Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . . Dancers Over 40, the thirty-year-old charitable organization founded as “a community of support for all dancers entering—or continuing their creative years,” put on a fundraiser Monday night at 54 Below: Comedy Tonight! A Roast of...

by Linda Amiel Burns . . .  On April 1, the 39th Bistro Awards was held once again to a sold out house at The Gotham Comedy Club honoring 14 artists who have done exceptional work in 2024. The late Bob Harrington wrote the column “Bistro Bits” in Back Stage...

Nominations for the 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced today by Amber Iman and George Abud, two of the stars of the new Broadway musical, Lempicka. The 2024 Awards will be presented at the...

Vivian Reed's Stars of Tomorrow - Hamptons Summer Songbook Benefit - Craig Rubano - Marilyn Maye Come celebrate the Queen of Cabaret - Marilyn Maye on her 96th Birthday at 54 Below where her run begins April 9th continuing the April 11, 12, 14, 16 - 20 @ 7 pm - April...

The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital publications, has announced that Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez, will host the live announcement of the 73rd Annual...

Concert Review by Andrew Poretz . . . . The world-renowned entertainer and music historian Michael Feinstein graced Zankel Hall (Carnegie Hall’s underground concert space) with Because of You: My Tribute to Tony Bennett, the latest in his Standard Time series....

Jackie Draper/Beechman Theatre - Tanya Moberly Love NY Songwriters/Don't Tell Mama - Ann Kittredge CD Release/Birdland - Deborah Zecker & Joshua Zecker Ross/Don't Tell Mama - John Philip/Don't Tell Mama - Backstage Babble Celebrates Joe Allen Restaurant/54 Below...

Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . It’s too bad that James Wilson wasn’t able to include a discussion of Kia Corthron’s Fish—an initially appetizing but ultimately overstuffed new play about America’s broken education system—in his important recent book,...

Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . . The O’Leary Pub has stood facing the Galway harbor for decades. It and the family that owns it need intervention. The ancient pub’s pipes—damaged by time, a shifting foundation, tree roots, and neglect—are in a sorry state. When...

Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . As a fan of Anton Chekhov, I can’t tell you the number of times my heart is broken when I attend a production of one of his plays. Delicate masterworks, they require ensemble acting of the highest quality and, more often than not,...

Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . The internationally renowned magician duo of Brynolf & Ljung claim the following on the website for their new show, Stalker: “In today’s society, no one is hidden. Everyone is being stalked, and everyone has become a stalker.”...

THE WHO'S TOMMY opened at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre on Thursday, March 28.  Three decades after the epic pop-culture musical theatre sensation first bowed on Broadway, original Tony Award®-winning creators Pete Townshend (music, lyrics, book)...

Cabaret Review by Andrew Poretz . . . . Broadway star Karen Mason has long been a beloved fixture on the New York cabaret stages since she was the first performer at Don’t Tell Mama back in 1982. Ms. Mason honored composer Jule Styne in her newest show, Just in Styne:...

Friends Talking About Friends with New Friends A Conversation Series Review by Walter Murphy . . . . Friends talking about friends who have stayed friends for decades could easily become off-putting to casual listeners. Fortunately for the audience at Wednesday’s...

Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . 3rd edition: Carole King, A Natural Woman: A Memoir (New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2012). 488pp. It’s taken me a dozen years to...

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . .  When was the last time you shed tears of joy upon seeing an elephant? It happened to me at last Wednesday's matinee when a life-sized one named Rosie appeared on Broadway.  Did I say Broadway? That’s right, I did—on...

Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . You might call it the Peter Principle. (No, not that one!) Teeth, the grisly new musical by Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson at Playwrights Horizons, calls it “vagina dentata.” (Not to be confused with Hakuna Matata!)...

The Hummingbirds, Garret Jon Groenveld’s comedic drama that asks what meaningful work is within a dystopian society, is set for a limited engagement run April 3rd – 21st at The Chain Theatre, 312 West 36 Street. Directed by Kim T. Sharp, the production...

Tin Pan Alley American Popular Music Project is bringing you two live events to enjoy!  Please see details & links below: From Tin Pan Alley to the Harlem Renaissance Saturday, April 13th, 4-7 PM Bronx Music Hall, 438 E. 163rd St. Admission: $20 Celebrate the...

Jackie Draper/Beechman Theatre - Lorna Luft/54 Below - Quintin Harris/BirdlandJazz - Gotham Jazz Festival - Lea DeLaria/54 Below - Centennial Birthday Celebration Julie Wilson/Mabel Mercer Foundation - Becca Kidwell/DTM - Michael Ray Fisher/54 Below Gotham Jazz...

David Letterman/PACNYC - Philip Galinsky/31 Triggers - October 7/Actors Temple - Small Acts of Daring Invention/HERE - The Art of Life/Open Jar Studios - What Became of Us/Atlantic Theater Co - Lines/LaMaMa THE ART OF LIFE, a new play by Richie Abanes (original cast...

Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose returns to host THE 77TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® for the third time, from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on Sunday, June 16 (8:00-11:00 PM, LIVE ET/5:00-8:00...

Theater Review by Michael Dale . . . . As an actor, director, playwright, and teacher, Austin Pendleton’s sextet of decades as a mainstay of American theater, film, and television can certainly be summarized as no less than an extraordinary career. And yet, when I...

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . .  The Notebook, a supremely sentimental new musical now on Broadway, might very well be upstaged this high-flying season by powerhouse productions like An Enemy of the People or the soon-to-arrive Cabaret. But it would be...

Broadway Celebrates Earth Day Concert - Epic Players/Spring Awakening - Extension of 20at20 Off Broadway - Tammy Faye/Palace Theatre - Sunset Blvd/St.James Theatre - Jennifer Hudson/Smash Producer The Off-Broadway Alliance announces the extended registration for the...

Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . .  2nd edition: The Age and Stage of George L. Fox 1825-1877 (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1999; expanded ed.). 286pp. ...

Cabaret Review by Marilyn Lester . . . . Remember that 1984 hit film whose eponymous song had the call-and-response refrain: “Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!” Well, for aspiring cabaret performers, that “who ya gonna call?” can only also be answered by one...

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . .  “Our town is sick . . . diseased . . . All our spiritual sources of life are poisoned, and our society is built on a heap of lies.” Sounds like a line from a new play about our ailing times, doesn’t it? Well, it isn’t....

Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . .  Like many reviewers, I’m always being asked what shows I’ve liked lately. Normally, my octogenarian brain is too crammed with recent shows to say at once what I really liked—or even what I really hated. However, I’m now...

Music review by Andrew Poretz . . . . When is the last time you saw an entire audience clapping, singing along and dancing to a 78-piece orchestra? The New York Pops orchestra has had some of the most thrilling seasons in its 41-year history under the direction of...