September/October 2025
Volume XXX No. 5

PEOPLE&PLACES
2025 Darrell Henline Award
Photos by James Gavin

Elegance & Legacy
Celebrating the Mabel Mercer Foundation
Photos by Stephen Sorokoff

Why Do You Sing in a Cabaret?
By Craig Pomranz

Picks

THIS&THAT
News
ASA Donors
Cabaret Listings

SEEN&HEARD
Cabaret Reviews
Laura & Linda Benanti, Julie Benko, Dawn Derow, Sean Harkness
Jeff Harnar, Darrell Henline Award, Michelle Johnson, Hilary Kole
Mardie Millit & Nicolas King, Carolyn Montgomery
Rachel Oliver-Corbin & Christine Shebeck & Maiomi Mauro, Sophia Ram

CD Reviews
Brian De Lorenzo

Musical Theater Reviews
Guys and Dolls
High Society

&ON THE COVER
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Songwriters Supreme
Photo by Nathan Johnson

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