Cabaret

Stage Door: Superior Donuts, The Understudy, Vamps

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


Fern Siegel

When August: Osage County drama burst on Broadway, it trumpeted the arrival of Tracy Letts, who won the Pulitzer. By contrast, his follow-up effort, Superior Donuts, is a quiet meditation.

Chanteuse KT Sullivan Introduces Site-Specific Cabaret

David Finkle | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


David Finkle

Because Sullivan isn't singing on mic, she has no qualms about stepping away from the stage and sashaying through the audience while exploring genres from opera to traditional Irish tear-jerkers to pop.

Come to the Cabaret MetroStar Talent Challenge: Meet Sizzling Runners-Up Grabianowski, Bufford

David Finkle | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York


David Finkle

Cabaret has fallen on hard times. These days fewer clubs across the country support intimate rooms where singers can ply their wares for eager and appreciative audiences.

Cell Phone Camera Pics as Art? Broadway icon Joel Grey Thinks So.

Jon Chattman | Posted 08.31.2009 | Entertainment


Jon Chattman

I spoke with the actor about his book of cell-phone photography, his photography career, and if this is all a hobby or another role he's taken on.

Life Is Still a Cabaret , Vow Feinstein, Jackson

David Finkle | Posted 07.17.2009 | Entertainment


David Finkle

One such just-shuttered cabaret evening, which will quickly be revived for three nights (June 25-7) has boldly popped up in an unlikely sophisticated nitery, Feinstein's at Loews Regency.

Liza Minnelli: Live at the Barnes & Noble

Susan Sawyers | Posted 03.06.2009 | Entertainment


Susan Sawyers

The real prize for Liza Minnelli's adoring fans: the first 160 purchasers received hot pink wristbands for entrance to a short performance at the Upper West Side B&N that night.

Stage Door: Coward at Christmas, James Barbour, Shrek the Musical

Fern Siegel | Posted 01.30.2009 | Entertainment


Fern Siegel

Shrek the Musical at the Broadway Theater is notable for being loud and unnerving. The original film was layered; the musical translation is all campy surface. The Lion King this isn't.

Stage Door: Glimpses of the Moon, Marie Galante

Fern Siegel | Posted 12.13.2008 | Entertainment


Fern Siegel

The young, romance-seeker asks: "Don't you believe in love?" Her more jaded friend snaps back: "I believe in Lehman Bros." In 1922, when Edith Wharton wrote those lines, everyone laughed.

World's First "Good Capital" Conference

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.28.2008 | Living


Julia Moulden

The Social Capital Markets 2008 Conference (SoCap) is the world's first conference to bring institutional and individual investors together with social entrepreneurs.

Chic Nostalgia: Let's Bring Back ...

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Lesley M. M. Blume

Back by popular demand, my third 'Let's Bring Back ... " column.