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Lyrics & Lyricists: Get Happy: Harold Arlen’s Early Years

| January 29, 2017 | 0 Comments
Lyrics & Lyricists: Get Happy: Harold Arlen’s Early Years

A snappy-paced delightful evening.

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Julez Hamilton: Lena

| January 25, 2017 | 0 Comments
Julez Hamilton: Lena

A very clever, well-crafted, highly engaging cabaret show.

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Harvey Granat: The Music of Harold Arlen

| May 8, 2016 | 0 Comments
Harvey Granat: The Music of Harold Arlen

If Harold Arlen had written nothing else but the iconic “Over the Rainbow” (with E.Y. “Yip” Harburg), he’d still have been worthy of a place in the pantheon.

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Oct. 30: Melba Moore

| October 27, 2015 | 0 Comments
Oct. 30: Melba Moore

This amazing survivor proved that her vocal talents are not only undimmed, but richer than ever.

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Broadway Unplugged

| July 22, 2015 | 0 Comments
Broadway Unplugged

The highlights were high art.

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Melba Moore

| June 3, 2015 | 0 Comments
Melba Moore

A generous and courageous Melba Moore celebrated her 54 Below debut with lots of vocal pyrotechnics.

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Lena Horne

| April 25, 2015 | 0 Comments
Lena Horne

June 2009 LENA HORNE On nightclub stages, on records, on Broadway and on the screen, Lena Horne has long been on top and on target. Turning 91 this month, her glow and glamour remain, her influence and stardom monumental. She was last on disc embracing songs of friend Billy Strayhorn. (His biographer, David Hadju, told […]

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Leslie Uggams: Classic Uggams

| November 7, 2014 | 0 Comments
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.

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