Tag: Sandy Stewart

April 15: Remembering Barbara Carroll

| April 12, 2017 | 0 Comments
April 15: Remembering Barbara Carroll

Remembering “The First Lady of Jazz Piano.”

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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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Jazz in July: Benny, Basie and Bucky

| July 31, 2015 | 0 Comments
Jazz in July: Benny, Basie and Bucky

Charlap’s own quote about Benny and Basie applies to his own men: they swung with grace and intensity.

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John Kander & Fred Ebb

John Kander & Fred Ebb

December 2010 JOHN KANDER & FRED EBB Composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb met in 1962 and a legendary songwriting team was born. Their first successful collaboration was on the song “My Coloring Book,” recorded by both Sandy Stewart and Barbra Streisand. But it will be the scores of the ground-breaking musicals they penned, […]

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