Roy Sander

Roy Sander has been covering cabaret and theatre for over thirty years. He’s written cabaret and theatre reviews, features, and commentary for seven print publications, most notably Back Stage, and for CitySearch on the Internet. He covered cabaret monthly on “New York Theatre Review” on PBS TV, and cabaret and theatre weekly on WLIM-FM radio. He was twice a guest instructor at the London School of Musical Theatre. A critic for BistroAwards.com, he is also the site’s Reviews Editor; in addition, he is Chairman of the Advisory Board of MAC.

Liz Lark Brown

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"Tarnished" Metropolitan Room   -   September 17, 18, 19, 22, 23 As her prize for winning the 2009 MetroStar Talent Challenge, Liz Lark Brown was awarded a fully produced week-long engagement at the Metropolitan Room. The show she devised recently completed its run, and though it arrived on the scene a bit later than one might...

Emily Bergl

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"Kidding on the Square"  Metropolitan Room - August 26, 28, 30, 31 Emily Bergl has had an enviable career as an actress on television, in films, and in the theatre. (To cite a few of her many credits: Desperate Housewives, Star Trek Enterprise, Taken, Men in Trees, Grey's Anatomy on TV; The Rage: Carrie 2,...

Susan Mosher

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"The Great Daisy Theory" Laurie Beechman Theatre - July 11, 25, August 15, 29 Susan Mosher comes to us with a one-woman autobiographical presentation that employs dialogue and song to tell about her life—from her childhood in southern California to landing a prominent role in Hairspray on Broadway. Points touched on along the way include...

Marjorie Hayes

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"Taking Chances" The Duplex - July 18, 20 In her recent engagement at The Duplex, actress/singer Marjorie Hayes proved herself to be an artist of considerable depth and subtlety, with a voice capable of giving color to a wide range of life's experiences. Co-created by Michele Brourman, who also supplied the musical direction, directed by...

Alan Cumming

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Feinstein's at Loews Regency - Apr 27 – May 1, June 22 - 26 Toward the end of his show, Alan Cumming performs a song that one might be surprised to find in his repertoire: Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich's New York-cabaret standard "Taylor, the Latte Boy." This number is perhaps the most persuasive—and certainly...

The Rescignos

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The Duplex - Every couple of months In the long-running—it hit the airwaves in 1942!—BBC radio program Desert Island Discs, guests are asked to present their choice of the eight recordings they would take with them if they were stranded on a desert island. The guest explains the reasoning behind each selection, and the recording...

Jaron Vesely

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"Something Good" Metropolitan Room  -  returning June 25 Jaron Vesely has titled his new show after the Richard Rodgers song "Something Good." This is an understatement, for in every way—choice of material, programming/structure, vocal quality, interpretations, arrangements, instrumental accompaniment—the show is much better than merely good. He could have named it after the Rodgers &...

Teresa Fischer

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"Miss Congeniality" Don't Tell Mama  -  May 5, 9 Several bars into Teresa Fischer's opening number, I knew I was in good hands. The song was the often-done Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg's "I'm Hip," and though it's an appealing novelty number, I find the 45-years-old lyrics a bit dated and the song just not...

Mitzi Gaynor

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"Razzle Dazzle! My Life Behind the Sequins" Feinstein's at Loews Regency  -  May 18 - 29 After the band plays the overture, she makes her entrance from stage right. It is unmistakably her—Mitzi Gaynor—an icon whose name conjures up memories and images of Technicolor Hollywood and who triumphed on television in a series of highly successful...

Adelmo Guidarelli

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"Operation Adelmo" Don't Tell Mama  -  March 27 The Triad  -  May 22 At the top of the musical circus that is "Operation Adelmo," baritone Adelmo Guidarelli tells us that he is "aware of the fact that everyone hates opera." He then proclaims, without pause, irony, or apology, that he is going to sing opera....