If you can鈥檛 wait for War Paint to see two-time Tony winner Christine Ebersole, you鈥檙e in luck. The musical theatre great hits the cabaret scene later this month. And she鈥檚 not the only one. Find your favorite voices at these New York City venues and enjoy a night out on the town.
Marilyn Maye
Marilyn By Request
January 5鈥�14 at the Metropolitan Room
The grande dame of nightclub singers鈥攚ho turns 89 in April鈥攔eturns with music director Billy Stritch for an evening of songs requested by the audience. (Have your requests ready when you book a table, so Maye and Stritch can prepare the set list.)
Ute Lemper
Songs from the Broken Heart
January 7鈥�11 at Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below
The German-born chanteuse, a renowned interpreter of the works of Kurt Weill, returns to Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below with a new show about life, wonder, love, doubt, and loss.
David Yazbek
January 9 at Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below
The composer of The Full Monty, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and the new musical The Band鈥檚 Visit is a vibrant, high-octane performer of his songs. He will stop in at Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below for one night, sharing the stage with special guest Ana茂s Mitchell, the singer-songwriter who composed last season鈥檚 Off-Broadway musical Hadestown.
Christine Ebersole
After the Ball鈥�
January 19鈥�21 at Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below
Two-time Tony winner Ebersole, who will be back on Broadway this spring with War Paint, returns to Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below with her latest act featuring classics like 鈥淭he Way You Look Tonight鈥� and 鈥淟azy Afternoon.鈥�
Get Happy: Harold Arlen鈥檚 Early Years
Jan. 21鈥�23 at the 92nd Street Y
Robert Kimball, Vince Giordano, and Klea Blackhurst have assembled this salute to Arlen鈥檚 early output, including all those hits from his years at the Cotton Club in Harlem (including 鈥淪tormy Weather鈥� and 鈥淚鈥檝e Got the World on a String鈥�). Gary Griffin, of Honeymoon in Vegas, directs.
Nellie McKay
A Girl Named Bill鈥擳he Life and Times of Billy Tipton
January 26鈥�28 at Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below
Singer-songwriter McKay returns with A Girl Named Bill, which was one of the most memorable cabaret acts of 2014. The story of bandleader Billy Tipton, who was discovered after death to have been a woman, is even more provocative and relevant today; and McKay鈥攚hom you might have seen in The Threepenny Opera or Old Hats鈥攊s a most entertaining performer.
