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Sherry Eaker has been the producer of the annual Bistro Awards since the awards’ inception in 1985. She is the former editor of "Back Stage" and, during her 30-year run, produced panel discussions and workshop events on an ongoing basis, including the programming for Back Stage’s annual Actorfest. She compiled and edited four editions of the "Back Stage Handbook for Performing Artists," and compiled and edited "The Cabaret Artists Handbook." Sherry is on the Board of the League of Professional Theatre Women, a member of the National Theatre Conference and the American Theatre Critics Association (and produced eight of ATCA’s New York weekend conferences). She is an advisor to the boards of both the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition.

I Made Myself An Album: Twitter Transcript

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2015 Bistro Award winners Stearns Matthews, Marissa Mulder, Eric Comstock and other cabaret artists chat about their albums -- how to choose material, how you use the recording to draw attention to yourself as a live performer, studio album vs. live album, etc. [View the story "Cabaret Artists: I Made Myself An Album" on Storify]...

Breaking Into Cabaret: Transcript of Chat by Celia Berk, Joshua Dixon and Surprise Guest Natalie Douglas

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2015 Bistro Award winners Celia Berk and Joshua Dixon chat about breaking into cabaret. An edited (and slightly reordered) transcript follows: [View the story "Breaking Into Cabaret: Bistro Awards winners Celia Berk, Joshua Dixon, Natalie Douglas" on Storify] "Celia Berk proved that one's 'second act' can be most satisfying, that singing was her destiny," Melody...

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Cabaret 101 With Gabrielle Stravelli: Twitter Chat Transcript

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Read the first #BistroAwards Twitter chat, with 2015 winner Gabrielle Stravelli, joined by fellow winners Celia Berk, Shana Farr, and Stearns Matthews. [View the story "Cabaret 101: Gabrielle Stravelli " on Storify]

Join a Twitter Chat with 2015 Bistro Award Winner Gabrielle Stravelli: Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 3 pm

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Gabrielle Stravelli, this year's Bistro Award winner for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist, will be having a Twitter chat on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 3 pm ET. Use hashtag #BistroAwards to follow the conversation, and join in. The Bistro Awards Committee singled Stravelli out in 2008 when she received the Ira Eaker Special Achievement Award which is...

Jensen Joins with Mayes to Tribute Bistro’s 30th

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Singer-songwriter-musical director Rick Jensen has joined up with actress and cabaret and concert singer Sally Mayes to write a song, specially for the 30th Anniversary of the Bistro Awards. Both are past Bistro winners (Jensen won in 1988; Mayes in 1987), and both have strong roots in the cabaret community. Sally...

Anything Does Not Go: Cabaret Performance No-No’s

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By Jeff Nishball – Cole Porter’s classic Anything Goes can be heard in cabarets around the world, its lyrics presenting a loosey-goosey world, where rules and structure be damned. But when it comes to cabaret performance, anything, in fact, does not go. There are a few guidelines a performer should follow, and some definite No-No’s.

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PRESS RELEASE: 2015 Winners Announced!

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Carol Fredette and Lillias White are among the winners to be honored at the 30th ANNUAL BISTRO AWARDS GALA Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 pm / Gotham Comedy Club Jason Graae to Host A special lineup of past Bistro Award-winning artists will help celebrate three decades of cabaret's oldest award (New York City, January 29, 2015)...