Features: Cabaret confidential

The delicious Christine Ebersole returns to The Café Carlyle (35 E 76th St @ Madison Ave, TheCarlyle.com) Jan 31–Feb 25 to sweep away your winter blues with her musical director, John Oddo, and a new four-week engagement that will include a special Valentine’s Day show on Feb 14. continue reading »

The terrific “Lyrics & Lyricists” series at 92nd St Y (1395 Lexington Ave @ 92nd St, www.92Y.org/Lyrics) kicks off 2012 with Robert Kimball’s Makin’ Whoopee: Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn and the Jazz Age January 7–9. continue reading »

The bawdy Baby Jane Dexter will premiere her newest show, Still Bad, Still Blue, at The Metropolitan Room (34 W 22nd St, MetropolitanRoom.com) for eight Friday and Saturday nights from November 25 through December 23. continue reading »

The “King of Jazz” and the “Queen of Cool,” husband-and-wife team John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, return to The Café Carlyle (35 E 76th St, TheCarlyle.com) with their brand-new show Nov 1–26. With their trademark witty banter and inimitable sense of style, Pizzarelli and Molaskey have elevated the genre of cabaret show to an art form of which they reign supreme. continue reading »

One of the legendary divas of Broadway, Betty Buckley, returns to Feinstein’s at Loews Regency (540 Park Ave, FeinsteinsAtLoewsRegency.com) Oct 4–29 with her new show, Ah Men! The Boys of Broadway. continue reading »

 
Rebecca Kilgore will be generating even more heat this month with Some Like It Hot – The Music of Marilyn Monroe, at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency (540 Park Ave at 61st St, FeinsteinsAtLoewsRegency.com), August 9–13. Normally specializing in the 1930s and ’40s, Kilgore will be accompanied by the Harry Allen Quartet on Monroe’s classic “body of work” including “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” and many others. continue reading »

 
Returning to New York from Palm Springs for the first time in almost a decade, Norman Lasiter will perform his solo show at The Metropolitan Room (34 W 22nd St, 212-206-0440) on July 6 at 7:00 pm. Accompanied by brilliant music director Christopher Marlowe, Lasiter runs the gamut from Broadway standards to pop classics, with a liberal dose of  wry wit and dashing personality. Check out the rest of the Met Room’s schedule at MetropolitanRoom.com continue reading »