By Myra Chanin   The first cabaret show that knocked my sox off — when I began hanging out in New York City around the turn of this century – was the award-winning Off-Broadway hit American Rhapsody. It extolled the words and music of first-generation New Yorkers who became...

  Alan Jay Lerner’s 100th Birthday Celebration Rocks the 2018 Cabaret Convention Finale       by Myra Chanin   Alan Jay Lerner supplied rhymes for one unfinished and 17 produced Broadway Musicals as well as librettos for several of them. He wrote the words for the...

  by Alix Cohen   “How was your summer?” “How was the trip/flight in?” “Where are you performing?” “I hear you have a new CD.” “You look great.”Buzz, Buzz, Buzz. It’s the 29th Annual New York Cabaret Convention. The crowd is primed to immerse itself in this beloved if beleaguered...

  Scott Siegel’s Broadway By The Year Series at Town Hall celebrates two years of songs from great shows in two different decades with a top notch cast of singers.   By Linda Amiel Burns   In the past 18 years that Scott Siegel has written, directed and hosted Broadway By The Year,...

  by Alix Cohen   Last year, in an effort to find connections between Marseille and his art, Jean-Christophe Born did internet research for a show about nineteenth century demi-mondain entertainer Gaby Deslys whose home it was. He has a fascination with “the good old days of show...

  by Peter Haas   There was a noticeable surge in weekend traffic on the Upper East Side this past summer, as cabaret fans flocked to the Beach Café –newly re-constituted as a cabaret room — to hear its lineup of top stars. Programmed and hosted by Mark Nadler, the evenings...

    by Alix Cohen   Karen Akers eases towards the stage with playfulness that implies. This is an artist who can sing …my life was simply hellish… ridiculing pretense with attitude. (“I’m Throwing a Ball Tonight”) Who else would roll the “r” in paprika?! Knees bend, an endless...

  Leave it to the always clever wordsmith Mark Nadler – an entertainer’s entertainer – to ferret out the best places in town for his new summer cabaret series.   This time it’s the Beach Cafe – no, not in the Hamptons.  You won’t have to go that far!...

      By Sandi Durell     Who knew that so many of the greatest of the great American Songwriters on Broadway (and off) were Jewish (except Cole Porter) according to historian, writer, director, host and producer Scott Siegel.   And that’s what the audience at...

    by Steve Nardoni     Most who have had the privilege of seeing and enjoying Hamilton are a diversified (and young!) crowd who adoringly embrace the novelty, creativity, wit, and power of that show. Additionally Hamilton’s overwhelming popularity confirms that...

  by Marilyn Lester Photos: Maryann Lopinto       A boffo opening and a big finish, with plenty of substance in between, was the end-result of producer/host Stephen Hanks’ New York Cabaret’s Greatest Hits show. The boffo belongs to the one-of-a-kind Mark Nadler, who...

    By Myra Chanin   The most amazing aspect of New York City’s Cabaret scene happens when you stop into a club not expecting anything special and find yourself in Wonderland!! That’s exactly what I experienced Sunday Night November 20th at the Metropolitan Room when I was...

  “Hidden Treasures V: Songs of Larry Kerchner” at The Metropolitan Room presented a great cast of singers with a special Lifetime Achievement Award to Sidney Myer, hosted by Klea Blackhurst   by Linda Amiel Burns   The prolific composer, Larry Kerchner, was presented for his...

    by Marilyn Lester       It’s always good to be in a room where love is poured out liberally, but it’s even better when that love overflows the cup. Such was the case as family and friends gathered to salute cabaret’s own Linda Amiel Burns. It’s no wonder that...

    By Sandi Durell     For those of us who have attended Nadler cabaret for years, watching the evolution from chaotic to calm and knowing (he’s an entertainer’s entertainer in the true meaning of the word and nothing less than No. 1 in my book) but I’m just commenting on...

  by Magda Katz The incomparable Mark Nadler will be performing once a month at Pangea, an intimate club in the East Village. Mr. Nadler is a consummate entertainer engaging his audience non -stop.This room affords him the opportunity to turn his show into a party. His high energy...

You voted for them folks! The fourth annual BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Awards results are in and official, and for 2015 some bold-faced Broadway names, long-time cabaret stars, and some exciting newcomers were the people’s choices this year. More than 32,000 votes were cast for...

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    by: Sandi Durell             Host-producer David Kenney has been championing the Great American Songbook on WBAI (99.5 FM) for a long, long time on favorite Sunday program “Everything Old Is New Again.”  Last night at the Metropolitan...

    The Everything Old Is New Again Holiday Concert to benefit WBAI, hosted by DAVID KENNEY, is back at the Metropolitan Room on Thursday, December 17 at 6:00 pm.  The concert celebrates 35 years of Everything Old Is New Again on WBAI because of listeners like YOU! On the bill are:...

Photo Montage /Video: Russ Weatherford – Eric Rudy by: Linda Amiel Burns The songs of composer Larry Kerchner was celebrated at Birdland with an all-star cast of singers    In a gala evening, produced by Sandi Durell, “Hidden Treasures IV – The Songs of Larry Kerchner” was held at...

    Larry Kerchner has been a noted songwriter most of his musical life, having written the title song for the movie “Somewhere in Time” (sold that one when he was too young to know the ropes) and a couple of other tunes that were part of “The Wiz.” But...

          by: Sandi Durell   There will never be another you . . . Julie Wilson!  And so the celebrations continue again/still at 54 Below where, on May 9th, many of cabaret’s best sang their hearts out for the lady known as the Queen of Cabaret . . . the...

    by: Sandi Durell     There’s no other entertainer in our cabaret world (and beyond) who does it as well as Mark Nadler. He’s one-of-a-kind and I say this because his talents and capabilities soar to a stratosphere only few have found. A triple threat and...

  Review by Peter Haas       Only one entertainer can top Mark Nadler – and that’s Mark Nadler himself. He’s done it again, in what is one of his most personal shows: singing, dancing and playing piano in his super-energetic style, and, at the same time, revealing himself and...