July/August 2025
Volume XXX No. 4

PEOPLE&PLACES
Adela & Larry Elow
High School Competition
Photos by Stephen Sorokoff

Thanks for the Memories
Entertaining in Memory Care Units
Can Be Rewarding…and Challenging
By Carla Gordon

39th MAC Awards
Photos by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

40th Bistro Awards
Photos by Danny Bristol

Cy Walter’s 110th Birthday Bash
Photos by James Gavin

Second Annual Billy Barnes’ Bash
Photos by Kevin Geary

Picks

THIS&THAT
News
ASA Donors
Cabaret Listings

SEEN&HEARD
Cabaret Reviews
54 Sings Coco, John Abernathy, Marsha Bartenetti, Klea Blackhurst
Ben Cassara, Seth Christenfeld, Kelly Clinton, Tom Culver, Goldie Dver
Justin Golan, Inkwell Singers, Ben Jones, Jonathan Karrant, Rita Lim, Amy London
Sue Matsuki, Marilyn Maye, Donna McKechnie, Sean McManus
David Mills, Linda Mironti, Carolyn Montgomery
Hope Morgan & Dennis Rowland, Kyle Motsinger, Bob O’Hare
Lee Roy Reams, Steve Ross, Richard Skipper
Christy Trapp, Paula West, Randy Zinkus

CD Reviews
Ava Nicole Frances

Musical Theater Reviews
Forbidden Broadway
Millions

&ON THE COVER
Tim Connell
Raising the bar
By Frank Dain
Photo by Darius Nochols

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