September/October 2022
Volume: XXVII No. 5

PEOPLE&PLACES
Remembering Neil Appelbaum
Remembering Richard Edgcomb
American Popular Song Society Gala
Photos by Melissa Griegel Photography
Meet Michael Roberts
President of the American Songbook Association
Major Songwriters of the American Songbook
Black Songwriters Part 1 by Harlan James
They’re Still Writing ’em Like They Used To
by Mark Winkler
Provincetown CabaretFest 2022 Hooray for Hollywood!
Photos by Michael Stever and John Amodeo
Clarey-fication… Cynthia Clarey’s Remarable Journey to Cabaret
by Carla Gordon
Picks

THIS&THAT
News
New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, London
Los Angeles, Maryland/Virginia/Washington D.C., Inter/National
Palm Springs, Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Delaware, San Francisco
ASA Donors
Cabaret Listings

SEEN&HEARD
Cabaret Reviews
54 Salutes Sinatra, All the Feels, Kate Baldwin & Aaron Lazar
Lane Bradbury, Steven Brinberg, Jonathan Brugioni
Carole J. Bufford, DC Cabaret Network
Jamie deRoy & friends, Greg Jones Ellis, Ryan Frostig
Anita Gillette & Lee Roy Reams, Jeff Harnar
Ann Kittredge, Mary Leaphart, Brian Stokes Mitchell
Mark Nadler, Steve Ross, Steve Ross & Jean Brassard
Josephine Sanges, Sandy Stewart & Bill Charlap
Deborah Stone, Anya Tunrer & Robert Grusecki, Donna Vivio

CD Reviews
Jeff Harnar, Beverly Church Hogan

&ON THE COVER
At Last! Karen Akers
Is Finding Her True Voice
by Shannon Hunt
Photo: Alan Mercer

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