The Midtown Gazette

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Sandy Stewart: Singing the Song and Telling the Story

“Just sing the song and tell the story.” For singer Sandy Stewart, that is the task. “I’ve been doing this for 70 years. I know what works,” Stewart said, sitting on the red sofa bed in her one-bedroom apartment on the Upper East Side. On Oct. 31, Stewart will receive the Mabel Mercer Award at…

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Anmargaret Warner

October 31, 2019
Two young debutants of the Cabaret Convention discuss the future of the genre

“A bastion of tradition,” “an exclusive country-club retreat for an older audience repelled by the abrasive tone of contemporary pop,” wrote Stephen Holden, a long-time music critic for The New York Times, of the Cabaret Convention four years ago. This month, the convention, produced by the not-for-profit Mabel Mercer Foundation, celebrates its 30th anniversary, with…

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Nina Bambysheva

October 26, 2019
Today’s “Footloose”: Push for repeal of cabaret law

The repeal of a 1926 law that prohibits dancing is up for debate.

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Lindsay Cayne

October 6, 2017