Patti Bottino-Bravo celebrates endings, beginnings, and everything in between with the Gregory Toroian Trio. When a half-century of working a day job ends, and the expectations don't quite meet the reality, the only thing to do about it is... SING! Directed by Lina Koutrakos, Bottino-Bravo and her accomplished musicians, musical director/arranger Gregory Toroian on piano, […]

Harry Warren was the most prolific and successful songwriter for the motion picture industry from the 1930s through the 1950s Yet, almost no one knows who he is. His songs garnered 11 Academy Award nominations and 3 Oscar wins. Bob Ader in this one man cabaret show uses his various talents to tell the story of how so many of these hit songs got written and presents a profile of the life of this wonderful unknown songwriter of many of the most enduring hit songs in The Great American Song Book. ^  At the piano is the phenomenal  Elliot Finkel. Musical arrangements by Salvatore Messano. The show is directed by Marilyn Spanier who previously directed Bob in his one man autobiographical musical variety show, 60 Years IN The Business. ^ Get prepared to be enlightened and entertained. Performances are Saturday, December 9th at 8pm and Sunday December 10th at 12:30pm. Both performances are at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC. $20 Cover and $20 two drink minimum. MAC Members get a discounted Cover Charge of $15. CASH ONLY.  Links to reservation pages for both performances. https://shows.donttellmamanyc.com/7818-bob-ader-harry-who-the-songs-of-harry-warren-12-9-23   https://shows.donttellmamanyc.com/7819-bob-ader-harry-who-the-songs-of-harry-warren-12-10-23 See less

Harry Warren was the most prolific and successful songwriter for the motion picture industry from the 1930s through the 1950s Yet, almost no one knows who he is. His songs garnered 11 Academy Award nominations and 3 Oscar wins. Bob Ader in this one man cabaret show uses his various talents to tell the story of how so many of these hit songs got written and presents a profile of the life of this wonderful unknown songwriter of many of the most enduring hit songs in The Great American Song Book.  At the piano is the phenomenal  Elliot Finkel. Musical arrangements by Salvatore Messano. The show is directed by Marilyn Spanier who previously directed Bob in his one man autobiographical musical variety show, 60 Years IN The Business.  Get prepared to be enlightened and entertained. Performances are Saturday, December 9th at 8pm and Sunday December 10th at 12:30pm. Both performances are at Don’t Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, NYC. $20 Cover and $20 two drink minimum. MAC Members get a discounted Cover Charge of $15. CASH ONLY.  Links to reservation pages for both performances. https://shows.donttellmamanyc.com/7818-bob-ader-harry-who-the-songs-of-harry-warren-12-9-23   https://shows.donttellmamanyc.com/7819-bob-ader-harry-who-the-songs-of-harry-warren-12-10-23 See less

Rebel Squeezebox: a dazzling world music journey through the histories of women who revolutionized the accordion. What is the accordion and who plays it?? Broadway accordionist and childhood music educator Mary Spencer Knapp takes us on a musical journey to meet some of the squeezebox’s most influential players from around the world. Together we will […]

A tribute to songs from musicals written (in part) at the Algonquin Hotel. The musicals include MY FAIR LADY, CAMELOT, Noel Coward's SAIL AWAY, and CHARLOTTE SWEET. All-star cast includes Major Attaway, Craig Bierko (singing "Camelot"), Nat Chandler, David Edwards, Shana Farr, Jenn Gambatese, Anita Gillette ("Wouldn't It Be Loverly?"), Leah Hocking, Michael McCoy, Rita […]

Originally presented at the American Popular Song Society last February, Tom Toce presents The Songs of Taylor Swift. He will be joined by Meg Flather, Hannah Jane, Jillian Mustillo, Megan Styrna, members of the Yale a cappella singing group Something Extra (Kira Berman, Serena Feniger, and Lara Yellin) and others. Over her seventeen-year career, Swift […]