Lynn DiMenna Interviews KT Sullivan
For decades, KT Sullivan has…
For decades, KT Sullivan has…
The cabaret world and music lovers everywhere lost a dear and valued friend this past week. Ervin Drake -- composer of songs as varied as “I Believe,” “Tico-Tico,” “A Room Without Windows,” and “It Was a Very Good Year”
I hope this finds you all well and enjoying the changing of the season. Even though we are in the throes of autumn, it is just now the weather seems to move from crisp to cold. How lucky we are in New York that there are so many welcoming artists and venues to keep us all warm.
Multi-award winner Mark Nadler is internationally acclaimed for his achievements as an entertainer, encompassing outstanding talents as a singer, pianist, tap-dancer and comedian. He is equally at home on cabaret and concert stages, and for his most recent show, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Nadler received a 2013 Nightlife Award and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and two Broadway World Awards. Performing the show in Australia, he also won a nomination for that country's prestigious Helpmann Award.
orn to Italian immigrants and growing up on the Lower East Side of New York known as Little Italy, Joe Battaglia has lived the quintessential Italian-American story.
Do you remember the1939 film Babes in Arms when Mickey Rooney came up with the idea to use his parents’ barn to mount a show, and Judy Garland suggested she could make the costumes on her mother’s sewing machine?
Nine years ago, when the owners of The Colony in Palm Beach, Florida, were convinced to use a conveniently located storage room and convert it into a supper club/cabaret room with all the accoutrements of a first class entertainment venue, there were plenty of skeptics.