Cabaret Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 39

BWW Review: Dianna Agron Takes Café Carlyle Audience Back To An Elegant, Sophisticated Era
by Stephen Mosher - March 31, 2022

Dianna Agron returns for a third time to the Carlyle, this time with a show centered around jazz music and getting happy....

BWW Review: BARBARA BLEIER AND AUSTIN PENDLETON SING OSCAR AND STEVE at Don't Tell Mama Is Storytelling Sublime
by Stephen Mosher - March 29, 2022

Austin and Barbara share a special night of musical storytelling created by four artists who made a great team....

Photos: Silber-Silver Sings Silvery Songs W/The Singing Set In I WISH: THE ROLES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Bobby Patrick - March 28, 2022

Birthed from a brain tweet by Alexandra Silber - I WISH: THE ROLES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN - brought Al and her pals back to Feinstein’s/54 Below to celebrate the dawn of a new age of theatre where all roles are open to all people with the power to wish it so… even in their showers....

BWW Review: Love Is In The Air During TO STEVE WITH LOVE: LIZ CALLAWAY CELBRATES SONDHEIM at 54 Below
by Stephen Mosher - March 24, 2022

Liz Callaway was there for the last forty years, and, now, she is sharing the music and the memories in TO STEVE WITH LOVE, her musical cabaret honoring Mr. Sondheim....

BWW Review: Artemisia LeFay Brings Us Another Visitation From GHOSTS OF WEIMAR PAST at Birdland Theater
by Bobby Patrick - March 23, 2022

We were there to hear and see the late-night denizens of the stage sing, play, and make dark innuendos about life, sex, gay sex, and all the things that made the party before the Nazi party … well, ... a party....

BWW Review: BECOMING BENANTI: THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME at The Green Room 42 Becomes Kayla Capone Kasper
by Stephen Mosher - March 21, 2022

Kayla Capone Kasper makes her New York City solo show debut with a unique tribute show to her favorite actress... the one who shares her face....

BWW Review: CHEEYANG NG is an Artist on the Rise at Feinstein's 54 Below
by Ricky Pope - March 21, 2022

Cheeyang Ng is an impressive human. They are celebrating nearly a decade as a resident of New York. The native of Singapore came here, as they said to escape some traditions and find a truer, more authentic version of themself. That journey is reflected in many of their songs, which focus on the joy...

BWW Review: Justin Elizabeth Sayre's ASSORTED FRUIT at Joe's Pub Takes Everyone to Gay Heaven
by Stephen Mosher - March 22, 2022

The variety in this show is marvelous but the host of the show is The End....

BWW Review: Jacob Khalil's MOST REQUESTED at Birdland Theater Is Music Everyone Should Ask For
by Stephen Mosher - March 21, 2022

Relative NYC newcomer Jacob Khalil has been making the rounds but when he sold out Birdland Theater, he may just have found an artistic home....

BWW Review: The Sound of Meg Flather's RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN Music is Divine at Don't Tell Mama
by Stephen Mosher - March 22, 2022

Rodgers and Hammerstein are the topic and Meg Flather is the professor, and such sweet tutorials were never, before, had....

BWW Review: Anthony Murphy's A JOYFUL NOISE at The Green Room 42 Could Not Be More Aptly Named
by Stephen Mosher - March 19, 2022

Diana, The Musical has given Anthony Murphy the visibility but he has brought everything else with him, and he has arrived....

BWW Review: BETTY BUCKLEY & FRIENDS Deliver a Beautifully Thoughtful Evening at Joe's Pub
by Ricky Pope - March 19, 2022

Betty Buckley is in great form. Her control over her instrument is remarkable, singing soft and gently, making her audience wait for the clarion tones that are her trademark. But when it’s time to belt, she delivers. She is masterful at creating musical monologues. For all her musical gifts you neve...

BWW Review: Fortunate Pangea Audience Attends Opening Night of Tim Connell's LUCKY ME
by Stephen Mosher - March 19, 2022

Opening on St. Patrick's Day, this show about being Irish is a grand night out, any day of the year....

BWW Review: NY Pops Enchants With GET HAPPY: THE NELSON RIDDLE SOUND at Carnegie Hall
by Ricky Pope - March 17, 2022

Nelson Riddle, the legendary arranger/orchestrator/composer is largely responsible for what we think of as the sound of The Great American Songbook. His arrangements and orchestrations for artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Johnny Mathis,...

BWW Review: Mark MacKillop Sings His DUETS At Birdland
by Bobby Patrick - March 17, 2022

Mark’s entire evening felt like a party where everyone was just tipsy enough to have some fabulously creative, freewheeling fun - madcap would be the word that comes to mind to describe the show....

BWW Review: MAKE YOUR OWN PARTY Marcy & Zina Are Songwriter's Songwriters at 54 Below
by Ricky Pope - March 16, 2022

When it comes to the vagaries of modern urban romance, no team has written more succinctly or prolifically than Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich. Since they first met in a workshop in 1992, they have created a steady stream of musical gems that audiences and actors alike adore. Their off-Broadway mus...

BWW Review: Sally Shaw Is Unbelievable in BOTH SIDES NOW at The Green Room 42
by Stephen Mosher - March 13, 2022

After winning a Playbill-helmed talent contest, student and singing actress Sally Shaw shows that the win was not a flash-in-the-pan fluke....

BWW Review: Meri Ziev Brightens Up Don't Tell Mama with NEW WORDS
by Stephen Mosher - March 13, 2022

Speech pathologist and 'Word Nerd' Meri Ziev is the newest member of the cabaret scene of NYC....

BWW Review: LEE ROY REAMS GOODBYE, KENTUCKY! HELLO, BROADWAY! Puts The Show In Show Business At Feinstein's 54/Below
by Bobby Patrick - March 11, 2022

Should you see LEE ROY REAMS: GOODBYE, KENTUCKY! HELLO, BROADWAY! You bet your sweet rainbow bottoms you should and the good news is - no matter where you are, YOU CAN. Get Tickets to tonight’s Live Stream ...

BWW Review: SARA GAZAREK at Birdland Theater Is a Must-See Music Fest
by Stephen Mosher - March 11, 2022

After a wonderful opening night at Birdland Theater, Sara Gazarek is ready to go... and worth seeing....

BWW Review: ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE at The Green Room 42 Places Becca Brunelle Right Where She Belongs
by Stephen Mosher - March 10, 2022

Becca Brunelle has taken her first step onto the solo show stage, and she is on very solid ground....

BWW Album Review: With THIS IS THE CHORD, THIS IS THE NOTE Lindsay Nicole Chambers Makes An Impressive Recording Debut
by Stephen Mosher - March 10, 2022

Lindsay Nicole Chambers recorded an album in her bedroom, and it sounds like it was made in a recording studio. The future of the industry sure is changing fast....

BWW Review: Sam Gravitte Raises The Bar With SONGS THAT RAISED ME at Birdland
by Stephen Mosher - March 08, 2022

For his first-ever solo show Sam Gravitte went all out, and it showed in every flawlessly perfect moment....

BWW Review: TYCE GREEN: DOING THE MOST is Too Much and Not Enough at 54 Below
by Ricky Pope - March 08, 2022

Tyce Green is an artist of great vocal dexterity who is delightful to listen to. An alumnus of American Idol and a cast member of the tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, his voice soars to the rafters.  He has a personality that is charming, touching, irreverent, and vulnerable by turns. He is a deft mi...

BWW Review: ONE NIGHT ONLY: AN EVENING WITH NORM LEWIS at Carnegie Hall by Guest Reviewer Andrew Poretz
by Stephen Mosher - March 07, 2022

Broadway leading man and Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis played a brilliant concert at Carnegie Hall and Broadway World was there, in the person of a guest reporter named Andrew Poretz....