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 […]
Alaska Thunderf*ck achieved stardom as a finalist on the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. In Alaska & Jeremy: On Golden Girls, her show at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, she proves that this is no fluke, but is based on solid, undeniable talent. Working with her accompanist (or more accurately her co-star), Handsome Jeremy, she gives […]
Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism
At Don’t Tell Mama, Dr. Bradley Jones tells a familiar cabaret story in his show Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism: Young man with troubled childhood dreams of being a performer, follows those dreams to New York City, works his way up to Broadway but fails—in spite of a decade long run in the original Broadway […]
Max von Essen has built a laudable New York theatre career over a number of years in such shows as Death Takes a Holiday, Dance of the Vampires, An American in Paris, and, currently, Anastasia. He recently brought his talents to the stage at Birdland, a club that he confessed he had dreamed of playing […]
I have never before seen a tribute show quite like Wanna Bette?, drag artist Cacophony Daniels’s homage to Bette Midler, currently at Don’t Tell Mama. The evening celebrates Midler and her long professional career—52 years and counting—in fine style, and provides a thoroughly entertaining and stylish cabaret act. There is no real connection between the […]
Symphony Space August 7 – September 2: Tuesday – Friday, 7:00 pm; Saturday 4:00 & 7:00 pm; Sunday 2:00 & 5:00 pm The Anderson twins return with their very successful Songbook Summit series, celebrating the work of four great songwriters over a four-week period. Winners of a 2018 Bistro Award as outstanding instrumentalists, Juilliard graduates […]
The Green Room 42 Friday August 17, 7:00 pm In celebration of his seventh CD, Angel City, singer-songwriter Spencer Day continues his monthly residency at The Green Room 42. He’s been celebrated as much for his talents as a singer as for his songwriting skills; this show gives us a mix of both his original […]
Birdland Monday August 20, 7:30 pm With musical director Billy Stritch on piano and leading the band, the always-wonderful Natalie Douglas brings her acclaimed Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald back for a second performance. To read our review of this show, click here
