By Sandi Durell   Everyone’s back in the City. I can already hear the roar of the crowd – – the busy clubs and cabarets. Take a peek at who’s coming and where! October 9-12, the 29th Annual Cabaret Convention takes place at Rose Hall. Tickets on sale now!...

  The Determined Quartet that turned their Third Try at an All-Sondheim Songfest into an Exhilarating Masterpiece #SONDHEIMMONTAGE   By Myra Chanin   As 2014 was drawing to a close, the multiple award-winning theater and cabaret diva-cum-Mabel Mercer Foundation Artistic...

    By Sandi Durell   In the continuing saga to promote the Blue Wave, the producers and creative team of Me The People are currently ensconced at The Laurie Beechman Theatre (West Bank Café) two evenings a week through November 6. With a talented cast of ardent young...

        by JK Clarke   If there’s an upside to eras of social and political strife, it’s that they tend to produce groundbreaking and significant works of art. Recent examples in music might include the folk and rock of the turbulent 60s (e.g. Bob Dylan, Woodstock,...

    By Sandi Durell    Summertime hot! New York City Cabarets and Clubs have talent and more talent. Take a peek at who’s coming and where! This is just a short list!  Always check the club calendars for complete listings and for schedule changes.   Feinstein’s/54 Below 254 West 54 St....

          By Sandi Durell   The Richard Skipper Celebrates series, produced by Russ Woolley, keeps raising the bar. On Sunday March 18, the very personable Mr. Skipper was, once again, at his best on stage hosting at the Laurie Beechman Theatre opening with...

     by Susan Hasho   About the title of her show, Marissa Mulder said, “People asked me if Eve refers to Eve Harrington” (in All About Eve). But no, it’s about Eve—the Adam and Eve—Eve. For sure, this is a show about women. And just maybe, this is a collection of song...

    By Sandi Durell   It’s a joyous holiday time year round when Richard Skipper Celebrates! His successful monthly series at the Laurie Beechman Theatre has come to be known as a gathering for some of cabaret’s most enjoyable and talented artists and always with a special...

    By Sandi Durell   The 28th Annual Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention is over, the interruption caused by the closing of the Metropolitan Room has left a major gap in the community as we await word on another location and opening date, as performers scramble to find time slots in...

     by Sandi Durell    Summer in the City can be quite a treat if you’re looking for some good talent in the cabarets and clubs. Talent abounds . . . and whatever the temperature, you’ll be feeling just right listening to many of the best in town.   Here’s a short list of some...

    by Matt Smith     When you first step into the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and spy the grand piano positioned stage left, atop which sits a martini and glass of water, while ’70s easy listening standards play over the loudspeaker, you think you know what you’re in for....

      by Steve Nardoni   Toward the end of  A Life Behind Bars, a compelling, comedic, but chilling one-man autobiographical show (directed by Tanya Moberly), playing every other week at the Laurie Beechman through May 17, Dan Ruth rotates on the stage holding a photo of...

    by Sandi Durell   Brrrrrr. . . baby, it is cold outside! But warm and toasty in the clubs and cabarets where you find talent galore here in New York City. After a busy holiday season and New Year, you would think – – time to take a break and relax! No, no, no!...

  By Eric J. Grimm   As Alaska Thunderf*** 5000, recent winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race walks through the audience toward the stage to perform her new show, Christmas is Gay, it’s clear that she need not utter a word to enthrall the packed house. Like the best drag queens, she is such...

  By Jordan Cohen   Self-described “Glamour Toad” and RuPaul’s Drag Race favorite Ginger Minj hit the Laurie Beechman stage this weekend in “Mary, Did You Know?,” her new show dedicated to “spilling the T” – that is, sharing all the juicy gossip – about Christmases spent growing up...

        By Sandi Durell     The leaves are still falling, the weather has gone from Fall to Summer back to Fall with a chill in the air, and the Cabarets and Clubs are jammed to the rafters with talent, talent and more talent.   Here’s a short list of some of the shows coming...

    by Marilyn Lester   Those who know Sidney Myer adore him without reservation. Those who discover him are quick to join the ranks of his admirers. So what’s the key to the appeal of this man whose lovability quotient is off the scale? The answer lies in Myer’s return to the...

      by JK Clarke   Anyone who lived in New York over twenty years ago remembers keenly (and often fondly) the Times Square of old: a squalorous drag peopled with hustlers, dealers, con artists and working girls. Busted down movie marquees announced some of the most...

      by Sandi Durell   The falling leaves . . . well, not yet, but soon as we ready for a full Fall season of entertainment in the clubs and cabarets of New York City. October features the 27th NY Cabaret Convention at Rose Theater, Lincoln Center October 18-21...

    Robin Westle and HelpUsAdopt.org are set to present another benefit evening of song and story on September 19 at 7pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre . Robin, once again hosting the event, has put together a wonderful array of talent starring KT Sullivan (Artistic Director Mabel...

      By Beatrice Williams-Rude     A trip through the nine circles of hell as envisioned by Dante—although not exactly as he conceived them—is delighting audiences at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Ben DeLa Creme’s Inferno a Go-Go is uproariously funny as well as...

    by Sandi Durell     The weather is hot, the cabarets and clubs are even hotter! What’s happening in NYC nightlife doesn’t go on vacation; it keeps right on going. Here’s a short list of some of the shows coming up. Check the club calendars for more performers or change...

  by Peter Haas   “I’ve always loved Marilyn Monroe,” says Marissa Mulder, who had been taking an acting class with Sondra Lee. “I felt like I was connected to Marilyn. I started reading about her life, reading her diaries and innermost thoughts. I loved her vulnerability. I wanted...

   by Joe Regan Jr.    MAC Award winner Steve Ross and Drama Desk winner Jim Brochu have been friends since the 1970s.  They have done a lot of private parties together and their cabaret show, Two Guys and A Grand, was performed at the Laurie Beechman Theatre May 24.  The full house...

  by Joe Regan Jr.     Jim Speake, who just won the LaMott Friedman Award at the MAC Awards this year for his recording of “Sweet Life The Show” chose to do a show celebrating this win at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on April 12 with the full complement of the musicians and...