Elizabeth Ahlfors

Maude Maggart

Elizabeth Ahlfors
"Parents and Children" Feinstein's at Loews Regency  -  November 10-14 She was born Amber McAfee Maggart, but she changed her first name to Maude. Maude Maggart, so evocative of the past, is a better fit for this singer who continues to draw from timeless, artfully crafted songs that define life and humanity. When she started...

Pamela Luss

Elizabeth Ahlfors
"Sweet and Saxy" Jazz Standard  -  October 28 It is a smart move all around when a singer has the expertise and taste to find the best to accompany her. In "Sweet and Saxy," her one-night only performance at the Jazz Standard, Pamela Luss joined a quintet of greats for a swinging partnership. With Luss...

Jane Krakowski

Elizabeth Ahlfors
“Has Sold Out ... Tickets Available" Feinstein's at Loew's Regency  -  October 6 - 10, 13, 14, 17 On big stage or small, Jane Krakowski knows how to make an entrance. In the award-winning 2003 Broadway production of Nine, Jane Krakowski slithered down from the rafters wrapped in a filmy white sheet to deliver "A...

Marilyn Maye

Elizabeth Ahlfors
“More Mercer" Metropolitan Room  -  October 6 - 17 (not Oct. 15) New Yorkers cannot get enough of this lady. As Johnny Mercer wrote, she's "Just Too Marvelous for Words." In June, Marilyn Maye brought her tribute "Mercer ... the Maye Way” to the Metropolitan Room. Because that was not enough for us and because...

Jason Graae

Elizabeth Ahlfors
"Magically Delicious" Metropolitan Room  - September 24, 25, 26, October 2, 3, 4 When you see live entertainment, you can never really be sure what you are going to get. You might go expecting belly laughs and barely manage a giggle. You might wait for emotional heartbreak and leave just blah. Most of all, and...

Will and Anthony Nunziata

Elizabeth Ahlfors
"Our Time" Feinstein's at Loews Regency  -  September 21, October 5 To paraphrase a Danny Kaye trademark song, they look alike, they walk alike, they talk alike. Will and Anthony Nunziata sing alike too, with voices that belt right out to the street. Twenty-something and good-looking, they have a youthful charisma, a nice communication with...

Gay Marshall

Elizabeth Ahlfors
"Gay Marshall Sings Piaf" Metropolitan Room  -  September 15, 22, 29, October 1, 8
 In her tribute to French icon Edith Piaf, Gay Marshall says that Piaf "...started out singing to live and later lived to sing." Tiny, taut and wired with energy, Marshall captures that Piaf spirit in her current show. She has the theatricality...

Sammy Velvet (aka Scott Stiffler)

Elizabeth Ahlfors
Don't Tell Mama ~ August 9, 10 You know how some shows are so bad they're good? This is not one of them. How do you solve a problem like "Sammy's At the Palace...at Don't Tell Mama”? Is Sammy Velvet, aka Scott Stiffler, just another vocally-challenged lounge crooner with a dream of playing the Palace...

Allan Harris

Elizabeth Ahlfors
"Songs For a Summer Evening:  Bennett, Cole, Mathis & More..." Feinstein's At Loew's Regency ~ August 7, 8, 2009  With energy, conviction and plenty of swing, baritone Allan Harris, debuted at Feinstein's with an up-tempo, "What a Wonderful World" (BobThiele-George David Weiss).  Harris possesses a plush baritone vocal tone that sits squarely in the easy-flowing...

Freddy Cole Quartet With Special Guest Harry Allen

Elizabeth Ahlfors
Jazz Standard 116 - East 27 Street July 30 to August 1 He is laid-back, cool and expressive.  His easy delivery, the smoky intimacy of his voice, and a sly wit insinuating itself through the music have helped him gathered a young international following.  He is also a potent jazz pianist, with hefty chords and...