NYC’s well-known kitschy musical comedy sister duo, Vickie & Nickie, return to the mainstage at Dixon Place in NYC with their show, Inside Vickie & Nickie, on Wednesday June 13th and Saturday June 16th, 2012.   During this up-close and personal show, the multi-instrumental, singing housewife sister duo share their Minnesota origins through a zany, autobiographical musical comedy about their childhoods, families, “show biz careers” and their hopes and dreams! 

The legendary singer, actress and comedienne Kaye Ballard, the Grammy and Tony Award winning  singer/songwriter and actress Dee Dee Bridgewater, songwriter and performer Melissa Manchester and the renowned jazz trumpeter and cornetist Warren Vaché were the special honorees of the 2012 Bistro Awards on Monday, April 23, at 6:30pm.  Taking place at Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd Street (between 7th & 8th avenues), the 27th Annual Bistro Awards gala, which celebrates outstanding achievement in New York cabaret and jazz, also recognized 22 other artists and shows. Below are some pictures taken by: Jim Baldassare

                              Cuban-American firecracker and emotional powerhouse, Loli Marquez-Sterling, gave a big bang performance on Thursday, April 26^th at The Triad. This woman is full of life and is a ball of energy with a sexy, powerful voice and amazing acting skills. She was the winner of the 2010 Bistro Award for Outstanding Entertainer of the Year and it shows. You cannot walk out of one of her shows not dancing inside.

                                                                                                                               The 2012 Tony Award Nominations have been announced... 

Best Play

Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz
Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice
Venus in Fur by David Ives

Artists in Partnership Presents 10th Annual Cabaret Festival

Honoring the Great American Songbook in Long Island, NY

May 16 – May 20, 2012

                                       Gregg Marx, a popular L.A. based crooner, voice-over artist and former soap star will make his first New York City cabaret appearance since 2005, on May 21 and 22 at Metropolitan Room. Marx celebrates the (barely) six degrees separating his famous Marx Brothers relatives, Salvador Dali and cool Mr. Cole Porter. His  show, Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter, brings with it a uniquely personal edge. A little known piece of show business history connects Gregg Marx, the famous Marx Brothers, Salvador Dali and Cole Porter; and it’s a lot closer than the popular parlor game of "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon."                          

                        Feinstein’s at Loews Regency will continue its Spring 2012 season with the debut of multi-award winning singer Jennifer Sheehan in her new show I Know A Place. Sheehan and her trio traverse the vast spectrum of music that was the sensational soundtrack of the '60s. Plus, she shares how younger generations are falling in love with these classic songs just as their parents did. Brimming with songs and stories, I Know A Place features music by songwriters such as Burt Bacharach, The Beatles and Antonio Carlos Jobim, plus songs made famous by Barbra Streisand, Petula Clark, Carole King, and more. It will run from May 23 through June 2 at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).

                                         The mouth-watering singer Carole J. Bufford sings about the “dry” years in Speak Easy, her new Prohibition-era show running at  Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, from May 5 to 24. Backed by the Grammy Award-winning jazz-age band, Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, Bufford pours out classics made famous by Sophie Tucker, Al Jolson, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Helen Kane, Annette Hanshaw and more.