By Sandi Durell   Music runs through every inch of Walter Willison, a man filled with great soul-filled interpretations of songs that make his heart sing. It’s joyful, uplifting and pinpoints what great entertainment is about. Willison is an extraordinary Broadway performer – an...

    by Marilyn Lester   Coincidentally, the last gathering of The Ziegfeld Society, concluding its 2016/17 season, fell on the exact birthday of Walter Willison, host, director and writer of We’ll Take a Glass Together – The Songs of Wright and Forrest from MGM to Grand...

  The Song Is You (With Grace and Gratitude)   by Alix Cohen   I hear music when I look at you…Steve Ross begins singing from the club floor. Dapper in what was once Noel Coward’s (really) green velvet smoking jacket and a red bow tie, he wends his way to the piano. What is...

  A Memorable Show at Birdland       by Alix Cohen     Sometimes a musical recipe is just right. At a time when the world situation depresses and frightens, three uber-talented collaborators deliver an exuberant, stress free show at Birdland and boy does it feel good!...

    by Alix Cohen   Cabaret is entering a theatrical stage. Imaginative and capable vocalists now sometimes offer shows with dialogue and/or dramatic arc created by astutely selected songs and staging. Though Stacy Sullivan has always brought her acting chops to performance,...