A newly minted American citizen takes the Broadway repertoire to Brazil and back.       By Joel Benjamin   Paulo Szot’s Salute to Broadway was as close to perfect as a cabaret act can be. This newly minted American citizen sang a generous set of Broadway songs,...

    By Martha Wade Steketee       Broadway performances past and present were evoked in the newest “Jamie deRoy & Friends” cabaret show on the intimate Birdland stage. This established, curated, and regular series of ensemble shows hosted by the personable deRoy...

      by Matt Smith   “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” a wry Matthew Broderick asks, mid-tribute to leading lady Kelli O’Hara, who was honored Monday night at the legendary venue, in an evening which also acknowledged the New York Pops’ 34th birthday. “You get to be...

  The New York Pops will celebrate its 34th birthday with a grand gala evening honoring Karen van Bergen, the CEO of Omnicom Public Relations Group, and Tony Award winners Kelli O’Hara and Bartlett Sher, whose collaborations over the last decade have won universal acclaim and whose...

Opera star turned Tony Award winner turns a sophisticate New York audience into mush.   By Joel Benjamin   At turns manly and boyish, opera star turned Tony winner, Paulo Szot entranced a sold-out house at Feinstein’s/54 Below with a program of theater songs and numbers from his...

    Review by Joe Regan Jr. Paulo Szot, the Brazilian baritone who won a Tony for his performance in the “South Pacific” revival a few years ago and has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House in “Don Giovanni,” “The Nose,” and “Die Fledermaus,” returned to 54 Below for the fourth...

  Brazilian swoon star Paulo Szot returns to 54 Below with a brand new show as he celebrates the centennial of Frank Sinatra with songs from his 1967 and 1969 sessions with Brazilian singer/songwriter Tom Jobim from February 24 thru 28.   Sinatra and Jobim’s magical encounter...

          Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. Nov. 6, 2013 When Brazilian baritone Paulo Szot made his New York cabaret debut in August at 54 Below I summed up his act “This is unquestionably the cabaret show that will win every award in its category of Major Male Artist.” ...

  Broadway’s Nightclub 54 Below is hot, hot, hot. . . and not because it’s August!  For only one-night, see Tony Award Winner ALICE RIPLEY (August 3rd), followed by the smokey, sexy sounds of another Tony Winner, PAULO SZOT (appearing Aug. 5 – 11). The star of The...