by: Sandi Durell The second evening at the 29th NY Cabaret Convention celebrated Rosemary Clooney, Barbara Cook and Julie Wilson. Written and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer, a leading expert on the American Songbook, it was both instructive, and filled with some of the...
Tony Danza ‘Standards and...
by Adam Cohen Geniality is an art displayed in fine form by the compellingly winning cabaret act Tony Danza brings to Feinstein’s/54 Below this weekend. Danza is eternally young, with a young mischievous grin. He’s happy to be living in New York, walking to work,...
You Took Advantage of Me: Rodgers...
by Susan Hasho Deborah Grace Winer is presenting three new jewel box revues and calling it The Classic American Songbook Series at 54 Below. The series kicked off March 27 with “You Took Advantage of Me: Rodgers and Hart in Love.” Ms. Winer was the host as well as the...
Christiane Noll Set for Deborah...
By Sandi Durell The star of Broadway’s Chaplin, Ragtime and Jekyll & Hyde is set to appear in the Classic American Songbook Series presented by Deborah Grace Winer at Feinstein’s/54 Below. Along with Christiane, will be Debby Boone and Darius de Haas. There are three...
Baby Dream Your Dream: Great Women...
by Alix Cohen Raise that banner high! Former head of 92Y’s Lyrics and Lyricists (9 successful years), Deborah Grace Winer has begun the next chapter of her professional life by creating, writing and hosting the first in a brand new series of shows at 54Below celebrating The...
Salon Songbook: The Gershwins and...
by Peter Haas A sparkling program of song filled Pace University’s Schimmel Center on a recent Saturday night, as the auditorium hosted Salon Songbook: The Gershwins and Friends. It was a rich new program of theater and popular numbers created by the Gershwin...
Tony Danza at Feinstein’s/54...
By Eric J. Grimm Tony Danza’s reinvention of himself as a song and dance man, much like his reinvention of himself as an inner city school teacher, is something that I admire. Here is a star, someone who spent the 70s and 80s as one of television’s most beaming...
Tony Danza Continues...
Tony Danza definitely has that it factor going! He’s got that winning charm and is very engaging . . . a real storyteller! And he plays the ukulele! Now into his debut run at Feinstein’s/54 Below, he gave the press insight into what makes him a star! It’s...
92Y Lyrics & Lyricists
A magical mixture of Big Apple songs, a brilliant cast and jazzy arrangements. By Joel Benjamin As wonderful as the 92nd St. Y’s Lyrics & Lyricists programs usually are, New York: Songs of the City (Mar. 21-23) was something...
