Elizabeth Ahlfors - Cabaret Scenes

Gabrielle Stravelli

Cabaret shows come in many forms. Some are theme shows centering on love, loss, lust or the performer’s personal life.

Sullivan and Harnar Sing Sondheim at Laurie Beechman Theatre

KT Sullivan & Jeff Harnar Sullivan & Harnar Sing Sondheim Laurie Beechman Theatre, NYC, July 9, 2014 Reviewed by Elizabeth Ahlfors for Cabaret Scenes The acting and comedic skills of…

Eric Comstock at Café Noctambulo

Eric Comstock Café Noctambulo at Pangea, NYC, July 1, 2014 Reviewed by Elizabeth Ahlfors for Cabaret Scenes Good news for music lovers! Café Noctambulo (Spanish for "night owl") is a…

Holler If Ya Hear Me at Palace Theatre

At the Palace Theatre, with its orchestra newly reconfigured into stadium seating, an energetic top-grade cast sings the songs of Tupac Shakur (1971-1996), a man shaded with controversy and contradictions.

Cabaret

Cabaret-Studio-54-ReviewKander and Ebb’s Cabaret remains a landmark musical with extraordinary songs, diverse rhythms and sharp lyrics fitting neatly in Joe Masteroff’s stirring book.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

You’ll ooh and ahh with everyone else in the Belasco Theatre when Neil Patrick Harris floats down to the stage in spectacular glittering blonde brilliance and torn fishnets.

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill at Circle in the Square

Channeling jazz icon Billie Holiday in Lady Day at the Emerson Bar & Grill, Audra McDonald does not hit a false note in this dramatic lament of the last days of a lost lady.

Rocky at Winter Garden Theatre

Yo, fight fans! You have to wait until the last 20 minutes of Rocky before the great payoff, the championship fight, and it’s a rumble.