Tag: The Scottsboro Boys
26th Annual NY Cabaret Convention: Duke & Hamlisch
Setting the evening’s warm-hearted style was Klea Blackhurst,
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.
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, […]
Jan. 20-24: Brent Barrett: Life Is—Kander & Ebb Revisited
This brilliant and beloved songwriting team’s material brought out every nuance of Barrett’s sumptuous voice.
New York City: January/February News 2015
Mark your calendars and set your alarms as the Metropolitan Room attempts to set a Guinness World Record for the “Longest Variety Show Ever.” The marathon begins at 7:00 pm 1/1 and runs through 7:00 am 1/5. There will be four days and 60 hours of continuous entertainment: singing, comedy, burlesque, instrumentals—250 artists and 25 […]
Brent Barrett: Life Is: Kander and Ebb Revisited
Brent Barrett has had a long and fruitful friendship with John Kander and Fred Ebb, including making the role of Billy Flynn (Chicago) a bit of a specialty for over a decade.
