PRESS RELEASE: 2015 Winners Announced!
Carol Fredette and Lillias White are among the winners to be honored at the 30th ANNUAL BISTRO AWARDS GALA Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 pm / Gotham Comedy Club Jason Graae to Host A special lineup of past Bistro Award-winning artists will help celebrate three decades of cabaret’s oldest award (New York City, January 29, 2015) […]
Ben Vereen at the 2014 Bistro Awards
Watch Lifetime Achievement Award winner Ben Vereen perform “Here’s to Life” at the 2014 Bistro Awards!
Ben Vereen interviewed by Tonya Pinkins
Multi-award-winning actress singer Tonya Pinkins interviewed Ben Vereen for the Bistro Awards. TP: You are legendary. Who do you emulate and say, “I’ll steal a little of this and a little of that?” BV: Oscar Brown Jr—I love Oscar, Little Jimmy Scott, Carmen McRae. These are my cats. Charles Aznavour! TP: I don’t think […]
2014 Bistro Awards Red Carpet Highlights
The 2014 Bistro Awards Red Carpet, hosted by Kevin Scott Hall and Tanya Holt and recorded at Gotham Comedy Club on March 4, 2014. Enjoy these interviews with the winners, creative team, and others attending the show!
N.W.A. Show (Negroes With Asthma)
These days the worlds of stand-up comedy and cabaret in New York City may occasionally intersect, but mostly, it seems, they just sort of brush up against one another. The Duplex, however, is one cabaret venue where stand-up shows crop up fairly often. In recent months, the “N.W.A. Show (Negroes With Asthma)” has appeared on […]
Newly minted American citizen Karen Jacobsen (born and raised in Australia) celebrated by bringing her pared-down but classy act to Stage 72 recently. Effortlessly charming, Jacobsen is an accomplished singer, pianist, and songwriter, and on this particular night it was just she, playing and singing and sharing colorful stories. One such story was how, as a […]
Two Cheyenne Jacksons are making their Café Carlyle debut: Cheyenne Jackson the handsome actor-singer of stage, film, and television; and Cheyenne Jackson the man, who has faced a number of personal challenges and tells us about them. Headliners at the upper echelon of clubs may sometimes talk about their careers, but it’s quite rare for […]
The Weimar Republic was created shortly after the end of World War I, giving Germany the first democratically elected parliamentary government in its history. After only fourteen years, this period of unprecedented political, personal, and artistic freedom was dealt a crushing blow with Hitler’s ascent to power. While it lasted, it produced an exceptional body of songs […]
Alan Winner: The Boy Who Loved Bassey
“The Boy Who Loved Bassey,” the crisp, hour-long show Alan Winner performed (and co-wrote with Ben Cameron, who directed) at the Metropolitan Room (and earlier this year at the Laurie Beechman Theatre), was so much more than a tribute to a great singer who used to be. Alive and well at almost 78 (on January 8, […]
Cucina di Pesce Wednesdays 7:00 – 10:00 pm Bistro Award-winning jazz vocalist Deanna Kirk interprets songs with exquisite musicianship and a simplicity that is understated and at the same time eloquently expressive. Every Wednesday evening at this E.4th Street Italian restaurant; full dinner menu available.
54 Below Thursday January 29, 9:30 pm In this fun, raucous show, the fearless yet self-deprecating Rak shares with her audience the ups and downs of a Broadway gypsy’s life.
