Cabaret Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 42

BWW Review: GUNHILD CARLING and The Carling Family Bring True Vaudeville To Life at Birdland Theater
by Stephen Mosher - December 26, 2021

Birdland Theater welcomed the international music group last week and the audience got so much more than just music....

BWW CD Review: Kristin Chenoweth HAPPINESS IS... CHRISTMAS! is a Glorious Addition to Your Holiday CD Collection
by Stephen Mosher - December 25, 2021

Kristin Chenoweth's new holiday album is a little bit of everything, and it will please even the Grinchiest person....

BWW CD Review: Todd Almond's A PONY FOR CHRISTMAS Is One Last Christmas Gift You Owe Yourself This Season
by Stephen Mosher - December 25, 2021

This Christmas there is a new holiday album out that will rock your world while it touches your heart....

BWW Review: With CHRISTMAS WITH CHAMPIAN Jazz Great Champian Fulton Jazzes Up The Holiday Season at Birdland
by Stephen Mosher - December 24, 2021

The Champian Fulton Trio is making some impressive music for the holidays... not all of it holiday music, but all of it quality....

BWW Review: GET HAPPY: MICHAEL FEINSTEIN CELEBRATES THE JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL at Feinstein's/54 Below Does Judy Proud
by Stephen Mosher - December 23, 2021

The incomparable and important music industry warrior is enjoying a run at his own club, presenting the life and legend of Judy Garland in song....

BWW Review: Daniel Reichard Urges Birdland Audience LET'S CHRISTMAS! With Traditional Holiday Concert
by Stephen Mosher - December 22, 2021

LET'S CHRISTMAS crowd turns out for Daniel Reichard, as COVID complications surge in New York City....

BWW Review: A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS is just that at Birdland
by Lin Markz - December 22, 2021

This close to the big day, you might already be flagging in your enthusiasm for the traditional old songs and carols attached to the upcoming holiday. Have no fear! There is an alternative. Birdland's 12th iteration of A Swinging Birdland Christmas will reinvigorate that waning spirit. The trio of K...

BWW Review: THE NEW YORK POPS featuring Kelli O'Hara brings Carnegie Hall BACK HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
by Lin Markz - December 22, 2021

With only 3 days of rehearsal, Ms. O'Hara doesn't disappoint...

BWW Review: Judy Collins Lifts Spirits With WINTER STORIES at Town Hall by Guest Reviewers Ellen Bonjorno and Georga Osborne
by Stephen Mosher - December 21, 2021

Broadway World Cabaret invites MAC Award-winning soprano Georga Osborne and radio DJ (Sing It, Sister!) Ellen Bonjorno (coincidentally, wives in real life) to talk about their trip to Town Hall to see the legendary Judy Collins....

BWW Review: Actress Kathleen Turner Makes A Surprise Transformation Into Kathleen Turner The Singer In FINDING MY VOICE At Town Hall
by Bobby Patrick - December 20, 2021

... to be clear, Ms. Turner has approximately 5 really good notes, but the rest of them she sings with great distinction....

BWW Review: Jennifer Nettles BROADWAY UNDER THE MISTLETOE at Town Hall by Guest Reviewer Jennifer Leigh Houston
by Stephen Mosher - December 18, 2021

Jennifer Nettles brought her country-Christmas-Broadway show to Town hall and guest reviewer Jennifer Houston gives Broadway World Cabaret the full run-down about it....

BWW Review: Karen Mason CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! at The Laurie Beechman Theatre Is A Holiday Must
by Stephen Mosher - December 18, 2021

Thirty-six years later, Karen Mason and Brian Lasser's holiday concert is as good as ever... better than before, and essential to the holiday season....

BWW Review: Frank McDonough Lights Up Don't Tell Mama With LEGENDS OF LAS VEGAS
by Stephen Mosher - December 17, 2021

With his new show LEGENDS OF LAS VEGAS, Frank McDonough takes on the great men of the Vegas stage. And he is equal to the task....

BWW Review: From His Own Stage, Michael Wishes Judy A Happy 100 In GET HAPPY: MICHAEL FEINSTEIN CELEBRATES THE JUDY GARLAND CENTENNIAL At Feinstein's/54 Below
by Bobby Patrick - December 16, 2021

A divine historian, curator, and musicologist there really is no one who knows more about Esther Blodgett than Michael Feinstein, and there isn’t a history professor alive today with the charm, charisma, or pipes to turn history into HER-STORY...

BWW Review: Kristin Chenoweth Wins Christmas With CHRISTMAS AT THE MET at The Metropolitan Opera
by Stephen Mosher - December 14, 2021

Such a big stage and a big job... and Kristin Chenoweth is totally equal to the task....

BWW Review: These Well-Strung Boys Whip Out Their Pizzicatos Right On Stage For A WELL-STRUNG CHRISTMAS At Feinstein's/54 Below
by Bobby Patrick - December 14, 2021

From the great American Song Book (SLEIGH RIDE) to country (SANTA WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA) ... you basically wind up with something for everyone...

BWW Review: Lisa Howard Brings Power, Pathos & Passion As Her Gifts For Christmas In LISA HOWARD: WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME At Feinstein's/54 Below
by Bobby Patrick - December 13, 2021

Highlights of the night were Shaieb’s THE HOUSE WHERE I GREW UP AT CHRISTMAS, Mariah Carey’s ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU (a total home run) and her encore, Stephen Schwart’s MEADOWLARK - a theatre opus that she still managed to make sound Christmassy. ...

BWW Review: ARI'S ARIAS at The Birdland Theater Cements Ari Axelrod's Stardom
by Stephen Mosher - December 13, 2021

With his new show, ARI'S ARIAS, Ari Axelrod publicly takes his status as a performer and an artist to a new level - for himself and for the cabaret community....

BWW Review: Jennifer Diamond Owns Her Fabulosity In LET ME BE ME at The Green Room 42
by Stephen Mosher - December 11, 2021

LET ME BE ME finally makes its way into the light as Jennifer Diamond returns to the stage with the show she had planned before the pandemic... with slight revisions because of things that happened during the shutdown....

BWW Review: Ben Bogen Shocks With TEENAGE DREAM at The Green Room 42
by Stephen Mosher - December 10, 2021

He's no longer Frozen and he's not over in Jersey. Ben Bogen has arrived on the club and concert scene and hopefully, he will stick around for a long while....

BWW Review: Mania Her Gift To All In HOLIDAY SPARKLE 2021 At The Laurie Beechman Theatre
by Bobby Patrick - December 10, 2021

Heigh-Ho, My Merry Rainbow Tribe! Bobby Patrick, your RAINBOW Reviewer here. Putting the silent T in cabareT to bring you all the T!...

BWW Review: 54 CELEBRATES HANUKKAH: A FESTIVAL OF WRITERS at Feinstein's/54 Below by Guest Reviewer Ari Axelrod
by Stephen Mosher - December 09, 2021

Cabaret artist and Jewish activist Ari Axelrod lends his expertise in two areas to Broadway World Cabaret in a special holiday series of reviews by guest writers....

BWW CD Review: Lisa Howard's THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR is The Most Wonderful Christmas CD of The Season
by Stephen Mosher - December 13, 2021

Lisa Howard and collaborator Michael Shaieb have worked hard to create a holiday album that is fresh, new, and different from all the others... at least, that's what they did, whether the wanted to or not....

BWW CD Review: SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED Honors A Legend and Preserves a Movement
by Stephen Mosher - December 08, 2021

An abundant collection of music pays tribute to a great man and a great series....

BWW CD Review: Karen Mason Is Music Personified, Perfect, and Profound on LET THE MUSIC PLAY
by Stephen Mosher - December 08, 2021

Whether singing Broadway or original pop music, Karen Mason can tell a story and sell a song better than anybody....