Category Archives: interview

From November 2007:  “Andrea Marcovicci Sings Rodgers & Hart,” opening on Tuesday, November 13 at Algonquin Hotel’s Oak Room, celebrates the music of one of the American Songbook’s most prolific and accomplished songwriting teams. Marcovicci will sing both the duos … Continue reading →

From June 2007: Mary Wilson, one of the original Supremes, is nothing if not gracious. As I arrive to interview her about “Up Close” her upcoming cabaret show at Feinstein’s, she takes a look at the tuft of hair on … Continue reading →

From November 2006: It’s a very sweet, romantic notion: Jeff Harnar, one of the most celebrated performers of the American Popular Songbook, has intentionally crafted a cabaret act in a style that he knows his boyfriend enjoys. “I’ve been with … Continue reading →

Broadway legend Elaine Stritch’s 2006 cabaret show “At Home at the Carlyle…Again” marked her return to the legendary New York venue Café Carlyle following the success of her standing room only engagements there in 2005.  With her longtime music director Rob … Continue reading →

Ashford & Simpson, the songwriters responsible for classics like Diana Ross’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman”—as well as hits under their own name like “Found a Cure” and “Solid”—opened the Fall 2006 season of … Continue reading →

While preparing to talk to Diahann Carroll about a cabaret appearance at Feinstein’s at the Regency in 2006, I happened upon a very curious fact. Diahann learned how a performer should bow and walk from none other than famed transsexual … Continue reading →