Cabaret Theater Reviews

Review: Hannah Jane Brings WOMEN OF AN ERA To Chelsea Table + Stage
by Grace Jordan - May 25, 2023

Hannah Jane's voice is gorgeous, one could listen to her all evening and not tire of it....

Review: Farah Alvin Is A 1970S Goddess In ON VINYL at The Green Room 42
by Belle Goodman - May 25, 2023

Broadway staple Farah Alvin celebrated, in glorious fashion, the recent release of her new record....

Review: BroadwayWorld's 20th Anniversary Concert Thrills And Satisfies at Sony Hall
by Stephen Mosher - May 23, 2023

For two decades of excellence, a concert like this was an embarrasment of riches and a right proper production....

Review: JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND'S NOSE GAYS Birthday Bash at Joe's Pub Celebrates With Memories, Diversity and Anger
by Cary Wong - May 23, 2023

When someone as regal (and bawdy) as Justin Vivian Bond turns 60 years old, it might be time to give whatever equivalent nobility of a Dame we New Yorkers can bestow on this downtown icon....

Review: Danielle Ferland In SING FOR YOUR GHOSTS at The Green Room 42
by Brady Schwind - May 22, 2023

What happens when the painting is finished? After ‘happily ever after’ comes and goes?...

Review: Lorna Dallas Divinely Displays GLAMOROUS NIGHTS AND RAINY DAYS at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
by Stephen Mosher - May 19, 2023

Glamorous Nights and Rainy Days is cabaret of the highest order in the incomparable hands of Lorna Dallas....

Album Review: Pizzarelli & Pals Partner To Play Their Punctillious Poetry & It's A Party On STAGE & SCREEN
by Bobby Patrick - May 20, 2023

As we listened to John Pizzarelli’s STAGE & SCREEN, our initial thought was, “There aren’t really words to describe how good this is.”...

Review: 5 QUESTIONS WITH JAMES AND JAM Is Silly Fun At The Green Room 42
by Grace Jordan - May 18, 2023

As soon as the hosts took the stage, the playful tone of the evening was set....

Music Review: Billy Recce Begs Us All To COME OUT On His New Single & He's Right… We Should
by Bobby Patrick - May 16, 2023

Billy Recce’s hilarious new single is not a gay battle cry ... but a satirical reproachment that ultimately says, “COME OUT OF WHOEVER YOU ARE!”...

Music Review: With Their New Single ALMOST Ann Hampton Callaway & Amanda McBroom Create Perfection
by Bobby Patrick - May 12, 2023

These two Platinum-selling singer/songwriters have created a completely stylish duet for themselves, and there is nothing ALMOST about it....

Album Review: Rickie Lee Jones Is Just In Time With Her New Album Of Standards PIECES OF TREASURE
by Bobby Patrick - May 12, 2023

Rickie Lee Jones is a consummate artist so it should not come as any surprise that she is a master of this kind of music as well....

Review: AMY GRANT Shines A Peaceful Musical Light On City Winery Audience
by Stephen Mosher - May 13, 2023

On May 8th Amy Grant gave a City Winery crowd an intimate, personal, and fun night of art and philosophy....

Review: Javier Garcia Breaks New Ground at 54 Below With MEXICO LINDO Y QUERIDO!
by Stephen Mosher - May 12, 2023

Javier Garcia's nightclub solo show debut was one for the record books....

Album Review: Fanny's Funny Boy, Karimloo, Completes His Trip Round The Compass With His 4th EP, THE ROAD TO FIND OUT WEST
by Bobby Patrick - May 11, 2023

Taken all together, Ramin Karimloo’s THE ROAD TO FIND OUT series yields music that uplifts, haunts, and will make you sway a bit....

Album Review: Farah Alvin Pulls Up The Covers On Her New Album, ON VINYL, & Rocks, Rolls, & Feels All The 70s Beats
by Bobby Patrick - May 10, 2023

Farah Alvin proves herself to be as wonderful a recording artist as she is a live performer....

Review: MasterVoices' IOLANTHE Brightens Up Carnegie Hall
by Rebecca Kaplan - May 10, 2023

To hear the score of the century-and-a-half-old comic operetta live was an unparalleled treat....

Review: Sherri Shepherd Goes Off-Book & Off The Rails With Her Bestie Kym Whitley & Together They Burn The House Down at City Winery
by Bobby Patrick - May 09, 2023

The chemistry, the timing, their laughs, our laughter, the unabashed volleyball game of comedy they played was as exciting to watch as it was to laugh at...

Review: reg e gaines & SAVION GLOVER Create a Sonata in Jazz With IF TRANE WUZ HERE at Joe's Pub
by Ricky Pope - May 08, 2023

It is not surprising that playwright and spoken-word artist, reg e gaines and legendary tap dancer Savion Glover chose Coltrane to create a show around. Both gaines and Glover have pushed their art forms into brave new territory like Coltrane did...

Review: Sexy Song Cycles Sound Swell In Central Park As Matthew Puckett Presents his SONGS FROM THE EVERGREEN at 54 Below
by Bobby Patrick - May 07, 2023

In the end, SONGS FROM THE EVERGREEN is an absolutely gorgeous song cycle paean to everyone’s fave bit of Manhattan greenery - Central Park...

Review: JUDY ON TV! Honors Judy Garland Nicely At 92NY
by Stephen Mosher - May 07, 2023

JUDY ON TV! Is a delightful production, the kind that one might expect when going to see something at 92NY....

Review: Jayson Kerr INDECISIVELY YOURS Delights Devoted Audience at The Green Room 42
by Stephen Mosher - May 07, 2023

With his return to the stage, Jayson Kerr had the crowd in the palm of his hand....

Review: LANGSTON IN HARLEM Celebrates Langston Hughes With Style and Heart at 54 Below
by Ricky Pope - May 06, 2023

Classical Theatre of Harlem is to be congratulated for presenting this wonderful play. Langston in Harlem is a piece that absolutely deserves a second look, and this company delivered a first-rate production....

Review: A Tribute To “Luisa” By The Friends Of THE FANTASTICKS' First Girl In 54 CELEBRATES RITA GARDNER at 54 Below
by Bobby Patrick - May 05, 2023

Rita Gardner was not only a part of THE FANTASTICKS' history, she is one of the reasons it became historic in the first place....

Review: THE 11TH ANNUAL NEW YORK ASIAN BURLESQUE FESTIVAL Overflows With Talent and Some Gotta Have a Gimmick
by Cary Wong - May 06, 2023

It was quite an eye-opening night. The audience was certainly enthusiastic and welcoming. And there were people like myself whose curiosity was certainly sated by a diverse and delightful evening....

Review: Rachel Covey Does It All In ONE WRONG TURN: THE MUSIC OF RACHEL COVEY at 54 Below
by Belle Goodman - May 03, 2023

Rachel Covey's music is exciting and you want nothing more than to hear what she does next....