November/December 2022
Volume: XXVII No. 6

PEOPLE&PLACES
Remembering Valentine Ryder by John Hoglund
Remembering Scott Barnes by John Hoglund
ASA|Darrell Henline Award Photos by Helane Blumfield
Meet Craig Pomranz
President of the American Songbook Association
Major Songwriters of the American Songbook
Black Songwriters Part 2 by Harlan James
2022 ASA|Pomranz Performance Grant Recipients
Project Angle Food
Susie Mosher “This Is Where I Belong” by Shannon Hunt
Picks

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

SEEN&HEARD
Cabaret Reviews
Francesca Amari & Tiffany Bailey, Julie Benko & Jason Yaeger
Helane Blumfield & Bobby Peaco, Damon J. Bolling, Guy Bosworth
Alyssa Chiarello, Peter Cincotti, Mary Foster Conklin, Tony Danza
Tony DeSare, Matt Doyle, Cathy Glickman
Mandy Gonzalez & Javier Muñoz, Clint Holmes
Linda Kahn, Anita Kallen & Catherine Thomson
Becca Kidwell, Lina Koutrakos, Jasper Kump
Therese Lee, Karen Mason, Marieann Meringolo
Isaac Mizrahi, Ann Morrison, Richard Shelton
Gerrilyn Sohn, Billy Stritch, Take Me Back to Manhattan
Ann Talman, Amy Beth Williams, Steven Zumbo

CD Reviews
D.C. Anderson, Anne & Mark Burnell
Nica Carrington, Tracye Eileen

Musical Theater Review
Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin in Hollywood

&ON THE COVER
Introducing Barbra Streisand
by Todd Sussman
Photo: Courtesy of Sony Music Archives.
Photographer: Hank Parker

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