MAC Remembers Julie Wilson at Don’t Tell Mama, October 30
The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) will honor “The Queen of Cabaret,” the legendary Julie Wilson (1924-2015) in an afternoon of songs and stories. Julie was the epitome of...
View ArticleThe Q … A Talk Show Jamboree!
Joseph Macchia, producer, creator and one of the hosts of The Q, has brought this talk show back to the Metropolitan Room stage just in time to ride the wave of the post election gabfest all of [...]
View ArticleMAC Remembers Jan Wallman at The Duplex Sunday, January 29
The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) will honor the legendary Jan Wallman (1922-2015) in an afternoon of songs and stories. Jan offered a step up the ladder to an odd assortment of...
View ArticleNiteLife Person of the Week, Lennie Watts, launching Singnasium Project with...
BY ROB LESTER****Want to get voice and career “in shape”? The new place to “work out” will be at a Singnasium. On Tuesday, May 16, come learn about and help kick off this new not-for-profit/ [...]
View ArticleMarquee Five and Ritzel’s Revelers and 54 Below Salute Broadway
BY ROB LESTER****Guess who’s back in town and on Broadway? I don’t mean Dolly, it’s that group full of radiant harmony, Marquee Five, although you will hear something from Hello, Dolly! and other...
View Article6 Questions for Ricky Ritzel ……about his monthly series Ricky Ritzel’s...
The man behind the MAC Award-winning series with Broadway show tunes is the merry man behind the piano: Ricky “Razamatazz” Ritzel. We had six questions for him. Conveniently, he had six answers for us...
View ArticleSue Matsuki & Gregory Toroian in Hey Boo! Stu Hamstra Memorial @ Don’t Tell...
Celebrating their 23rd year artistic collaboration with their new monthly Coming Home to Mama series, singer Sue Matsuki and pianist/music director Gregory Toroian present Hey Boo! Songs of Halloween...
View ArticleNight #3 of the Mabel Mercer Foundation Cabaret Convention – the Once and...
By MARILYN LESTER*** When Wednesday night Cabaret Convention host James Gavin wrote Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret (originally printed in 1991 and reissued in an updated, expanded...
View ArticleA Thanksgiving Cabaret Contest and Picks of the Week–What Are You Thankful...
By ROB LESTER****At last! See Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand on the same stage for $20. Or, as Sidney Myer oft says, “…Or reasonable facsimiles.” Facsimiles Saturday night are Rick Skye as Liza and...
View ArticleSinger Tennie Leonard: A Comeback Here and Now 12/5, 10 and 13
By ROB LESTER****It isn’t every day that a singer I interview casually says, “Judy Garland was always very nice to me,” or lets me see a telegram that Frank Sinatra sent her. But Tennie Leonard [...]
View ArticleSidney Myer is Live at Lynn, in Florida: January 17
Known for his witty musical comedy, Sidney Myer delivers numbers that are funny, preposterous, touching, sometimes understated and even heartbreaking, but always completely unique. He is appearing in...
View ArticleThe Incomparable Sidney Myer Gets an A+ from Lynn University
By MYRA CHANIN **** Sidney Myer is the most beloved impresario in Manhattan. He’s THE Sidney referred to in “I Love Sidney!” – a phrase that constantly flows from the lips of theatrical and musical...
View ArticleMAC Remembers Jan Wallman at The Duplex Sunday, January 29
The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) will honor the legendary Jan Wallman (1922-2015) in an afternoon of songs and stories. Jan offered a step up the ladder to an odd assortment of...
View ArticleNiteLife Person of the Week, Lennie Watts, launching Singnasium Project with...
BY ROB LESTER****Want to get voice and career “in shape”? The new place to “work out” will be at a Singnasium. On Tuesday, May 16, come learn about and help kick off this new not-for-profit/ [...]
View ArticleMarquee Five and Ritzel’s Revelers and 54 Below Salute Broadway
BY ROB LESTER****Guess who’s back in town and on Broadway? I don’t mean Dolly, it’s that group full of radiant harmony, Marquee Five, although you will hear something from Hello, Dolly! and other...
View Article6 Questions for Ricky Ritzel ……about his monthly series Ricky Ritzel’s...
The man behind the MAC Award-winning series with Broadway show tunes is the merry man behind the piano: Ricky “Razamatazz” Ritzel. We had six questions for him. Conveniently, he had six answers for us...
View ArticleSue Matsuki & Gregory Toroian in Hey Boo! Stu Hamstra Memorial @ Don’t Tell...
Celebrating their 23rd year artistic collaboration with their new monthly Coming Home to Mama series, singer Sue Matsuki and pianist/music director Gregory Toroian present Hey Boo! Songs of Halloween...
View ArticleNight #3 of the Mabel Mercer Foundation Cabaret Convention – the Once and...
By MARILYN LESTER*** When Wednesday night Cabaret Convention host James Gavin wrote Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret (originally printed in 1991 and reissued in an updated, expanded...
View ArticleA Thanksgiving Cabaret Contest and Picks of the Week–What Are You Thankful...
By ROB LESTER****At last! See Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand on the same stage for $20. Or, as Sidney Myer oft says, “…Or reasonable facsimiles.” Facsimiles Saturday night are Rick Skye as Liza and...
View ArticleSinger Tennie Leonard: A Comeback Here and Now 12/5, 10 and 13
By ROB LESTER****It isn’t every day that a singer I interview casually says, “Judy Garland was always very nice to me,” or lets me see a telegram that Frank Sinatra sent her. But Tennie Leonard [...]
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