January/February 2023
Volume: XXVIII No. 1

PEOPLE&PLACES
Remembering Jay Rogers by David Hurst
Remembering Rita Gardner by John Hoglund
Remembering Les Michaels by Clifford Bell
Remembering Patricia Whiteman by Elliot Zwiebach
Remembering Ron Forman Bby Betsyann Faiella
ASA Celebrates Frank Dain
Major Songwriters of the American Songbook
Black Songwriters Part 3
by Harlan James
MAC They Write the Songs
33rd New York Cabaret Conventions
Meet Robin Westle Secretary
of the American Songbook Association
Chicago Cabaret Professionals 2022 Gala
Gretchen, Nancy and Me By Austin Pendleton
Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton
Falling in Love with a Song
by Jerry Osterberg
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
Anderson Twins, Nelson Aspen, Ari Axelrod
Martha Bartz, Jo Brisbane, Carol J. Bufford
Alan Cumming, Goldie Dver, Cindy Firing & Josephine Sanges
Mabel Mercer Foundation, Judi Mark, Marilyn Maye
Peisha McPhee, Meow Meow, Suzanne Noble, Bob O’Hare
Karen Oberlin, Carol O’Shaughnessy
Paulus, Steve Ross, Harold Sanditen, Rita Wilson

CD Reviews
Liz Callaway

Musical Theater Review
Love Online, Oh Yes I Am!
Perfect Imperfection: The Lyrics of Robert Gould
Kurt Peterson: Proud Ladies

&ON THE COVER
Seth Sikes & Nicolas King
The New Belters
by Shannon Hunt
Photo by Rachel Monteleone

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