11:00…at 7:00: An Exhausting Schlog of Broadway’s Best 11:00 O’Clock Numbers

Post author:Jacqueline Parker
Post published:May 7, 2026
Reading time:3 mins read

11:00…at 7:00
An Exhausting Schlog of Broadway’s Best
11:00 O’Clock Numbers

Chelsea Table & Stage, NYC, April 24, 2026

Reviewed by Jacqueline Parker

I just love surprises, don’t you? At a certain point in life, however, surprises are no longer welcome, since they tend to be unpleasant ones. However, what a delight awaited me at Chelsea Table & Stage this Friday evening. Intrigued by the show’s title, I approached it with minimal expectations but was thoroughly won over by this group of nearly two dozen young performers accompanied by a sassy band. In talking with the director/producer Michael Kozloski afterwards, I learned that these were professionals who came together for the fun of it just to—in true Mickey-and-Judy fashion—put on a show.

My immediate response to this cornucopia of talent was to thank the gods for supplying so many extraordinary singers/actors to populate the next few decades of Broadway shows. In addition to being greatly talented, they were all interesting to see and were outfitted beautifully. Looking like the reincarnation of a young Natasha Richardson, Renee McFillin performed the title song from Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret. While the song is quite familiar, she made it her own as she skillfully drifted from naive innocence to tear-provoking rage.

In “What You Own” (Anthony Rapp/Adam Pascal) Jacob Schmidek (reminiscent of Ben Jones) and Aaron J. Dix displayed an intensity beyond their years Another look-alike, Avery Carlson, not only seemed to be a young Laura Benanti but delivered “The Life I Never Led” (Katie Rowley Jones) with a maturity she was much too young to have. Another song familiar to many is Sondheim’s “The Ladies Who Lunch.” Elaine Stritch, who introduced this song in Company, certainly left her indelible stamp on it, as did a few others. Kate Glaser succeeded in leaving her own mark with her sassy interpretation. The trio of Amia Korman, Isabel Hartzell, and Cassie Vitale harmonized so beautifully and reverently on “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II) that it was like being in a church, finally paying attention to an oft-heard hymn that suddenly took on a new dimension.

The miracle here is that no one’s presentation was oversold. My only reservation is that a few times the lyrics became clouded by the urge to sing loudly. The words contain a message—let e audience know it.

In addition to those already mentioned, do take note of the rest of this cast: Angel Segala, Reba Hartman, Alyssa Armstrong, Koko Waller, Sarah Joy Kane, Alicia Bartasik, Truman Griffin, Bryanna Cuthill, Markia Nicole Smith, Joe Marx, Sarah Giulianti, Emma Gervase, Jalen X. Ford, Elena Camp, and James Maloney. Everyone sparkled and shined; they were a joy to behold and a much-welcomed surprise to begin a weekend.

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Jacqueline Parker

Like Ethel Merman, lifelong New Yorker Jacqueline Parker began her career as a stenographer. She spent more than two decades at the city's premier public agency, progressing through positions of increased responsibility after earning her BA in English from New York University (3.5 GPA/Dean’s List). She won national awards for her work in public relations and communication and had the privilege of working in the House of Commons for Stephen Ross, later Lord Ross of Newport. In the second half of her career, Jacqueline brought her innate organizational skills and creative talents to a variety of positions. While distinguishing herself in executive search, she also gave her talents to publishing, politics, writing, radio broadcasting and Delmonico's Restaurant. Most recently, she hosted Anything Goes! a radio show that paid homage to Cole Porter and by extension the world of Broadway musicals and the Great American Songbook. Other features of the show were New York living, classical music, books, restaurants, architecture and politics. This show highlighted the current Broadway scene, both in New York and around the country through performances and interviews with luminaries including Len Cariou, Charles Strouse, Laura Osnes, Steve Ross and Joan Copeland. Her pandemic project was immersion into the life, times and work of Alfred Hitchcock, about whom she has written a soon-to-be-published article. Jacqueline has been involved in a myriad of charitable causes, most notably the Walt Frazier Youth Foundation, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Sisters of Life, York Theatre, and the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival. She is a proud Founder of Hidden Water. Her greatest accomplishment is the parenting of her son, a lawyer specializing in mediation. She has many pretend grandchildren, nieces and nephews, on whom she dotes shamelessly, as well as a large circle of friends to whom she is devoted. Her interests in addition to theater and cabaret are cooking, entertaining, reading, and spending time on Queen Mary 2.