Cabaret News

When I was a kid, my mom killed our record player by piling so many Christmas albums on it that the poor ol' belt just couldn't spin the turntable any more.

BEGIN THIS BEGUINE: During the Terrace Theater cabaret show, Akers deftly worked her way through the songbook's plays on words, and then some.

B ARBARA COOK - recently described by one critic as "probably the greatest living interpreter of the musical theater songbook" - will sing Broadway standards and holiday favorites at the Westchester Philharmonic's annual Winter Pops concert on Dec.

Norm Lewis, who grew up in Eatonville and, as far as I know, is the only former Orlando Sentinel employee to appear on Broadway, has been cast in the new high-profile Stephen Sondheim revue, Sondheim on Sondheim , which opens on Broadway this spring.

It's the voice -- a sexy contralto that can bring you to tears in a single note.

The Airborne Toxic Event with Calder Quartet at Walt Disney Concert Hall In what seems like no time at all, Los Feliz's the Airborne Toxic Event has gone from being a locally touted indie rock troupe to a bona fide international phenomenon.

The Best of San Francisco Stage, Film, Fashion, Dining, Travel, Business, Philanthropy, and Governance - Challah Is Taken Monday 30th of November 2009

Tapestry New Opera Works has been singing loud and strong for three decades. The company's celebrating its 30th anniversary with a concert rich in voices and musical styles, hosted by three Tapestry divas: Patricia O'Callaghan, Jean Stilwell and Theresa Tova.

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It's a year of anniversaries - as every year is, of course - and we're here to honor the great American lyricist Johnny Mercer , whose 100th birthday would've been Nov.

A WARNING to sticklers for strict narrative: this column is a blatant mashup. Contemporary pop fans will understand the terminology, but for others - say, those more likely to attend to the musings of theater critics - some explanation might be required.

Presented inhouse. Musical director-piano, Shelly Markham; bass, Jered Egan. Opened, reviewed Nov.

Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 70. Actress Linda Evans is 67. Actress Susan Sullivan is 67.

No one doubts that Igor Stravinsky's collaboration with the Ballets Russes early last century set the standards for most of the innovations in dance as an art form.

Since Queer as Folk went of the air, Peter Paige has been taking one acting challenge after another.

Ask those who knew Johnny Mercer and the artists who continue to cherish his songs how best to describe his work, and two words keep popping up: "colloquial" and "poetic." "He wrote for the man on the street, but there was always poetry in it," says singer/songwriter Jamie Cullum , who's featured in this week's Turner Classic Movies documentary ...

Peter Kalivas and The PGK Project present: "The Movement" 7 p.m. first Tuesday of each month Queen Bee's Arts and Cultural Center, 3925 Ohio St., North Park Admission: $5 suggested donation "San Diego Dances" in Hillcrest 7:30 Friday and Saturday DK Hair, 3785 Sixth Ave.

Wesla Whitfield will bring an evening of Broadway tunes, movie songs and Hit Parade numbers to Lakeland College at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Nov.

"Extraordinary." That's what singer Barbara Cook thinks of Rebecca Luker's take on Maury Yeston's "Unusual Way," one of the songs tackled on her new CD, "Greenwich Time." SPECIAL Rebecca Luker "I chose that word carefully," Cook says on the liner notes.

Saturday, October 31st more than a dozen bands, performers and DJs will sing swan songs to everybody's favorite junkyard in San Francisco and the world to raise funds for the Junk Man who has run it for a quarter century as a selfless patron of all those who turn mere 'dumpster diving' into the art of divining precious obtanium .