Tag: My Ideal Music

Margaret Whiting: Dream-The Lost Recordings

| November 4, 2016 | 0 Comments
Margaret Whiting: Dream-The Lost Recordings

Let the beautiful vocals wash over you.

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27th New York Cabaret Convention: Saluting Sheldon Harnick & Charles Strouse

| October 24, 2016 | 0 Comments
27th New York Cabaret Convention: Saluting Sheldon Harnick & Charles Strouse

There couldn’t have been a grander way to close out the wonderfully successful final night of the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s 27th New York Cabaret Convention.

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27th NY Cabaret Convention: Saluting Sheldon Harnick & Charles Strouse

| October 23, 2016 | 0 Comments
27th NY Cabaret Convention: Saluting Sheldon Harnick & Charles Strouse

Photos from the evening saluting Sheldon Harnick & Charles Strouse

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Nov. 18-21: Cabaret Convention

| October 12, 2016 | 0 Comments
Nov. 18-21: Cabaret Convention

The Mabel Mercer Foundation presents the 27th Annual NY Cabaret Convention.

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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. 13-16: Cabaret Convention

| October 6, 2015 | 0 Comments
Oct. 13-16: Cabaret Convention

New York Cabaret Convention

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Margaret Whiting & George Shearing: The Lost Jazz Sessions

| March 16, 2015 | 0 Comments
Margaret Whiting & George Shearing: The Lost Jazz Sessions

Margaret Whiting & George Shearing The Lost Jazz Sessions (My Ideal Music) March 13, 2015 Reviewed by Alix Cohen for Cabaret Scenes Born to songwriter Richard A. Whiting, Margaret Whiting (1924-2011) sang for Johnny Mercer at the age of six and was signed to Capitol Records at 13 when “Uncle Johnny” co-founded the burgeoning label. […]

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