They're toppling like dominoes"long-established restaurants and institutions that can't keep up with the rising costs of doing business in Manhattan. Lately, the Boat Basin Cafe at 79th Stre…
What fun! Marta Sanders and Leanne Borghesi sure know how to put on a show and leave 'em wanting more. Their Showbroads was a powerhouse of entertainment, as you'd expect from two broads exp…
Sometimes it's not easy to walk in parental footsteps, especially for gifted children of the famous. But if they're fortunate, their own art can be a guide out of the shadows. This is the in…
Reed-meisters Peter and Will Anderson's second installment of their annual Songbook Summit directed the spotlight on the life and music of the trumpeter/vocalist/composer Louis Armstrong"a p…
What can you say about a five year-old on a tobacco farm in South Carolina who thinks he's Carol Channing, and who plays to the tombstones in a local cemetery as his audience? Only that he'l…
The wall of sound that brass can create in simultaneous play is an experience high on the scale of titanically thrilling. This adrenaline rush is exactly what trumpet masters Jeremy Pelt, Wa…
In the world of entertainment, the venerable house concert is an institution long enjoyed from the beginnings of music itself. From the caves of early humans to the courts of royalty and the…
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the passing of Judy Garland, the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and the 80th Anniversary of the release of The Wizard of Oz, singer Sarah DeLeo was …
Chances are if you're reading NiteLifeExchange.com you're already a champion of the arts"and therefore understand the vital necessity to cultivate and teach the arts to succeeding generation…
From the Catskills to Las Vegas and back again, singer Julie Budd is one of the last performers standing from the glamorous age of nightclubs and variety television. She's got quite a follow…
Clarinetist Ken Peplowski is not only a virtuoso of the licorice stick, but a darn good leader too. His assembled big band at Birdland on the eve of Duke Ellington's 120th birthday (April 29…
Singer-pianist Daryl Sherman has been a long-time fixture in the international and New York City jazz world. Her endurance as a favorite is well-founded in her talent and charm. She's full o…
Vocalist-pianist Alexis Cole put aside the piano for an evening at the Beach Cafe, with a show entitled Canary in Combat Boots. This was the cabaret side of Cole, with a hint of her jazz per…
Vocalist Alexis Cole is one of the few females in the jazz world to be able to claim first rate singing ability along with piano chops. You can count them on one hand"the late Barbara Carrol…
In his ongoing Standard Time series at Zankel Hall, Michael Feinstein created another winner of a show with The Great American Jewish Songbook. More specifically, the singer's template of so…
With Yes I Can: The Sammy Davis Jr. Songbook, the powers behind 92Y's Lyrics and and Lyricists series not only put on a tremendously important and entertaining tribute to one of America's ma…
The open mic" a time-honored way for singers to perform, test material, keep vocal chords in shape, socialize with peers and so much more. There are quite a few regular sessions in Manhattan…
Call it inspired, a perfect storm of creative ideas or even perfection"but no matter how you describe it, the first of this year's Lyrics and Lyricists programs at the 92nd Street Y was "Oh …
Christmas in Hell is, well, as cute as hell. The music is delightful and the cast a wonderful dispenser of screwball antics. For those looking for a good time, the show is a kind of dark Dis…
How do you wrap up a fabulous four nights of cabaret? Why, with a blitzkrieg of super talent"a 21-gun salute of singers honoring the 100th birthday of songbook treasure, Alan Jay Lerner. And…
Garbed in Sunday clothes with beads and buckles and bows, and most definitely getting their picture took, was a thrilling cast of performers singing the Jerry Herman songbook at the Mabel Me…
Shifting focus from a broad panorama to a narrower lens celebrating three icons of cabaret, the second night of the 29th Annual Mabel Mercer Foundation Cabaret Convention saw a dozen A-list …
The first night of the four-night Mabel Mercer Foundation Cabaret Convention began auspiciously at 6 pm in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall. The 29th annual event, subtitled Cabaret Today!…
This week, it was announced that Ticketmaster would institute an installment plan to pay for Broadway tickets for Hamilton (top ticket at a whopping $1,551, fees included) and a dozen other …
Poise, polish and presence are just a few of the accolades deserved by Ann Hampton Callaway in debuting her latest show, The Songbook of Linda Ronstadt. The match is a good one. Ronstadt's i…