Tag: Bart Howard
The Cy Walter Centennial Celebration and CD Release Party
Cy Walter was admirably served over the course of this tribute.
Bart Howard
May/June 2015 BART HOWARD by Rob Lester He said that “the song poured out of” him “in twenty minutes,” but it sure has lasted: “Fly Me to the Moon” put composer-lyricist Bart Howard on the map with just that one audience-pleaser. Successful both as an uptempo number and its original setting as a romantic ballad, […]
Johnny Mathis
January/February 2014 JOHNNY MATHIS In 1956, a young man stepped in front of a microphone in a recording studio at Columbia Records in New York City and magic happened. With the guidance of Mitch Miller, who knew just what sort of song he should record, Johnny Mathis began a still-going-strong 57-year-long career. With his first […]
Chicago News: May/June 2015
Hilary Ann Feldman salutes Carol Burnett at Davenport’s 5/9, 16 & 23. Robert Rodi appears 5/10 in The Sound of Music, Man. The Chicago Cabaret Professionals offer Strut Your Stuff 5/11 featuring Helene Alter-Dyche, Anna Besserud, Jenifer French and Sue Susman with musical direction by Nick Sula. Anne Steele brings What’s Mine 5/15 & 17. […]
New York News: May/June 2015
Fresh off her 2015 MAC Award win for Revue (with her co-star Kathleen France), Dawn Derow goes solo in Legit: A Classical Cabaret 5/9, 26 & 6/19 at the Metropolitan Room. Musical director is Mark Janas and Lina Koutrakos directs. Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano return to the club with performances 6/1-4, 8, 9. Two […]
Marilyn Maye: Her Way—A Salute to Frank Sinatra
Marilyn Maye Her Way—A Salute to Frank Sinatra 54 Below, NYC, April 18, 2015 Reviewed by Rob Lester for Cabaret Scenes “It’s quarter to three/There’s no one in the place, except you and me/So, set ‘em up, Joe…” The classic drinker/weeper’s lament, “One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)” was among Marilyn […]
Claudia Koval: A Journey Over 50 Years of Great Music
Claudia Koval has a smooth, creamy voice that lends itself well to singing standards—with delicate delivery featuring gentle jazz licks, precise enunciation and a slight quaver in her voice that adds to the emotional arc of each song.
