Tag: Eydie Gormé
54 Celebrates Eydie Gormé
For those of us of a “certain age,” Eydie Gormé resonates as one of the greatest singing stars from the fifties through the turn of the century.
B.J. Ward & Donn Trenner: Double Feature
B.J. Ward & Donn Trenner (piano) Double Feature: Love Songs from the Movies (LML Music) July 24, 2015 Reviewed by Rob Lester for Cabaret Scenes Double Feature provides a worthwhile play and its title implies double wordplay: it features just two artists—vocalist B.J. Ward and veteran pianist Donn Trenner—and it’s subtitled and touted as Love […]
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, […]
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 […]
Leslie Uggams: Classic Uggams
Tony and Emmy Award winner Leslie Uggams might be best remembered for her wonderful voice and stunning looks, both unmistakably apparent during her sublime Bay Area Cabaret presentation.
Mora Newman: Eydie in My Soul: The Songs of Eydie Gormé
Welcome a fine new performer to New York cabaret. She’s Mora Newman, who has returned to singing after decades in another field and another state.
