Gerry Geddes

Gerry Geddes, critic for BistroAwards.com, is an award-winning director, writer, teacher, performer, lyricist, and a contributor to the podcast Troubadours and Raconteurs. He conceived and directed the acclaimed musical revues Monday in the Dark with George (Bistro and MAC Award winner), Put on Your Saturday Suit—Words & Music by Jimmy Webb, and Gerry Geddes & Company (in its five-year residency at Pangea). He has directed singers André De Shields, Darius de Haas, Helen Baldassare, and Lisa Viggiano. He has been active in the cabaret world for over five decades and has produced numerous CDs; his lyrics have been performed and recorded here and in Europe. Gerry’s workshop, The Art of Vocal Performance, is regularly offered to singers of all levels. His memoir of life in NYC, Didn’t I Ever Tell You This?, was recently published and is available at barnesandnoble.com. He is currently at work on his first novel.

Club Review: Can Yasar—”A Turkish Rhapsody”

Gerry Geddes
Can (pronounced “John”) Yasar had a dream growing up in his native Turkey with which many of us can identify.  His wish was to move to New York City and live his true life, find his true happiness, and pursue his true career all of which would have been denied had he stayed in his...

Club Review: “The Rocky Horror Skivvies Show”

Gerry Geddes
The Skivvies are the brainchild of Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, singer/actor/musicians with many Broadway and theatre credits including Sweeney Todd, Rock of Ages, Pageant, and Marry Me a Little; they banded together to perform stripped-down arrangements of eclectic covers, often in inventive (and possibly insane) mashups. They also strip themselves down when they perform...

Club Review: Janis Siegel with Yaron Gershovsky—”The Colors of My Life”

Gerry Geddes
For his contributions to Broadway and the Great American Songbook, composer Cy Coleman deserves every accolade and tribute that has been or could be bestowed upon him. One of the latest, and one of the best, was presented by acclaimed (and Bistro Award-winning) jazz vocalist Janis Siegel at the legendary Blue Note. With repertoire taken from her...

Club Review: Tierney Sutton with Shelly Berg— “Songs of Loss, Justice, and Hope”

Gerry Geddes
If you are going to call a show Songs of Loss, Justice, and Hope, all I can say is you had better deliver.  And that’s just what Tierney Sutton and Shelly Berg did in their new show at Birdland Theater—delivered! Sutton sat on a stool center stage next to the piano which was turned so that...

Club Review: The Kinsey Sicks—”Deep Inside Tonight”

Gerry Geddes
The Green Room 42, which recently celebrated its own sixth anniversary, played host to the 30th anniversary Show of “the dragapella, beauty shop quartet"—The Kinsey Sicks. As its title Deep Inside Tonight implies, it was a parody of a cable news show through a skewered, madcap, political, hilarious lens. It was an evening filled with original material...

Club Review: Dane Terry—”How to Play the Piano”

Gerry Geddes
Dane Terry splits his artistic life between painting and music. The musical half frequently leads him to cabaret stages around town. Most recently he brought his show, How to Play the Piano, to Pangea in the East Village.  The show is a look at the singer/composer’s back catalog of material, which he has revisited and sometimes...

Club Review: Anthony Wayne—”…Just Me”

Gerry Geddes
From the first notes of Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Fantasy” (Maurice White, Verdine White, Eddie del Barrio), the opening number of his new show, …Just Me, singer Anthony Wayne leaves no doubt that he has a remarkable voice. The title is somewhat belied by the fact that surrounding him on the stage at The Green...

Club Review: Hannah Carter

Gerry Geddes
It is particularly thrilling to come across young jazz vocalists and musicians who are investigating the classic repertoire from the Great American Songbook on their own terms, not so much interested in recreating it as in discovering their own voices within the material.  Hannah Carter, currently studying jazz at Columbia University, is one such singer,...

Album Review: “A Lady With A Song—Amber Weekes Celebrates Nancy Wilson”

Gerry Geddes
When singer Nancy Wilson (1937-2018) passed, she left behind a legacy of classic recordings, unforgettable concert performances, appearances in film and television, and a career that will inspire singers for generations. She recorded more than 70 albums and was nominated for seven Grammy Awards, winning the coveted prize three times. In a career of more than...

Sally Mayes in “Now and Then: The Stories”

Gerry Geddes
In February of this year, singer Sally Mayes presented the second in her four-part Now and Then series, Jazz/ Standard Time, and it will surely prove to be one of the standout shows of 2024. She recently debuted Now and Then: The Stories, the third installment, at The Green Room 42, and while it may not...