Summer Cabaret 2018
Summertime hot! New York City Cabarets and Clubs have talent and more talent.
Take a peek at who’s coming and where! This is just a short list!
Always check the club calendars for complete listings and for schedule changes.
Christine Ebersole and Michael Feinstein
Feinstein’s/54 Below 254 West 54 St. (cellar), 646 476-3551 www.54Below.com (July) Tovah Feldshuh is Leona!, Jersey Boys Reunited, Rita Rudner, Melissa Manchester, Once On This Island Sings Ahrens/Flaherty, Vonda Shepard, Pump Boys Reunion, Linda Eder, Michael Feinstein/Christine Ebersole thru August. (Aug) Larry Owens/James Jackson Jr, Melissa Errico/Ryan Silverman, Kate Shindle/Abby Corrigan, Bebe Neuwirth, Eric Yves Garcia, Jana Robbins/Haley Swindal . . . so much more thru the summer. Gourmet menu!
Tovah (photo: Sandi Durell)
The Café Carlyle 35 East 76 St. (Madison Ave.) 212 744-1600 on summer break! www.thecarlyle.com
Don’t Tell Mama 343 W. 46 St. 212 757- 0788 www.donttellmamanyc.com – featuring the best piano bar in NYC, a sumptuous restaurant, and two cabaret rooms – (July) Seth’s Talent Show, Cacophony Daniels, Angela Leone, Renee Katz, Roger Schmelzer, Bruce Cloujh, Mama’s Next Big Act (Aug) Check Calendar!!
*The Triad 158 W. 72 St, 212 362-2590 www.triadnyc.com –Home of Award Winning Celebrity Autobiography – Monthly Open Mic – (July) Karen Oberlin, Dorothy Bishop, Marissa Mulder, Unfinished Business, Adrienne Haan, Rose Colella, more. (Aug) Natasha C. Coward, Stacey/Alan Schulman, Greg Driscoll, The ManOPause Boys, Brendan Thabo, Greg Driscoll. . . So Much More!
Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Café 407 West 42 St. (bet. 9/10 Aves.), 212 695-6909 www.thewestbankcafe.com (July & Aug) I Dream of Jackie, Distorted Diznee, Daniel Franzese, Chelsea, Alaska & Jeremy. A wonderful restaurant and so much more talent.
The Duplex, 61 Christopher St./7th Ave, 212 255-5438 www.theduplex.com piano bar and cabaret theater – (July & Aug) Gothan Rock, Guilty Pleasures, Adrian Culver, Matthew Holloway, Our Time Players, Harmonica Sunbeam, More!!
Birdland Jazz – (315 West 44 St. (bet. 8/9 Ave) 212 581-3080 www.birdlandjazz.com (dinner menu) – Jim Caruso’s Cast Party – Mondays (July) Veronica Swift is back!, Max von Essen, Marcy/Zina Show, Lucy Arnaz, Ronny Whyte, Natalie Douglas (Aug) John Pizzarelli, Susie Mosher, Evan Ruggiero and a whole lot more including lots of great jazz and a wide variety of menu selections!
Jazz at Lincoln Center www.jazz.org
Rose Theater, Appel Room, Dizzys Club Coca Cola – (July) Catherine Russell
Pangea – 178 2nd Ave (btw 11th & 12th Sts) 212 995 0900 www.pangeanyc.com (dinner menu) –(July & August) Unexpected Trio, Carol Lipnik, Little Annie & Paul, Joan Jaffe, Tammy McCann, Raven, and a nice restaurant menu!
The Green Room 42 – 570 10th Ave & 42nd St. 646 449-7792 www.onfournyc.com
Broadway’s Funky Nightclub (July & August) Arthur Migliazza, Maggie McDowell,NY’s Got Talent, Spencer Day, The Sherman Bros., Laurie Brown Mirabel, Mark Mackillop, Alice Ripley- more!
Two E on Open Table – Pierre Hotel 212 940-8113, email TwoE@tajhotels.com, 2 East 61 Street off 5th Ave. – New Monthly Cabaret Series – check calendar.
Iridium Jazz Club Broadway at W. 51 Street, 212 582-2121 www.iridiumjazzclub.com (dinner menu) – check calendar for schedule.
The Cutting Room, 44 E. 32 St, 212 691-9000 www.thecuttingroomnyc.com See calendar.
The Town Hall – 123 W. 43 St., 212 840-2824 www.the-townhall.org – (July) Broadway Rising Stars
92Y/Lyrics & Lyricists and More – 1395 Lexington Ave. 212 415-5500 –www.92Y.org – Check calendar.
Merkin Concert Hall – 129 W. 67 St. (212.501-1330 www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org
Check calendar.
The DJango in The Roxy Hotel – #2 Avenue of the Americas, 212 519-6649 www.thedjangonyc.com Jazz artists (small plate menu)
Broadway Sings at the West End Lounge 955 West End Ave. (107th St./West End Ave.) 212.531.4759 www.thewestendlounge.com Open Mic Nites, Bound for Broadway,Comedy, more!
Salon – Multiple Award Winning weekly Open Mic Event, different themes, different performers, created and hosted by Mark Janas with Tanya Moberly-Etcetera, Etcetera – 352 West 44th Street, NYC – Sundays www.markjanasthesalon.com
Midtown Jazz at Midday at St. Peter’s Church, Lexington Ave/54 St. Wednesdays, 12:30 pm 212 935-2200 – www.saintpeters.org (Ronny Whyte presents)
Sandi Durell’s Theater Pizzazz Cabaret Listings can also be found at www.thethreetomatoes.com & www.theaterlife.com Theater (Broadway & Off), Cabaret reviews, news, interviews, opening nights, videos and more appear at www.TheaterPizzazz.com *Denotes Advertisers
Sandi Durell is Publisher/Editor of www.theaterpizzazz.com/
and has been writing, reviewing, producing, having a voice in the theater, cabaret and entertainment communities for over 25+ years. She is a Voting Member of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards; member of the American Theatre Critics Association.
Sandi is a producer of Broadway & Hollywood Live! Revues (www.ShaRellProductions.com); has produced numerous Songwriter Events for the American Popular Song Society (APSS – formerly New York Sheet Music Society on which she is a Board member); the benefit CD “Our Heart Sings;” is a producer on the Award winning film “Broadway the Golden Age” (with Rick McKay) and has produced a variety of entertainment events for most of her career.
She is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU – Advisory Board),100+ year old Dutch Treat Club, The Lambs; an occasional theater “angel” and has had a career as a vocalist-performer.
Her column can also be found at www.theaterlife.com
