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Karen Tortora-Lee

Vocalist Champagne Pam, the Dog Walking Diva had the audience eating out of her palm last night at Don’t Tell Mama, New York’s legendary cabaret room.  With a song list that ranged from jazz to R&B to original songs, every note was a little drop of love for the clients she so adoringly tends to ... Read The Full Article...

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If you’re any kind of regular reader of THM then you know that around here we sure love Burlesque.  Lucky us!  Living in New York City as we do, there is no shortage of fantastic Burlesque performers who constantly and consistently have us hooting and hollering and calling out for more. If you, too, are ... Read The Full Article...

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    It’s astonishing that with all Liat Ron and Shelly Feldman have in common they haven’t met already.  They are both talented Israeli-American women working in theater in New York and happen to have shows which are opening presently.   But even though the world of Off-Off Broadway is a small one there’s still ... Read The Full Article...

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Champagne Pam is The Dog Walking Diva! Vocalist “Champagne Pam” returns to Don’t Tell Mama’s in her cabaret show  The Dog-Walking Diva. Bubbling with a spectrum of sound from contemporary music to jazz, this show is intended to pop with the cabaret devotee as well as dog lovers everywhere! Donald Rebic, piano, and John Hurley, ... Read The Full Article...

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If you’re fortunate enough to live in one of those apartment buildings with a decent sized lobby, chances are you’ve come across the characters who populate Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero currently running at The Gloria Maddox Theatre.  At first glance there’s nothing special about this lobby.  Neat, a bit shabby, in need of a coat ... Read The Full Article...

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  It’s easy to point out the obvious – that Bianca Leigh is transgendered, gorgeous and talented.  But what lies beyond the sequins, the lively productions numbers and the hilarious anecdotes which pepper her one-woman show, BUSTED: The Musical is the simply stated – but nevertheless complex – concept that how we see ourselves is not always ... Read The Full Article...

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Thinking about cheating on your wife?  Maybe first you should take in Andy James Hoover’s Corner Pocket (directed by Bridget R. Durkin).  After an evening of watching recently murdered professional pool player Glen O’Hara (James Liebman) juggle the ghost of the wife who is accused of murdering him (murdered herself soon after), his not-so-grieving girlfriend (who ... Read The Full Article...

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  Doric Wilson passed away May 7th of this year.  Some may know him as an American playwright, director, producer, critic and gay rights activist. Others may know him as the founder of TOSOS (The Other Side Of Silence) which was the first professional gay theatre company.   But to many he was much, much more ... Read The Full Article...

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Champagne Pam is The Dog Walking Diva! Vocalist “Champagne Pam” returns to Don’t Tell Mama’s in her cabaret show  The Dog-Walking Diva. Bubbling with a spectrum of sound from contemporary music to jazz, this show is intended to pop with the cabaret devotee as well as dog lovers everywhere! Donald Rebic, piano, and John Hurley, ... Read The Full Article...

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I’d say that Mark Gindick had me at “hello” with his one-man comedy performance Wing-Man (directed by Barry Lubin) but he actually never said “hello”.  In fact, he didn’t say anything.  For a solid hour Mark Gindick doesn’t really say a word  but as surely as he arrives on the scene with a rose and ... Read The Full Article...

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  I don’t even know how to start explaining how or why Neon Lights (created and performed by Chris Manley and Jeff Seal) became the show that had me laughing so hard that I was literally wheezing.  Truthfully, if I gave you a rundown of everything they did in their act it would sound like I’m ... Read The Full Article...

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  Ever wonder what it might be like to hang out for a weekend with the casually wealthy?  Ever yearn to be part of a clique of old friends who sit around and poke fun at each other for small transgressions such as packing five pairs of shoes for a four day trip or dropping, ... Read The Full Article...

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