Review: Kim David Smith Vamping Through Hallo-Wien
by Chloe Yang - November 14, 2024
Kim David Smith captured Marlene Dietrich's essence in a Halloween-themed cabaret at New York's Café Sabarsky, with a repertoire spanning Weimar classics and pop mashups. Accompanied by pianist Tracy Stark, the show exemplified cabaret as a celebration of artistic freedom, and a vital sanctuary for ...
Review: BROADWAY MELODY Marries Story & Songs at 54 Below
by Rob Lester - November 15, 2024
Jack Viertel's new novel mixes some bits of actual theatre productions, people, places, and songs into its fiction. The author read excerpts from the book for a program he hosted and co-produced at 54 Below, with guest singers performing relevant/referenced songs....
Review: Marya Zimmet's Passion Shines Through at Don't Tella Mama
by Lydia Singer - November 13, 2024
Marya Zimmet’s Zimmet Time… And The Livin’s Too Easy at Don’t Tell Mama is a dose of classic cabaret. She draws on old standards as well as soft rock, and then mixes in a couple left field musical choices, making for an engaging experience....
Review: Jazz Singer VICKI BURNS Brightens a Sunday Afternoon at 92NY
by Rob Lester - November 08, 2024
Vicki Burns is a singer who pleases, scats, swings, and is a modest but solid presence. If you missed her concert in-person at 92NY, part of the free Faculty Concert Series, you can hear most of what you missed on her CD called Lotus Blossom Days....