32nd Annual Bistro Awards Winners Announced!

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Rock and Roll Diva DARLENE LOVE and Singer-Actress CAROL WOODS Among the Honorees at the 32nd ANNUAL BISTRO AWARDS GALA Monday, March 13, 6:30 pm at Gotham Comedy Club Jazz Singer Spider Saloff, Vocalist-Recording Artist Natalie Douglas, and Actor/Musical Improv Artist Jason Kravits Among the 16 Award Winners (New York City, January 30, 2017) — Rock...

Rock and Roll Diva DARLENE LOVE to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd Annual Bistro Awards Gala

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Monday, March 13, 6:30 pm at Gotham Comedy Club (New York City, January 26, 2017) —Pop icon and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Darlene Love will be honored at the 32nd Annual Bistro Awards on Monday, March 13, where she will be receiving the Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award, the Bistro Awards’ highest honor,...

The 32nd Annual Bistro Awards

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“A Night at the Bistros” Returns in February

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A Swell Party It Was!

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On Tuesday, Dec. 6, the audience at Urban Stages got a sample of just some of the high quality of talent that's recognized by the Bistro Awards each year. “A Night at the Bistros” paid tribute to songwriters Richard Rodney Bennett, Murray Grand, Rick Jensen, Steven Lutvak, John Wallowitch, and George Winters and a selection...

Join Us for A Night at the Bistros December 6!

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Hear the music of Richard Rodney Bennett, Murray Grand, Rick Jensen, Steven Lutvak, John Wallowitch, George Winters Sung by Aaron Lee Battle * Mary Foster Conklin * Lina Koutrakos * Deborah Tranelli *Jay Rogers Use Discount Code FIVEOFF for $25.00 Tickets! Purchase tickets here!

How “Supper Clubs” Became “Cabarets”…40 years of great entertainment

Roy Sander
The article below was published in Back Stage on December 15, 2000. Here's how I came to write it. The newspaper was planning a special year-end 40th Anniversary issue, with articles surveying the performing arts scene over the first 40 years of the paper's life. Sherry Eaker, the Editor in Chief of Back Stage, asked me...

Welcome back! … and other matters

Roy Sander
Last month, after not having done new solo shows for a while, Lucille Carr-Kaffashan and Maureen Kelley Stewart unveiled their latest offerings. Making welcome returns is not all these vocalists have in common. Both are in top form and giving very strong performances in excellent shows with marvelous arrangements and exceptional instrumental support—and both are MAC...

Red Carpet Photos from the 31st Annual Bistro Awards at StageBuddy.com!

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Click through to see Red Carpet Photos from the 31st Annual Bistro Awards at Stagebuddy.com!    

Kurt Elling to present Lifetime Achievement Award to Jon Hendricks

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Jazz greats Annie Ross and Janis Siegel also honored at the 31st ANNUAL BISTRO AWARDS GALA Tuesday, March 8th Multi-award-winning vocalist Kurt Elling will present the ASCAP Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award to Jon Hendricks at the 31st annual Bistro Awards on Tuesday, March 8 at 6:30 at Gotham Comedy Club. Elling, who is also...