWO FOR THE ROAD at Cafe Carlyle
by Ricky Pope - April 19, 2023

Christine Andreas has one of the finest of Broadway voices, an instrument with a huge expressive range capable of belting to the rafters and pliable enough to sing the gentlest lullaby....

Album Review: Opera Troubador Joshua Blue Proves Those Who Sing Can Also Jam On His New Album BLACK & BLUE
by Bobby Patrick - April 19, 2023

This is all by way of saying ... that Joshua Blue is one of these rare OPERA birds that has made a success of this bold move for himself....

Review: THE BEATLES BRUNCH at City Winery Features Bottomless Brunch, Booze, and Beatles
by Stephen Mosher - April 18, 2023

This family outing in NYC is musically sound and historically accurate at any time of day or night....

Review: LINDA EDER Always A Welcome Entertainer At 54 Below
by Rebecca Kaplan - April 16, 2023

Linda Eder's latest show was such a bit hit that, even before its conclusion, her next appearance at 54 Below was announced....

Review: Castrata Amazes and Amuses In MUSE VOL. II at Red Eye NY
by Stephen Mosher - April 13, 2023

Castrata and her Castrorchestra are next-level entertainment, drag or otherwise....

Review: Kate Baldwin and Aaron Lazar Throw a Casual Party in Cocktail Attire in ALL FOR YOU at 54 Below
by Ricky Pope - April 13, 2023

It would be hard to think of a Broadway pairing who are capable of such bravura singing and are so at ease in each other's company. The evening they have created is a casual party in cocktail attire. It feels like a throwback to the days of after-show supper clubs where the elite came to meet and mi...

Album Review: Ari Axelrod Lives & Breathes & Sings At Birdland on ARI AXELROD LIVE AT BIRDLAND
by Bobby Patrick - April 13, 2023

In all, my angels, ARI AXELROD LIVE AT BIRDLAND is one of the best LIVE albums this rainbow writer has heard… maybe ever....

Review: Bianca Marroquín WHERE YOU ARE Makes 54 Below The Place You Want To Be
by Stephen Mosher - April 11, 2023

It was a night full of magical moments when Bianca played the basement with her band, boys, and all that jazz....

Review: Amy Irving Sings & Tells Stories Of How She Was BORN IN A TRUNK At City Winery
by Bobby Patrick - April 11, 2023

All in all, though, for her first time being shot out of a musical cannon, performing her own show in the singer spotlight in the HUGE (and packed) City Winery, Ms. Amy Irving landed on her feet and brought a lot of joy to the assembled parties....

Review: The Best Birthday Party of the Year is COME CELEBRATE WITH MARILYN MAYE at 54 Below
by Ricky Pope - April 09, 2023

COME CELEBRATE WITH MARILYN MAYE,  is ostensibly a celebration of her upcoming birthday. But it is so much more than that. It is a celebration of all the fans who have made Maye as loved and respected as she is. It is a two-way avenue of gratitude between an entertainer and those she entertains. It’...

Review: Alan Cumming & Ari Shapiro, Art & Activism In OCH & OY! A CONSIDERED CABARET at Café Carlyle
by Stephen Mosher - April 07, 2023

It isn't only entertainment; in an interesting and important way, it is activism. See what our critic had to say. ...