VIEWPOINTS – Pride Performances, Roundup 2: Fabulous queer cabaret at La MaMa, Feinstein’s/54 Below, and the Guggenheim

It’s Pride Week, which means that LGBTQ-focused performances are in full swing. In recent days, I had the particular opportunity to sample some fabulous queer cabaret performances, namely at La … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Channeling Judy Garland, Seth Sikes kicks off Pride Month with a rollicking 1920s inspired show

Just in time to kick off Pride Month was Seth Sikes’ recent show at the Green Room 42. Appropriately titled Runnin’ Wild, the amiable crooner’s cabaret act is a rollicking … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The show must go on!: Molière in the Park and Alice Ripley brilliantly rally through adverse conditions

For me, one of the exciting things about live performance is its famous insistence that the show must go on. Over the last week or so, I attended a pair … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Farah Alvin & Eden Espinosa: A pair of big Broadway belters thrill in a GR42 doubleheader

Last night, I did something I hadn’t done since the pre-pandemic days – that is, to indulge in a cabaret doubleheader. The venue was the Green Room 42, one of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Potent weekend excursions: Alice Ripley freewheels at GR42 and Bill T. Jones’s AFTERWARDSNESS chronicles the pandemic and BLM through dance

This weekend, I got to two in-person performances – one an intimate cabaret, the other a large-scale dance piece – both of which I found to be downright beguiling. As … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Basking in an eclectic array of joyous outdoor performances via DOWNTOWN LIVE & RESTART STAGES

Coinciding with some spectacular spring weather this May are a pair of outdoor performing arts festivals, each of which have programmed an eclectic array of acts – all free of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – 54 BELOW PREMIERES’s spring season features Jeremy Jordan & Marilyn Maye, who both command the virtual cabaret stage

During the pandemic, the gold standard for the virtual conveyance of cabaret has been Feinstein’s/54 Below’s “54 Below Premieres” series (previous wintertime offerings include Laura Osnes’s Broadway Princess Holiday Concert, … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Women of hip-hop and musical theater showcase their magnificence: WORD. SOUND. POWER. & Sutton Foster et al. in BRING ME TO LIGHT

Over the past week or so, I had the opportunity of streaming a pair of virtual concerts that – although drastically contrasting – both showcased the magnificence of women. Presented … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The evolution of the leading man: John Cullum and Michael Longoria salute Broadway in their heartfelt cabaret acts, virtually and in-person

Many of us have been itching to get back into a Broadway theater to experience the thrill of musical theater in all its glory. That day will soon come, but … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The fabulous Lillias White re-opens GR42 and welcomes back in-person cabaret at long last with a rousing, upbeat set

This past weekend marked the first time that performance venues were allowed to present live shows since the pandemic hit. Among the first establishments to participate in this cautious reopening … Continue Reading →