Review: Klea Blackhurst Triumphs Again at Birdland
by Rob Lester - Feb 1, 2025
That bundle of Broadway-centric bubbliness, Klea Blackhurst banished the winter blues at Birdland. Her thrillingly big voice and selection of joyful showtunes provided a firecracker evening of entertainment on 1/27.
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater Reveals November Programming
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 2, 2024
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this November with a full slate of nightly performances. Learn more about the November 2024 lineup, featuring a diverse array of performances from renowned jazz musicians and emerging artists.
Photos: Klea Blackhurst in ONE OF THE GIRLS
by Stephi Wild - Mar 2, 2022
On February 21, Klea Blackhurst turned her long association with Broadway’s Jerry Herman into a brand new show, ONE OF THE GIRLS at Birdland in NYC.
BWW Review: Klea Blackhurst Lovingly Toasts Jerry Herman in ONE OF THE GIRLS at Birdland
by Ricky Pope - Oct 21, 2021
Blackhurst is no stranger to the world of Jerry Herman. She played Dolly Levi in the 50th-anniversary production of Hello, Dolly! at the Goodspeed Opera House with the enthusiastic endorsement of Herman himself. Her show is a loving tribute, filled with the big hit songs as well as some more enchanting obscure tunes, all tied together with some informative and sometimes dishy stories about the legendary composer of Milk & Honey, Hello, Dolly! Mame, Dear World, Mack & Mabel, The Grand Tour, La Cage aux Folles, and many others.
LIVE FROM ADELPHI Begins Spring Schedule With Ethel Merman Tribute
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 22, 2021
Adelphi University's popular Live from Adelphi series, which brings Broadway and cabaret stars live to in-home audiences from the Performing Arts Center (PAC) Concert Hall, starts its spring schedule with a tribute to Ethel Merman, continuing with a celebration of the classics of the American songbook and the Café Carlyle's legendary Bobby Short.
Photo Flash: Joanne Halev Takes the Stage At The Laurie Beechman Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 23, 2020
In her New York Cabaret Debut, 'Like a Perfumed Woman,' singer and storyteller Joanne Halev blends stories of scent memory and the mysterious and passionate world of fragrance creation with songs of Porter, Loesser, Bacharach, Bucchino, Mercer, McBroom, and more!
URBAN STAGES WINTER RHYTHMS 2019 Begins on December 11
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 9, 2019
Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic Director and Tom Toce , Musical Director) announces the line-up for this year's award-winning series, WINTER RHYTHMS 2019, which will begin Wednesday, December 11 featuring some of New York's best musical performances through Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Urban Stages Theatre (259 West 30th St., East of 8th Ave.)