Word: cabaret
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...DIED. BOBBY SHORT, 80, cabaret performer whose combination of swank elegance and boyish exuberance became a symbol of Manhattan sophistication, drawing glitterati from Woody Allen (who featured Short in two movies) to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; in New York City. His Great American Songbook repertoire included stylish, raspy celebrations of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller. After first playing professionally at the age of 11 as the "Miniature King of Swing," he became a fixture for 36 years at New York's Carlyle Hotel Cafe, where he would have opened its 50th anniversary season...
DIED. BOBBY SHORT, 80, boyishly exuberant cabaret performer who became a symbol of Manhattan sophistication, drawing glitterati from Woody Allen (who featured Short in two movies) to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; in New York City. With a repertoire that included raspy celebrations of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller, Short began his career at age 11 as the Miniature King of Swing and was a fixture at New York City's Carlyle Hotel for 36 years. After attempting to retire from that job last year, he planned to make this season his last...
...fame, winelust, and terroir, the film’s untranslatable but ubiquitous term meaning something between “soil” and “heartland.” The film itself is driven by its energetic camerawork, tantalizing leads, and a madcap soundtrack ranging from vintage French cabaret to the Kinks. Adventurous moviegoers should be driven by curiosity and the desire to stray from the well-beaten Hollywood track, and they will not be disappointed...
Performances include anything imaginable, like jazz, singer-songwriter, poetry, klezmer, classical, dance, indie-rock, performance art, vaudeville cabaret, “guitar mysticism” and even live re-enactments of old radio dramas. The schedule is incredibly packed, with multiple performances most days of the week...
...most recent in the “Learning from Performers” series given by the Office For the Arts (OFA), Prince and accompanist Alex Rybeck shared the floor with seven Harvard undergraduate musicians, transforming the rather austere Lowell Lecture Hall into a forum that was at once a cabaret and a seminar...