Those who are not native-born to New York City, and even a sizable number of those who are, often have difficulty making head or tail of the pattern of the streets in Greenwich Village's wes…
Two decades ago, cabaret was mesmerized by the sudden presence of a phenomenal male vocalist by the name of Tom Andersen, who quickly found himself not merely an overnight sensation in the c…
It's a great joy, when reviewing an Off-Off-Broadway play, to discover both a great new playwright and a brilliant ensemble of actors. Only Love Will Do offers all that, and more, in unspea…
The very early 1990s were indeed a mystical and exciting moment to be taking part in the wonderful world of cabaret; in a given week and at several clubs spread over varying degrees of econo…
Review of Play "My Sweet Charlie"
Your humble reporter is almost loathe to even discuss this because it's such a potential tragedy for the new Broadway season, but after all these weeks of waiting for Spider-man: Turn Off th…
The first time I even heard the name Julie Wilson, I was twelve. I’d begun saving my allowance every month to make a trip to the old Disc-O-Mat record store in the city on 58th and 3rd…
Elly Stone would most likely be the last person on earth to ever call herself a living legend, either publicly or privately. But she is indeed. And how. Best known as the definitive interpre…
I’m writing this piece in the first person, which many know I’m not usually wont to do. It simply isn’t my way as a journalist, because I was taught that the best way to ex…
Chanteuse Rosemary Loar has been delighting audiences for well over three decades, not merely in cabaret but also on Broadway, and even more recently proved herself adept as a major develope…
Every once in a glorious while, a cabaret entertainer comes along that makes the spectator gasp, "How is it that I've never heard of this person before?" So it goes with Sandra Bargman, a dy…
Sometimes, when you’re an actor, you get an invitation to appear in what’s known as “a reading.” This is where a playwright arranges for a space for a new script of t…
I learned more about writing fiction in one semester at school than I did in three years of writing in New York.
A certain clip on YouTube recently went extremely viral on the Internet, showing a sextette of dancers in 1964 on Judy Garland’s weekly CBS Sunday night program engaging in an energeti…
Among the other legendary talents to be borne from the show was a very robust young lady by the name of Kathi Moss, who memorably created the role of Cha-Cha Di Gregorio and managed to virtu…
One of the most wondrous things about growing up in a showbiz family is that from a very early age you find yourself attending concerts. If you're even luckier, those concerts encompass a wi…
In 1985, cabaret unwittingly found a new fair-haired boy in their midst. Kevin Scott Hall had arrived in New York City from Maine in his early twenties, and seemingly wasted no time in estab…
Adaptations of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, both legitimate versions for children’s theater/school plays and humorous adult parodies, have been a staple of American theater …
If the MAC Awards have become known as the Tonys of cabaret, the Bistro Awards have certainly become its equally-glittering counterpart. Launched in 1985 by the late and legendary cabaret jo…
By now it's no secret that the Marriott Corporation, which is taking the helm in renovating New York City's historic Algonquin Hotel on West 44th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, has …
Anybody who makes the careless statement, "There is no such thing anymore as a quality musical in New York by unknown songwriters," has clearly not visited the West End Theatre at 263 West 8…
The All For One Theater Festival, a series of solo shows which ran throughout November at Theatre 80 St Marks, is one of those events that prove in lush detail, that theatrical innovation wi…
Producer/director/artist Rachel Klein can be called nothing else besides one of the most innovative young people on the modern downtown scene. Over the last four seasons, she has emerged as …
Ninety-nine times out of every one hundred, attending a theatre camp proves a life-changing experience for those involved; while other more "normal" kids are happy to spend their summers inv…