2018 ASCAP Outstanding Revue Award
(New York City, February 7, 2018) — ASCAP, the performing rights organization and longtime sponsor of the Bistro Awards, annually gives its name to one of the Awards. This year, ASCAP has chosen the revue It Helps to Sing About It: Songs of Ben Schaechter & Dan Kael as the recipient of the ASCAP title in recognition […]
Monday, March 12, 6:30 pm at Gotham Comedy Club Marta Sanders, Shemekia Copeland, and Will and Peter Anderson Also Recognized Among the 15 Award Winners (New York City, January 31, 2018) —Tony and Drama Desk nominee and multi-Audelco Award winner André De Shields and internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan are among the artists who […]
Renowned Jazz Vocalist SHEILA JORDAN to Receive 2018 Bistro Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Art of Jazz Monday, March 12 at Gotham Comedy Club New York City, January 25, 2018) —Internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan will be honored at the 33rd Annual Bistro Awards on Monday, March 12, with an award for her […]
Actor-Singer-Dancer ANDRÉ De SHIELDS to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the 33rd Annual Bistro Awards Gala Monday, March 12, 6:30 pm at Gotham Comedy Club New York City, January 19, 2018) —Tony and Drama Desk nominee and multi-Audelco Award and Outer Critics Circle Award winner André De Shields will be honored at the 33rd Annual […]
Madelaine Warren’s voice has a lovely warm tone—one could even say burnished. And her musicality and phrasing, as one might expect from a former classical singer, are well thought out and refined. It is with these gifts that she presented Mad for Romance at Don’t Tell Mama, directed by Barry Kleinbort. In large measure it […]
Sean Harkness, Lina Koutrakos, Marcus Simeone
Group cabaret shows can be wonderful, but they can also be tricky. You want to provide variety both in musical content and in terms of who sings what. You want a balance of solos, duets, and ensemble numbers. And you need to make certain that the voices and personalities truly blend well. Being a talented […]
The holidays are, for most, a time of celebration, and I cannot think of a better cabaret celebration than Matt Rogers’s brilliantly funny, wonderfully profane, infectiously musical show at The Duplex, Have You Heard of Christmas? The show features “all the songs off his highly anticipated (non-existent) holiday album.” Rogers wrote the smart and hilarious […]
When it comes to popular music in general and singing in particular, it might not be the worst of times, but it is far from the best of times. It started back with Star Search, where contestants were encouraged to favor volume and melismatic riffs above phrasing and musicality—and they were rewarded for doing so. […]
Birdland Theater Tuesday January 15, 7:00 pm When Barbara Fasano sings, she has something to say. Several of the songs she’s performed over the years stand out as definitive—at least we’ve never heard renditions by anyone else that surpassed them, and few came even close. For her Birdland Theater debut, she’s presenting a new program, […]
Don’t Tell Mama Wednesdays January 16 & 23, 7:00 pm Marnie Klar Sings Bobbie Gentry Marnie Klar brings her tribute to Bobbie Gentry back for two more performances. In addition to having a grand time at this show, you will learn two things: (1) though the territory Gentry’s songs inhabit is decidedly rural, Gentry is […]
Don’t Tell Mama Thursday January 17, 7:00 pm Friday January 25, 7:00 pm Thursday January 31, 7:00 pm Friday February 15, 7:00 pm Aznavour As Is Paris-born singer-actress-dancer Yvonne Constant came to the attention of New York theatre-goers in 1958, when she appeared in the original Broadway production of the hit musical comedy La Plume […]
