Tag: James Followell

June 7: Lee Roy Reams

| May 31, 2017 | 0 Comments
June 7: Lee Roy Reams

A consummate showman.

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Winter Rhythms at Urban Stages

| November 24, 2015 | 0 Comments
Winter Rhythms at Urban Stages

Cabaret, Musical Theater, Jazz and more.

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26th Annual NY Cabaret Convention: Duke & Hamlisch

| October 23, 2015 | 0 Comments
26th Annual NY Cabaret Convention: Duke & Hamlisch

Setting the evening’s warm-hearted style was Klea Blackhurst,

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26th Annual NY Cabaret Convention: Kander & Ebb

| October 17, 2015 | 0 Comments
26th Annual NY Cabaret Convention: Kander & Ebb

What a fine and quite theatrical evening it was when Thursday at The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Cabaret Convention.

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26th Annual NY Cabaret Convention: WWII Songs

| October 15, 2015 | 0 Comments
26th Annual NY Cabaret Convention: WWII Songs

Hosted by Cabaret greats Jeff Harnar and Andrea Marcovicci, the second program of the New York Cabaret Convention was A Sentimental Journey: World War II Songs.

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26th Annual NY Cabaret Convention: Gala Opening Night

| October 14, 2015 | 0 Comments
26th Annual NY Cabaret Convention: Gala Opening Night

“Another op’nin’, another show….” were the first words we heard at another opening of yet another show.

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Oct. 17: Karen Mason

| October 13, 2015 | 0 Comments
Oct. 17: Karen Mason

Mason wove an amusing mock history of divadom from Roman times to the present.

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August 23: Jennifer Sheehan

| August 17, 2015 | 0 Comments
August 23: Jennifer Sheehan

Jennifer Sheehan has got that Cole Porter “certain thing” — special, sensational, smashing.

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Karen Mason: Secrets of the Ancient Divas

| November 24, 2014 | 0 Comments
Karen Mason: Secrets of the Ancient Divas

There were too many great moments in this show to list them all here, so I’ll settle for some that struck me forcefully enough to warrant a hastily scrawled note in the dark.

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Tom Andersen: My Favorite Sings

| August 16, 2014 | 0 Comments
Tom Andersen: My Favorite Sings

After an absence of a decade, the award-winning vocalist Tom Andersen made his return to solo performing in New York with My Favorite Sings, a smashingly entertaining show that had long-time fans and new converts alike clamoring for more.

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