March/April 2023
Volume: XXVIII No. 2
PEOPLE&PLACES
Remembering Elliott Ames by Quinn Lemley
2022 Broadway World Cabaret Awards
Major Songwriters of the American Songbook
The Blues by Harlan James
Meet Wendy Scherl Board Member
of the American Songbook Association
Michael McAssey Can’t Wait for the Next Thing
by Jerry Osterberg
A Tribute to Les Michaels
Picks
THIS&THAT
News
New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, London
Los Angeles, Maryland/Virginia/Washington D.C., National
Palm Springs, New Jersey/Pennsylvania/Delaware, San Francisco
ASA Donors
Cabaret Listings
SEEN&HEARD
Cabaret Reviews
James Barbour, Barbara Bleier & Austin Pendleton
Shana Bousard & Brian Runbeck
Michael Buchanan & Todd Buonpane
Carol J. Bufford, Ann Hampton Callaway
Tim Connell, Trisha Ditsworth & Matravius Avent
Marty Elkins, Meg Flather, Rachelle Garniez, Sam Gravitte
Adrienne Haan, Richard Holbrook, Sony Holland
Ben Jones, Kathleen Landis, Bruce Sabath
Sydney Stephan, Paige Turner
Jessica Vosk, Tony Yazbeck
CD Reviews
Celia Berk, Mary Foster Conklin, Ann Kittredge
Musical Theater Review
Assisted Living: The Musical
Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust Road
The Sound of Music, Without You
&ON THE COVER
The Enduring Appeal of
Judy Collins
by Todd Sussman
Photo by Miller Mobley
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