Ray Kilday

Review: Joanne Halev Ends Five-Year Break With SAILING ON at Birdland Theater

Joanne Halev, who started with a bang with her cabaret debut five years ago, has returned to make a big noise again.

Interview: Bistro Award-Winner Joanne Halev Goes SAILING ON at Birdland

Singer Joanne Halev’s new show Sailing On debuts 11/19 at Birdland Theater. Expect tales of first loves, rites of passage, whooping cough and waterbeds, fate, friendship, and one fabulous farm boy. Read a conversation with Joanne about the show.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater Reveals November Programming

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.

Joanne Halev Comes To Birdland Theater In November

Joanne Halev will perform at Birdland Theater on November 19, 2024.

Review: GRAND HOTEL: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST REUNION CONCERT at 54 Below Was Incredible

The intimate cabaret space at 54 Below was transformed into Berlin’s Grand Hotel on Monday night. The kick-off performance of GRAND HOTEL: THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST REUNION CONCERT on February 26th was exuberant, with much of the star-studded original cast reviving their roles.

Lisa Vroman to Present ON INGENUE... INGE-NOT-SO-NEW! at The Green Room 42 in May

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present internationally acclaimed soprano Lisa Vroman in “On Ingénue... Ingé-not-so-new!” on Saturday, May 27 and Monday, May 29, both at 7:00 PM.

Review: Donna McKechnie Continues To Make Theatre History with TAKE ME TO THE WORLD �" THE SONGS OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM At 54 Below

Ms. McKechnie's voice is, without a doubt, one that echoes down the hallways of theatre history and deserves to be heard in the here and now.

Cristina Fontanelli Takes The Stage At 54 Below, September 20

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Cristina Fontanelli in BE ITALIAN TU on September 20, 2022 at 7:00pm.

Broadway Veteran Kurt Peterson Will Appear in PROUD LADIES - A NYC Concert Premiere in October

Broadway veteran Kurt Peterson (Dear World, Follies) will appear in the NYC concert debut of Proud Ladies at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center (129 W. 67th St.) on Monday, October 10 at 7:00pm. 

BWW Review: Donna McKechnie Is Luminous In TAKE ME TO THE WORLD �" THE SONGS OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM at 54 Below

With her new Stephen Sondheim tribute show, Donna McKechnie is thrilling audiences and honoring a dear friend.

BWW Review: NEWSIES 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Brings Down The House at Feinstein's/54 Below

For four sold-out performances the NEWSIES reunited for a ten-year anniversary, and it was everyone's chance to seize the day, once more.

Photos: Klea Blackhurst in ONE OF THE GIRLS

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

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.

Cristina Fontanelli to Present A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN TWO at Feinstein's/54 Below

FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present Cristina Fontanelli in A Tree Grows In Brooklyn Two on October 12, 2021 at 7:00pm.

Adelphi PAC Will Present Bobby Short Tribute Concert Featuring T. Oliver Reid

Award-winning cabaret artist T. Oliver Reid will pay tribute to Café Carlyle's legendary Bobby Short as part of the Live from Adelphi concert series. The live performance will stream on Sunday, March 21, at 5 p.m. and then be available on demand until Wednesday, March 24.

LIVE FROM ADELPHI Begins Spring Schedule With Ethel Merman Tribute

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

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

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.)

Urban Stages Presents 11th Annual Award-Winning Series WINTER RHYTHMS 2019

New York: 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.)

BWW Review: Joanne Halev's LIKE A PERFUMED WOMAN Has The Sweet Smell of Success at Birdland

A cabaret debut this summer by Joanne Halev was so successful that it is getting the encore treatment this autumn!