Herman on Herman: Peggy Sings Jerry Peggy Herman with Alex Rybek (keyboard), Sean Harkness (guitar), Jered Egan (bass), Rex Benincasa (drums) additional cd information and ordering [A one night only cd-release event is scheduled at Feinstein's May 6, 2012. This review is of the audio cd only.] I have a ballad loving, cabaret adoring, musical … Continue reading
Grace Cosgrove: Spend an Evening with Grace with Don Rebic, Jason DiMatteo, Danny Mallon directed by Marilyn Maye The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street April 29, April 30, May 2, May 4, June 8 2012 event web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee May 2, 2012 At the Metropolitan Room this Spring during five month-spanning … Continue reading
My Sinatra: One man’s dream through another man’s music Created by and starring Cary Hoffman with Fred Wells on piano (and karaoke Sinatra brass arrangements) Sofia’s Downstairs Theatre, 221 West 46th Street April 22, 2012 — open run production web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee April 21 2012 In My Sinatra we are sung at, … Continue reading
Colleen McHugh: Spring Forward (and Blossom) with Tedd Firth, Steve Doyle, Sean Harkness The Duplex, 61 Christopher Street April 19, 2012 at 7pm performer web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee The Duplex feels like home now, after just a few visits. Christopher Street subway stop, up the stairs to the second floor with the … Continue reading
Barb Jungr “Man in the Long Black Coat” with Tracy Stark The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street April 10-28, 2012 event web site artist web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee April 12, 2012 I am a child of the 60s whose musical tastes are rooted decades earlier. Jazz and blues and ballads and great … Continue reading
Gregory Charles with Jean-Benoit Lasante and Sylvain Bertrand Café Carlyle, 35 East 76th Street at Madison Avenue April 3-7, 2012 at 8:45pm event web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee April 4, 2012 On a clear and mild early Spring evening I present myself early enough to claim a fine viewing location in the storied Café Carlyle for … Continue reading
Colleen McHugh: Being Green with Tedd Firth, Steve Doyle, Sean Harkness The Duplex, 61 Christopher Street March 22, 2012 at 7pm performer web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee This evening’s early arrival in the West Village allows me to amble slowly up Christopher Street from the east. I usually bustle by Christopher Street on my … Continue reading
Terese Genecco & Her Little Big Band with special guests Robert Hicks, Shaynee Rainbolt, Nicolas King 3-Year Anniversary & CD Release Shows Iridium, 1650 Broadway March 20, 2012 at 10pm event web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee This week marks first visits to two long-standing jazz and cabaret venues. Thursday I hit The Duplex … Continue reading
Marilyn Maye: “Marilyn By Request” Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street Three night engagement — January 4, 5, and 6, 2012 at 7pm event web site Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee January 6, 2012 “Oh my God, so many songs.” “He’s so good. It’s like we rehearsed.” I believe in singing from experience and carving … Continue reading
This is my first full calendar year as a resident of New York City and as a member of the Independent Theater Bloggers Association. I continue to blather on about topics other than live performances on stage here (critics and dramaturgs in discussion, for example, or films of adored stars), but it is live theatre … Continue reading
