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What We Do: As this country’s only print publication focusing on the excitement of cabaret, presented in snug performance spaces featuring musical theater classics to pop to country to folk, The Cabaret Foundation’s Cabaret Scenes magazine and its web site are increasingly crucial to the art form’s participants and audiences as other national and local print media reduce their attention to cabaret
or eliminate it entirely. Our magazine and its website spotlight cabaret’s performers, their shows and the clubs in which the magic happens. How We Do It: We do it by delivering thousands of complimentary copies of each issue for their patrons’ reading pleasure to venues across the country. Our website provides instant information on cabaret shows and where to find them. Additional personal copies of each issue are mailed to Cabaret Foundation members, together making our magazine and its website the vital link between cabaret’s performers and showspots, and the public. Why We Do it: Because we love both the music and the exhilaration of live performances. We do it because we want those who, like us -- like you -- appreciate the unique pleasure of cabaret shows, to know more about the art and the artists they enjoy. We do it because we believe there are multitudes of others to reach and introduce to cabaret so they too will discover the pleasure of that special relationship
of the music, the charm of the performance and the warmth of the venue. What’s ahead: A continuing stream of interesting features, photos, insightful reviews and provocative opinion pieces from our staff writers and others across the country and abroad. Discounts to shows at participating venues. A revitalized website, with video interviews of cabaret folk you should know and video clips of performances, added to our ongoing critical reviews of shows and CDs. Plus tablet and smartphone access that’s in the works and soon to leave the starting gate. How you can make a difference: Become a Cabaret Foundation member with your tax-deductible contribution. The foundation receives no government or corporate grants, depending on contributions from cabaret enthusiasts like you. All contributions,
no matter how modest, help us in our work. Donors of $50 or more receive personal copies of the magazine for the ensuing year. Members’ contributions enable the availability of the complimentary copies at virtually every venue across the country as well as make possible the foundation’s tireless reporting on and publicizing of this truly unique, intimate, and vibrant realm of live entertainment.
…Peter Leavy, Publisher
Zachary Clause
Sherry Takes a Holiday
Pangea, NYC, June 13, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
https://cabaretscenes.org/2024/06/19/54105/
The trip with Sherry may not have been entirely without its bumps, but it was worth taking.
Norm Lewis
Summertime
54 Below, NYC, June 12, 2024.
Reviewed by Alix Cohen
His talent was obvious, as was his warmth, but overall the show was a mixed bag.
Susan Mack
No More Blues
Birdland, NYC, June 10, 2024
Reviewed by Alix Cohen
Her vocals are expansive, and her presentation is open hearted. Mack also brings glamour to the stage.
Anne & Mark Burnell
Two for the Road
Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, May 28, 2024
Reviewed by
Bart Greenberg
A charming evening filled with surprising delights.
Francis Garner
Over the Hill: Dating Gay Over 30
Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, May 31, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
A powerful baritone and his arresting personality.
Sweet Megg
Bluer than Blue
(Turtle Bay Records)
June 12, 2024
CD Reviewed by
Alix Cohen
Vocalist Sweet Megg has a thoroughly appealing tone—now crystalline, now molasses, then sandy.
Caitlin Cook and A.J. Holmes
The Writing on the Stall
Blue Strawberry, St. Louis, MO, June 1 & 2, 2024
Reviewed James Lindhorst
https://cabaretscenes.org/2024/06/06/caitlin-cook-and-a-j-holmes-the-writing-on-the-stall/
Hilarious and poignant.
Ann Kittredge
Romantic Notions
May 30, 2024
CD Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
https://cabaretscenes.org/2024/06/07/ann-kittredge-romantic-notions/
A bright and enchanting CD.
Marissa Mulder
Swingin’ On a Star: The Songs of Jimmy Van Heusen
The Cutting Room, NYC, June 2, 2024
Reviewed by Alix Cohen
https://cabaretscenes
Marissa Mulder has an aptitude for swing. The meaning of the lyrics was always paramount.
Michael Rider
This Ol’ House: Stories of a City Bear, Country Queen
The Green Room 42, NYC, May 21, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
https://cabaretscenes.org/2024/05/28/michael-rider-this-ol-house-stories-of-a-city-bear-country-queen/
Rider charmed the audience with his creativity.
John Lloyd Young
The Blue Strawberry, St. Louis, MO, May 8, 2024
Reviewed by Chuck Lavazzi
A powerful high baritone that zooms up seamlessly into a supernatural falsetto and blitzkrieg charm.
Heather Parcells & Diane Phelan
A Friendship Unhinged
Chelsea Table + Stage, NYC, May 19, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
Possess very similar and impressive soprano voices, along with a good deal of charm and senses of humor.
Dan Thaler
These Are the Days
Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, May 16, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
Thaler detailed his not-always-easy upbringing and his discovery of love with compassion and forgiveness
Melissa Errico
Sondheim in St. Louis
The Blue Strawberry, St. Louis, MO, April 27, 2024
Reviewed by Chuck Lavazzi
Errico and Firth are masters of their craft just as Sondheim was of his. The combination was a match made in musical-theater heaven.
Sorry-Grateful: One Sondheim Story in Letters and Song
The Laurie Beechman Theatre, NYC, May 15, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
https://cabaretscenes.org/2024/05/23/mardie-millit-michael-garin-sorry-grateful-one-sondheim-story-in-letters-and-song/
Mardie Millit & Michael Garin Sorry-Grateful: One Sondheim Story in Letters and Song The Laurie Beechman Theatre, NYC, May 15, 2024 Reviewed by Bart Greenberg Since Stephen Sondheim’s passing in 2021, tribute shows have been abundant in the cabaret world—abundant to the point of redundancy and e...
Ari Axelrod
A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway
Birdland, NYC, May 13, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
https://cabaretscenes.org/2024/05/23/ari-axelrod-a-place-for-us-a-celebration-of-jewish-broadway/
Extremely talented.
Yael Rasooly & Daniel Rein
A Hymn to Love
Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, May 8, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
A beautiful and extremely talented singer/actor.
Lisa Faith Phillips
Let’s Do It Again: The Songs and Love Affairs of George Gershwin
Pangea, NYC, May 10, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
The show was never less than lively, and it was often surprising, despite some questionable decisions along the way.
Tanya Moberly
I Love New York Songwriters
May 19, 2024
CD Review by Alix Cohen
Moberly has a hot-mama voice; she's a force of nature.
Sally Mayes
Now and Then: The Stories
The Green Room 42, NYC, May 16, 2024
Reviewed by Alix Cohen
A protean talent.
Ages Since the Last Time
Chelsea Table + Stage, NYC, May 11, 2024
Reviewed by Alix Cohen
Mason’s sound was bright, Rosen was cottony.
Klea Blackhurst
One of the Girls: The Words and Music of Jerry Herman
Chelsea Table + Stage, NYC, May 5, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
Blackhurst and Herman were a perfect combination.
Hamptons Summer Songbook by the Sea
A Preview—Come to Cabaret!
The Triad, NYC, May 7, 2024
Reviewed by Alix Cohen
A preview of the 2024 Summer Songbook by the Sea series.
Jennifer Roberts
She Loves Sheldon
The Green Room 42, NYC, April 30, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
A fine singer as well as a strong actress and comedienne.
Nicholas Barrón
New York Story Book
The Green Room 42, NYC, April 23, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
He has a strong and flexible voice, a clear delivery of lyrics, and a generosity of spirit
Brewer Daniels
Finding Home
Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, April 28, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
This charming musical comedy/cabaret brought the best of both genres to the stage.
Tom Culver
The Gardenia, West Hollywood, CA, May 4, 2024
Reviewed by Mary Bogue
An unforgettable evening of cabaret bliss.
To Life: A Celebration of Sheldon Harnick’s Legacy on His 100th
54 Below, NYC, April 30, 2024
Reviewed by Alix Cohen
https://cabaretscenes.org/2024/05/07/to-life-a-celebration-of-sheldon-harnicks-legacy-on-his-100th/
Sheldon Harnick was an extraordinary writer and a good and generous man.
Nicky Gayner
Nicky Gayner’s Musical Memories
The Pheasantry, London, UK, April 29, 2024
Reviewed by Gavin Brock
A poignant reflection on the universal role of music in our lives.
To celebrate the life of our publisher Peter Leavy, we are asking his friends, family, and colleagues to send us their remembrances of Peter to be published in our July/August 2024 issue. Peter touched so many lives during his varied career and we'd like to hear from you about what Peter meant to you. Please submit your thoughts to [email protected] by May 30. And please share this with those you think would like to be a part of this tribute. Thank you.
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