January/February 2025
Volume XXX No. 1

PEOPLE&PLACES
Remembering Sandi Durell
By Linda Amiel Burns

Cabaret in New England
By Jo Brisbane

35th New York Cabaret Convention
Put on a Happy Face: A Celebration of Charles Strouse

35th New York Cabaret Convention
I’m in Love Again with Bobby Short: A Centennial Celebration

Meet Ellen Auwarter

Picks

35th New York Cabaret Convention
Everything Old Is New Again: Classic Songs, Old & New

Suede Rising Up and Finding Joy
By Lynn Timmons Edwards

THIS&THAT
News
ASA Donors
Picks
Cabaret Listings

SEEN&HEARD
Cabaret Reviews
John Abernathy, Karen Akers, Lucie Arnaz, Scott Barbarino
Andrew Lloyd Baughman, Klea Blackhurst, Guy Bosworth
Cabaret Convention, Mary Catherine, Judy Collins, Lynda D’Amour
Lorna Dallas, Natalie Douglas, Goldie Dver, Carol Sue Gershman
Joanne Halev, Jaylan & Anna & David, Ben Jones
Lisa Kantor, Jonathan Karrant, Rian Keating, Marci Kraft, Beth Leavel
Andrea Marcovicci, Karen Mason, Sue Matsuki, Tanya Moberly
Perry Ojeda, Steve Ross, Steve Ross & Karen Murphy
Seth Rudetsy with Kelli O’Hara, Bill Russell, David Sabella
Josephine Sanges, Songbook Sundays, Tracy Stark, Suede
Andrew Walesch, Deborah Zecher & Joshua Zecher Ross
Marya Zimmet

Musical Theater Reviews
A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Drag: The Musical
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
Ragtime

& ON THE COVER
The Music Man
John McDaniel
By Frank Dain
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