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Strange Days : A Five Star Musical Banquet
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Anticipation in The Metropolitan Room on Sunday night is demonstrably electric. Critics talk shop, singers hug, strangers sharing tables share past experience of the entertainers.
Eddie Bruce At Feinstein’s—Keeping the Music Alive
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around
Eddie Bruce may hail from Philadelphia, but he seems right at home onstage in New York City. With a tight three-man combo behind him consisting
Eddie Bruce’s “Feeling Good” at Feinstein’s
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around
Philadelphia native and crooner extraordinaire Eddie Bruce will be making a grand return to New York City this weekend when he headlines at Feinstein’s at
Sigali Hamberger: A Toast to Ava Gardner
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Ninety per cent of the way through Sigali Hamberger ‘s very personal retelling of Ava Gardner’s tumultuous life, she stands at the back of the
Terese Genecco Swings in for Johnny Rodgers
Friday, July 15th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
When a performer is told by his doctor “you can’t sing—or even talk” hours before a gig, it’s a community miracle that pulls together a
Woman Around Town: KT Sullivan—
Bubbles in a Glass of Champagne
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
“Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne” You Go to My Head (Haven Gillespie/J. Fred Coots) If Con Ed could wire KT Sullivan, Manhattan
Who Doesn’t Love Movies?!
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Eric Michael Gillett watched MGM change its billboard outside his bedroom window starting at age seven. He always loved the movies. There were two twenty-five-cent
Winter Sunshine Courtesy of the Johnny Rodgers Band
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Sunday night, the buoyant Johnny Rodgers Band rocked the roof off Iridium on West 51st Street. From jazzy Johnny Mercer standards with which his voice
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