July/August 2014
Contents
People&Places
This Is Your Night! Peter Leavy
by Alix Cohen
This Is Your Night! Alyce Finell
by Alix Cohen
Wall to Wall Cabaret
by Rob Lester
Celebrating a Musical Legend: Ervin Drake at 95
Kurt Reichenbach The Best Vocal Jazz Album You’ve Likely Never Heard
by Pamela S.K. Glasner
Brownville Concert Series “Build It and They Will Come”
by Todd Murray
Mark Nadler In His Own Words
by Barbara Leavy
This&That
News: New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Palm Springs,
Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Delaware,San Francisco,
Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia, Inter/National
Picks
Tom Andersen, Bryan Batt, Patti LuPone, Andrea Marcovicci, Sharon McNight
Scene Makers
Cabaret Listings
Foundation Donors
Seen&Heard
Cabaret Reviews
54 Sings, Lucie Arnaz, Dorothy Bishop, Jennifer Blades, Gary Bland & Andrij Bukach & Julez Hamilton & Helen Theophanous, Mary Bogue, Broadway by the Year, Julie Budd, Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway, Peter Cincotti, Sharón Clark, Ron Dabney, Spencer Day, Brian De Lorenzo, Tom Di Pasqua, Beth Dimon, Susan Egan, Jason Ellis & Company, Melissa Errico, Cynthia Farrell, Rachelle Ferrell, Liam Forde, Lauren Fox, Simon Green, Gwyneth Herbert, Megan Hilty, Morgan James, Alexa Ray Joel, Hilary Kole, Storm Large, Kimberly Lawson & Ensemble, Maxine Linehan, Lyrics & Lyricists, Meg Mackay & Billy Philadelphia, Karen Mason, Andrea McArdle & Maureen McGovern & Faith Prince & Donna McKechnie, Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael, Linda Miroti, Jane Monheit, Paul Motondo, Music of the Marx Brothers, Mark Nadler, Open Mic at The Crazy Coqs, Taylor Pietz, Craig Pomranz, Faith Prince, Michael Roulston & Sarah-Louise Young, Harold Sanditen, Bret Shuford, Gabrielle Stravelli, Lara Teeter, Téka, Tamara Tunie, Steve Tyrell, Donna Vivino, Steven Ray Watkins, Jon Weber, Well-Strung, Cassandra Wilson
CD Reviews
Alpher & Litt: Two Apples
Mary Carrick: Let’s Fly
Katie Eagleson: In My Fashion
Jarrod Spector: A Little Help from My Friends: Live at 54 Below
Lyn Stanley: Lost in Romance
Cover photo by Heather Sullivan