Jason Danieley’s “Without a Song”

Gerry Geddes
In 1972, director Bernardo Bertolucci released his controversial erotic drama, Last Tango in Paris which received an X rating for its explicit sex scenes between Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider. Rumors ran rampant that the sex scenes, although not pornographic, were ultra-realistic because the two stars were actually engaged in intercourse during the filming. It...

Meg Flather’s “Hammerstein & Sondheim— Carefully Taught”

Gerry Geddes
It seems that since the passing of iconic Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim, not a week has gone by without some new revue, or tribute, or memorial in his honor.  Of course, he is deserving of as much praise as the world can manage to heap upon him, but even the heartiest of fans might be...

Emilie-Claire Barlow

Gerry Geddes
It is hard to believe that it took Canadian jazz singer, Emilie-Claire Barlow until 2023 to make her debut in NYC.  She has long been recognized as one of her home country’s most gifted musical minds and has been an award-winning vocalist for over 25 years. Through her marvelous recordings over that time, I became...

Daniel Reichard’s “It’s You I Like”

Gerry Geddes
First, a confession.  Mr. Rogers, the famed creator and host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, was “after my time,” so I have little frame of reference when it comes to his legendary television show. I also pre-date Romper Room.  My TV show, once we could afford to have a television—ours had a screen the size of a...

Salty Brine’s “He’s So Unusual”

Gerry Geddes
It is always a cause for celebration when Bistro Award-winning performer Salty Brine releases a new chapter in his ongoing series, The Living Record Collection.  The concept for the series is to present an album in its entirety, with the songs in order, while interweaving a literary work along with related personal stories and reminiscences. ...

Club Review: Songs from “Rhinegold”

Gerry Geddes
Back in the mid to late 20th century, theatre in New York (especially Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway) was quite a different animal Plays were not so much produced but burst forth from the creative energies of all involved. The writer(s), director, cast, and crew, often even the house staff, were invested in what...

Julian Fleisher & Tedd Firth—”Six of One, Half a Dozen of Another”

Gerry Geddes
About seven years ago, in my review of Julian Fleisher and Tedd Firth, I described them as “…a partnership for the ages.”  This month they returned to Joe’s Pub to prove the validity of that observation with Six of One; Half a Dozen of Another. They were aided and abetted in the endeavor by a...

Lucie Arnaz’s “I Got the Job! Songs from My Musical Past”

Gerry Geddes
For more than 45 years, Lucie Arnaz has been a working actor, starting on her famed mother’s sitcom Here’s Lucy. Like any working actor worth their salt, she has lots of stories to tell. Those stories were the immensely charming, delightfully funny, and icon-filled connective tissue for her show, I Got the Job! Songs from...

“Canada Day” with Josh Stackhouse & Friends

Gerry Geddes
Three days before the fireworks-filled festivities of the Fourth of July, there was a different kind of celebration held on West 26th Street at Chelsea Table + Stage.  It turns out that July 1 is Canada Day, commemorating the date when our neighbor to the North consolidated three territories into a single nation in 1867. ...

“A Night with Nicole Henry”

Gerry Geddes
A Night with Nicole Henry was not only a celebration of the singer Nicole Henry’s long overdue debut at the venerable jazz club, Birdland, but also a celebration of songs from her most recent recording, Time to Love Again, and a retrospective look at highlights from her 20-year career. Her powerhouse quartet led by Shedrick...