Kevin Scott Hall

"Silent Spring – It's Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature" Feinstein's at Loews Regency – March 20-31 Inspired by the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring," a book that many argue started the modern environmentalist movement, idiosyncratic singer/songwriter Nellie McKay has fashioned a one-woman show on her subject, shoehorning a mix...

Roy Sander

"Illusions" Metropolitan Room – March 7 - 10 Marissa Mulder's latest engagement at the Metropolitan Room was her prize for winning the club's 2011 MetroStar Talent Challenge. Considering the very high level of artistry, intelligence, and poise she displays in this new show, it's hard to believe that only two years have passed since I...

Mark Dundas Wood

Feinstein's at Loews Regency – March 6, 8, 9 and 10 Poised and serene, actor-singer Judy Kuhn exhibited a regal demeanor from the first moment she stepped onto the Feinstein's stage. She moved her arms—her whole body, in fact—gracefully yet assertively. At a passionate moment, her hand fluttered to her throat as if to cool...

Elizabeth Ahlfors

"You Must Believe in Spring! – The Music of Michel Legrand" Feinstein's at Loews Regency - February. 26, March 4. 11, 18 In a review several years ago, I praised Marieann Meringolo's poise, rich vocal power, and dynamic renditions. After seeing her current show at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, let's raise that a notch or...

Kevin Scott Hall

"I'd Rather Be Doing This…" Metropolitan Room – February 12, March 5, April 18 If there is any lingering doubt that an intimate cabaret room can conjure up magic like little else, and that blazing stars can be made in those dark little spaces, one need only seek out Janice Hall and erase those doubts...

Roy Sander

"Ain't We Got Fun!" Metropolitan Room – February 12 & 13 Moonlighting from his eight-shows-a-week job playing the ship's purser in the Roundabout production of Anything Goes, tenor Robert Creighton docked at the Metropolitan Room for a couple of evenings last month to launch his debut CD, "Ain't We Got Fun!" Early on in the...

Kevin Scott Hall

"On the Bumpy Road to Love" Don't Tell Mama – February 25 When Susan Hodgdon enters from the back of the room at the start of her new show singing, sans mic, a ballad version of "Silly Love Songs" (Paul & Linda McCartney), touching the shoulders of audience members as she slowly makes her way...

Mark Dundas Wood

"Songs from the Rock, the Street, and the Hood" Don't Tell Mama – February 7, 9, and 16 It took me a while to warm up to Michael Kirk Lane in this return of his debut show featuring songs from classic children's television programs. But halfway through the set, in the final part of a...

Kevin Scott Hall

"Stringing Along With Love" Metropolitan Room – February 14, 21, 28 Pretty and winsome Karen Oberlin, a fixture on the cabaret circuit in recent years, has brought her new act to the Metropolitan Room. "Stringing Along With Love" is an intimate evening of unusual love songs, both old and new, featuring Oberlin's jazzy vocal stylings...

Mark Dundas Wood

"Nothing to Lose But Your Heart – The Songs of Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty" Feinstein's at Loews Regency – February 21-25 The songwriting team of composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens often writes songs for musicals with a show-business setting. That's something the audience learns early on in this program featuring the duo's...