November/December 2024
Volume XXIX No. 6

PEOPLE&PLACES
Remembering Clifford Bell
By Elliot Zwiebach

Michael Elihu Colby
By Jerry Osterberg

Mama’s Next BIG Act! 2024
Photos by Natasha Castillo

Cabaret Spreads Its Wings
By Jo Brisbane

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
Picks
Cabaret Listings

SEEN&HEARD
Cabaret Reviews
Klea Blackhurst, Ann Hampton Callaway, Sarah Carson
Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano, Bryce Edwards
Luke Enders, Alissa Finn, Joe Fox, Thomas Hodges
Satomi Hofmann, Renee Katz, The Kinsey Sicks, Ann Kittredge
Amanda McBroom, Lena Moy-Borgen, Phillip Officer
Michelle Polinsky, Steve Ross, Jane Scheckter

CD Reviews
Adi Braun

Musical Theater Reviews
A Little Night Music, Gatsby: An American Myth
Last of the Red Hot Mamas, Little Shop of Horrors
The Queen of Versailles

& ON THE COVER
Finding Tragedy in Joy
The Creation of Ray DeForest’s Doris Dear
By Rian Keating

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