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 […]
In her show The Midwood Miracle, recently at Pangea, singer-writer-storyteller Deborah Karpel told the story of her estrangement from, and eventual reconciliation (however tentative) with, her late father, with whom she had a common familial arrangement: “not asking anything of each other” and barely speaking. In the kind of desperation that is fairly indigenous to […]
At one point in his September 14 show at the Triad, Michael Cummings acknowledged friends and family in attendance. When he had finished, it seemed he’d greeted nearly everyone in the room. Of course, a performer’s loved ones naturally show up to offer support, but it’s no accident that they turned out in droves—always enthusiastic […]
Katie Thiroux does the work of two people on stage, which is a remarkable feat of coordination that stems from a single soulful and clever musical sensibility. There are some wonderful singing bass players in jazz these days; Esperanza Spalding, Nicki Parrott, and Kate Davis come to mind. Thiroux takes her rightful place among these […]
Josephine Sanges has a voice so good it’s almost criminal. In her latest show, Come Rain or Come Shine – Josephine Sanges Sings Harold Arlen, which recently gave an encore performance at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, that voice was ravishing on Arlen’s classic melodies. Her technical ability and artistry went a long way to gloss over […]
Laurie Beechman Theatre Saturday September 22, 2:00 pm Wednesday September 26, 9:30 pm Singer-actress Sierra Rein in a return engagement of her solo debut cabaret show, Running in Place. Her sumptuous alto and her intelligent, perceptive, and expressive interpretations would be enough to make this show exceptional. But there’s something else: a strong emotional undercurrent—never […]
Pangea Wednesday September 26, 7:00 pm Tuesday October 23, 7:00 pm 2018 Bistro Award winner, singer-instrumentalist-songwriter Rachelle Garniez is a true original. Her musical sensibilities are grounded in classic American popular music, but her lyrics have a wry, offbeat, and very contemporary wit and attitude. She returns with her most recent show, NYC Serenades, an […]
The Green Room 42 Saturdays September 29, November 3, December 1; 7:00 pm Tony-winner for her performance as Éponine in Les Miz, Frances Ruffelle returns to The Green Room 42 in another extended engagement of her solo theatre piece Frances Ruffelle LIVEs in New York. It tells of the rise and fall of a romance, […]
