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Performances from the Bistro Awards 40th Anniversary Awards Show: Jane Scheckter

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Jane Scheckter has been a constant source of style and sophistication on New York's cabaret scene for decades, combining natural musicality with taste, emotion, and intelligence—all of which made her the perfect choice or the 2025 Bistro Award for Sustained Cabaret Artistry. Here she is performing "Looking Back," a song composed by Mickey Leonard with...

2024 Bistro Awards Role Call: Maud Hixson

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnUYbgxPm_Q&t=11s Maud Hixson–Outstanding Recording: Permanent Moonlight: Songs of Richard Rodney BennettIn paying tribute to one of her musical mentors, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Maud Hixson gives us a glimpse at the depth and breadth of both his genius and her art. She sings a beautiful, adventurous selection of songs both familiar and rare. Here she...

2024 Bistro Awards Roll Call: Elvira Tortora

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yXJQGqK7ss Elvira Tortora performs her cabaret show, The Bookmaker's Daughter, which is as unique as the family tale she has to tell. Filled with humor and heart, story and song, she captures the audience in ways that only the finest storytellers can do. Here she is accompanied by her musical director, Gregory Toroian.

Roll Call: 2024 Bistro Awardee Julie Gold

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https://youtu.be/sW22iE7pKOQ Julie Gold: Outstanding Singer-Songwriter-RaconteurA veteran New York City singer/songwriter, Julie Gold has been a presence in New York cabaret for decades. She is best known for Bette Midler's version of her anthem,, "From A Distance," which won a Grammy Award as Song of the Year. Other Julie Gold songs have been recorded by an...

Roll Call: 2024 Bistro Awardee Roberto Araujo

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https://youtu.be/_5daTU98C0c Robert Araujo: Outstanding Autobiographical Show Originally from Mexico City, Roberto Araujo has established a presence as a performer across Mexico and the United States. Bistro Awards reviewer Gerry Geddes writes," Araujo's charming, multi-media show, was filled with bursts of humor, drama, and theatrical panache. He sang his way into the audience's hearts as he...

Robert Windeler, Arts Journalist, Biographer, Theatre and Cabaret Critic: We Mourn His Loss

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The Bistro Awards team regrettably shares the news that one of our own—arts and entertainment journalist Robert Windeler—has passed away unexpectedly. He was 84. His cause of death is not yet known. His passing occurred in his Manhattan home, likely in the early morning hours of June 10. He had been in recovery from an...

Lisa Vroman

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Theatrical Cabaret From Broadway to classics, onstage and in concert, Lisa Vroman has established herself as one of America’s most versatile voices. She starred on Broadway and in San Francisco and Los Angeles as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. Other major roles include Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus); both Fantine and Cosette (Les Miserables); Rosabella (The Most Happy Fella...

Elvira Tortora

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Musical Memoir (The Bookmaker’s Daughter) Elvira Tortora began singing in her room at age 10, while listening to cast albums of Broadway musicals. Her first time singing onstage was in her all-girls high-school production of South Pacific (in which played Lieutenant Joseph Cable.) Next came Baruch College productions of Kiss Me Kate, Where’s Charley, and...

Wendy Scherl

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Tribute Show (The Sweetness and the Sorrow: The Songs of Marvin Hamlisch) Wendy Scherl started her performance career in regional theatre after graduating from Northwestern University (BA, Department of Theatre). She toured the country in featured roles in Annie, The Pajama Game, Grease, and Hair, among others. She made her cabaret debut in 1988 with...

Karen Mack

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Variety of Cabaret Performances Karen Mack is a multi-award-winning singer/songwriter with creative roots in jazz, folk, pop, and swing. Over the last 20 years, she’s established herself as a favorite in NYC’s top clubs and performance spaces. Her varied musical influences are apparent in her style, which meshes a warm jazz/folk sensibility with an affinity for...