Jan. 20-24: Brent Barrett: Life Is—Kander & Ebb Revisited
This brilliant and beloved songwriting team’s material brought out every nuance of Barrett’s sumptuous voice.
This brilliant and beloved songwriting team’s material brought out every nuance of Barrett’s sumptuous voice.
London’s The Crazy Coqs plays host to home-grown as well as foreign-born entertainers.
Brent Barrett has had a long and fruitful friendship with John Kander and Fred Ebb, including making the role of Billy Flynn (Chicago) a bit of a specialty for over a decade.
The Urban Stages Winter Rhythms series boasts over 100 artists over 12 nights and 20 shows from 12/2-14.
The contribution to the American Songbook by two legendary stalwarts was the focus of the third show of the recent 25th Annual New York Cabaret Convention: Something Sort of Grandish: The Music of Burton Lane; The Lyrics of Yip Harburg. Hosted by Jeff Harnar and Andrea Marcovicci, the program featured 18 song stylists each putting their imprint on Burton’s flowing melodies and Harburg’s brilliant lyrics.