Ray DeForest has been a successful, lifelong entertainment industry professional. His credits include: TV/Film/Event Executive producer/ writer/ director/ commercial theater producer and developer. Non-Profit board member, producer of non-profit events and concerts, fund raiser. TV...

    by Susan Hasho   Ruth Carlin’s latest show is Kaleidoscope Eyes at Don’t Tell Mama. Her first song was “Who Will Buy” (Lionel Bart) simply sung, phrased in her own singular fashion, followed by the folksy “Love Song” (Bruce Cockburn), “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”...

    by Peter Haas   Every seat was filled in Don’t Tell Mama’s intimate Brick Room on a Sunday evening in April as friends and fans gathered to enjoy the talents of two of cabaret’s most distinctive performers. On stage: guitarist Sean Harkness and singer Marcus Simeone,...

  by Marilyn Lester     If there is one man who epitomizes the New York City piano bar and cabaret scene, the odds are it’s Scott Barbarino. Barbarino has worn many hats – performer, producer, venue manager, musical director – and has done it all with joy and commitment. It all...

    by Marilyn Lester       Miranda Music artists came together to celebrate the label’s recently released album, A New York Holiday, with an array of songs traditional – and not so traditional –about Christmas and the holiday season. Starting the festivities was...

  The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) presented the fifth annual They Write the Songs on November 20 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center’s Engelman Recital Hall. The evening was hosted by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Julie Gold and directed by Lennie Watts with...

              by: Sandi Durell   Sunday, January 3 was a bustling day in the world of New York’s busiest cabaret club, The Metropolitan Room. On the heels of finishing up an Annual 24 Hour non-stop Marathon of singers, poets, and other variety...