A Step Beyond the Rain: Karen Oberlin at The Pheasantry, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The lustrous New York cabaret star Karen Oberlin brought back to London a show that she called Over the Rainbow at the Crazy Coqs in 2013 but is now tweaked and renamed A Step Beyond the Rain. Either […]
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New York round-up – tributes to Cy Coleman, Harold Arlen and Irving Berlin
During a recent visit to New York, Patrick Honoré was entertained by top-notch tributes to three of Broadway’s greatest composers – Cy Coleman, Harold Arlen and Irving Berlin. On top of all the new musicals opening this spring, Broadway was alive with the sound of the music from three of its greatest composers. The first of […]
Tale of Three Cities – Daryl Sherman – Crazy Coqs
Daryl Sherman performs her show Tale of Three Cities at the Crazy Coqs, London until 12 July. “It’s a hermetically-sealed bubble of civilisation,” says American jazz singer-pianist Daryl Sherman of the increasingly popular London cabaret room Crazy Coqs, but it’s also worth pointing out that this kind of atmosphere can only be created when artists as […]
Karen Oberlin – Over the Rainbow – Crazy Coqs
Karen Oberlin performs Over the Rainbow: The Songs of Arlen and Harburg at the Crazy Coqs, London. The husky, smoky, smooth, sophisticated, classical voice of glamorous New Yorker Karen Oberlin is one of the glories of the world of cabaret and on her second visit to the Crazy Coqs she took us through the distinguished […]
