THE HANGOVER REPORT – LOVE TO ME: The great Judy Kuhn serenades an adoring Valentine’s Day audience at The Green Room 42

Yesterday evening for one-night-only at The Green Room 42, the great Judy Kuhn serenaded an adoring Valentine’s Day audience. If you’re a musical theater fan, you’re likely to be familiar … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Broadway’s finest at Feinstein’s/54 Below: Jason Robert Brown and John Lloyd Young give their audiences what they came for

Feinstein’s/54 Below has long attracted Broadway’s finest. This past week was no exception, during which time the upscale cabaret club hosted shows by composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown and Tony-winning musical … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jeanna de Waal draws enthusiastic DIANA fans out to Feinstein’s/54 Below (on a frigid Monday night)

Last night – a frigid Monday evening – Jeanna de Waal drew two enthusiastic concerts’ worth of fans of the recently shuttered Broadway musical Diana to Feinstein’s/54 Below (the first … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway sparkle in the return of their cabaret act BROADWAY THE CALLA-WAY!

This week at Feinstein’s/54 Below, cabaret favorites Liz Callaway and her sister Ann Hampton Callaway have brought back their latest show Broadway the Calla-way!, which they originally unveiled in the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – THE BEST OF 2021: Theater, Music, and Dance

With 2021 behind us, the time has come to look back and recognize the best of the year’s performing arts offerings. No matter how you look at it, assessing performance … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – KIKI & HERB and BRIDGET EVERETT: Two of cabaret’s most outrageous and popular acts return

This week, Brooklyn Academy of Music and Joe’s Pub, respectively, play host to Kiki & Herb (a.k.a. Justin Vivian Bond and Kenny Mellman) and Bridget Everett, two of cabaret’s most … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – SEUSSICAL & HEATHERS: Cult favorite musicals find their voice in their condensed cabaret incarnations

Last week at two of New York’s premiere cabaret venues catering to musical theater buffs, I was struck by the level of enthusiasm that was met by a pair of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The iconic JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND, with vivacious openers The Illustrious Blacks, reopen Joe’s Pub

This week, Joe’s Pub reopened its doors at the Public Theater with a weeklong run of Justin Vivian Bond’s latest cabaret act Storming the Glamparts, which I attended last night. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo clash and mesh spectacularly in ONLY AN OCTAVE APART

Last week, St. Ann’s Warehouse returned to in-person events when it commenced performances of Only an Octave Apart, an elaborate cabaret act starring downtown cabaret legend Justin Vivian Bond and … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Let me entertain you: New and familiar faces at Feinstein’s/54 Below

One of the main reasons I frequent Feinstein’s/54 Below so often is because of its wonderfully eclectic nightly programming, which has given me the opportunity to enjoy established performers, as … Continue Reading →