The New York cabaret season is humming to a close, but before waxing that bikini line and heading for the beach, take note: The big rooms are saving the best for last.
The finale for the Algonquin’s august Oak Room season features music so sublime it must not be missed. A whole night of Irving Read More
Sexually active men may live longer. But talented, indefatigable, crowd-pleasing divas sing longer. Marilyn Maye, 83, is making every minute count. One of her favorite lines is “I’m singing as fast as I can.” And her tumultuous legion of fans is always there, applauding every lyric. On the packed opening night of her new show Read More
The cabaret world is full of puzzles. The current one is Maude Maggart, the newest, tiniest and most overpraised porcelain doll in the overcrowded toy shop; she is now enjoying a four-week run in the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel at a time when better singers and more deserving talents can’t even get a Read More
The fall cabaret season continues without pause at the Algonquin’s august Oak Room, where Karen Akers is celebrating a beatifically modulated salute to the rich, harmonic melodies of Richard Rodgers and the witty, urbane, but often tortured lyrics of Lorenz Hart. Statuesque, courtly, with an understated elegance that reminds me of the late Portia Nelson, Read More
In a bankrupt music business where the Great American Songbook is sadly disappearing, new singers with taste and knowledge are afforded few opportunities to play the major cabaret rooms and supper clubs, and the chance of cutting a new CD is more daunting than living long enough to see an A-list state dinner in the Read More
Celebrating the centennial of the great, prolific songwriter Frank Loesser (he’d be 100 on June 29), a Christmas tree angel named Karen Oberlin is lighting up the Algonquin’s Oak Room through June 19 with a 70-minute show that sends you out humming. With accomplished pianist Jon Weber and ace bass player Sean Smith Read More
Mitzi!
Only one name is necessary, I guess. I mean, it’s really Franceska Mitzi Marlene de Charney von Gerber, but there is only one Mitzi. And after 60 years of circling New York, sniffing it warily and flirting from a safe distance, Mitzi Gaynor has finally taken a man-size bite out of the Apple, Read More
After paying his dues in small clubs and big tours with Liza Minnelli, Johnny Rodgers (spelled with a “d” like Richard Rodgers, not with a “g” like Ginger Rogers and Roy Rogers) has finally landed a well-deserved three-week gig at the Algonquin’s fabled Oak Room. With thatched blond hair and a friendly, aw-shucks Read More
Leslie Uggams has been around, but at 67 the mileage doesn’t show. At the Carlyle, where she is tearing up the upholstery through April 17 in a new show called Uptown Downtown, she proves that if you take care of yourself, don’t smoke or sip even one drop of chardonnay, eat right, vocalize daily and Read More
Eric Comstock and
Barbara Fasano
Algonquin’s Oak Room
Valentine’s Day is over, but a few musical billets-doux linger pleasantly at the Carlyle, where Christine Ebersole is still dispensing kisses and hugs, and at the Algonquin’s Oak Room, where the hip husband-wife team of Eric Read More
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