Features

One-Man-Show–manship: Lifetime Achievement Bistro Award Honoree Robert Klein on His Singular Comedic Career

Last November, shortly after comedian and actor Robert Klein was confirmed as the recipient of 2024’s Bob Harrington...

Bistro Bits: Jazz and Cabaret…. Kissing Cousins or Estranged Siblings? Veronica Swift and Mary Foster Conklin Shed Some Light

Jazz and cabaret—two spheres, almost adjacent, yet set just apart. I’ve often thought about the ways these two...

Bistro Bits: A Greeting—Plus, What Makes for Super-Great Cabaret?

As you may have noticed, cabaret singers customarily perform two songs before greeting their audience at the top...
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Club Reviews

Bistro Bits: Let’s Hear It for the Guys—King, Skipper, and Harnar Do the Things They Do

First things first. I join Sherry Eaker in thanking everyone who made the Bistro Awards evening such a...

“André De Shields Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of ‘Haarlem Nocturne'”

Haarlem Nocturne is not only a seminal show in the long and storied career of André De Shields,...

Isabelle Georges in “Oh Là Là—A Passionate Journey Through the French Repertoire and Beyond”

In spite of its rather academic subtitle, “Oh Là Là—A Passionate Journey Through the French Repertoire and Beyond...
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Album Reviews

Betty Bryant: “Lotta Livin'”

We live in an age when octogenarians and nonagenarians in the music industry are delivering performances in recordings...

Marc Jordan: “Waiting for the Sun to Rise”

I often long for the golden age of albums in which the recording was a cohesive artistic statement...

Linda Kahn “Wait ‘Til You See What’s Next”

Sometimes, the minute you hear a singer you know that they are (in sound, in temperament, and in...
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