Category Archives: cabaret
Archive Review: Peter Gallagher
From May 2007: Peter Gallagher is currently best known for his role as Sandy Cohen in the Fox hit “The OC.” In his show “Songs and Stories” at Feinstein’s at the Regency, he freely admits that he is worlds away … Continue reading →
Archive Review: Keely Smith
From April 2007: Keely Smith is one of those performers whom I think should be a gay icon, but for some reason isn’t. It could be because in her early career she was her husband’s second banana—she first came to … Continue reading →
Archive Review: Betty Buckley
From March 2007: The last time I saw Betty Buckley in a cabaret, she did a ballad-heavy show of obscure songs by Texan songwriters. That show broke what I consider to be two important rules about building a solid cabaret … Continue reading →
Review: John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molasky
At the very height of the jazzier side of cabaret, you’ll find the gifted husband and wife team of John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molasky. They’ve rather randomly titled their new show at the Cafe Carlyle “The Heart of a Saturday … Continue reading →
Archive Review: Jackie with a Z
From February 2007: One of the city’s best comic actresses, Jackie Hoffman has often used her cabaret acts at Joe’s Pub—which consistently outsell any other show at that venue—to tell hilarious self-deprecating jokes about the sad state of her career. … Continue reading →
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Interview: Bryan Batt
Feinstein’s at Loews Regency will continue its Fall 2010 season with the debut of out Broadway favorite Bryan Batt – two-time Screen Actors Guild Award winner and star of television’s Mad Men – on October 3 and 4. Bryan takes … Continue reading →
Review: KT Sullivan & Mark Nadler
Originally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. 10 years ago, Soprano KT Sullivan and pianist/entertainer extraordinaire Mark Nadler, starred in a very smart revue of Gershwin songs called American Rhapsody. The two of them packed the stage of the Triad Theatre with more … Continue reading →
Review: Lea Salonga
Origingally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. I first saw Lea Salonga in the Broadway “revisal” of Flower Drum Song, which gave her some great acting opportunities but gave a lot of the best songs to other performers — though Salonga did turn … Continue reading →
Review: Marilyn Maye
Originally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. Ella Fitzgerald once called Marilyn Maye “the greatest white female singer in the world”. I saw her for the first time in her latest club act at Feinstein’s, and I can tell you that’s no exaggeration. … Continue reading →
Review: John Standing
Originally reviewed for GaySocialites.com. On one of the funnier episodes of Will & Grace Lorraine said to Will: “You’re a natty dresser. Are you English?” To which Will responded: “Oh, no, I’m gay.” “Well, it’s the same thing.” Playwright, songwriter … Continue reading →
