May/June 2024
Volume XXIX No. 3

PEOPLE&PLACES
Remembering Peter Haas
Remembering Chita Rivera
By Michael Kirk Lane
Remembering Ben Lanzarone
By Clifford Bell
Happy 95th Birthday Peter Leavy
Picks
Yasuhiko Fukuoka Keeping Busy and Loving It
By Jerry Osterberg
Celia Berk and Elizabeth Sullivan
Together in Conversation and Song
With Betsyann Faiella
39th Bistro Awards

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

SEEN&HEARD
Cabaret Reviews
Scott Alan, Lucie Arnaz, Gloria Bangiola, Jenn Bornstein
Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano, Tim Connell, André De Shields
Camille Diamond, Natalie Douglas, Victoria Elena
Meg Flather & Karen Mack &  Rosemary Loar & Tracy Stark
Rony Goffer & Adi Kozlovesky, Jeff Harnar
David White & David Jackson, Adam LaPorte, Storm Large
Karen Mason, Audra McDonald, with Seth Rudetsky, Marieann Meringolo
New York City Gay Men’s Choir, Hugh Panero, Kristi Rice
Craig Rubano, Alice Tatum, Elivra Tortora, Leslie Uggams
Lisa Viggiano & Wells Hanley, Nina West featuring Seth Rudetsky
Here We Are, Amy Beth Williams

CD Reviews
Melissa Errico, Jane Scheckter

Musical Theater Reviews
After Midnight, The Connector

& ON THE COVER
Craig Rubano
Takes the Moment
By Frank Dain
Photo: Gene Reed

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