Email Author David Finkle

2012 Stories by David Finkle

• 'Broadway by the Year' w/ Scott Siegel

  published May 9, 2012

  In tonight’s installment of his cherished “Broadway by the Year” series, the impresario-in-a-bolo-tie Scott Siegel gets around... More >>

• Marlene VerPlanck

  published May 9, 2012

  At the moment, she’s one of the best singers regularly plying her vocal wares around town, delivering standards in a way that consistently... More >>

• Lorinda Lisitza

  published April 25, 2012

  Long a first-rate Kurt Weill-Bertolt Brecht interpreter, the nitty-gritty singer tonight reprises “Triumphant Baby,” a show in the... More >>

• Aaron Lazar

  published April 11, 2012

  Lazar had one of the top five, maybe top three, voices of all leading men on Broadway. Better yet, he’s a ball of fire when he’s just... More >>

• Eric Comstock

  published April 11, 2012

  Inexplicably, the late melody-maker Burton Lane’s centennial is one of the few that hasn’t received proper attention, though maybe... More >>

• Roslyn Kind

  published April 11, 2012

  Listening to Barbra Streisand’s sister, you wonder how the two compare: The latter’s soprano is as polished and pure as her more... More >>

• Barb Jungr

  published April 4, 2012

  If it’s true as well as a cliché that it’s an ill wind that blows no good, the closing of the Algonquin’s Oak Room may be... More >>

• Colleen McHugh

  published March 21, 2012

  Maybe McHugh is calling this “Bein’ Green” because it opens so soon after St. Patrick’s day, but whatever the name, this... More >>

• Sharon McNight

  published March 21, 2012

  Sharon McNight’s shows are not just shows; they’re also master classes on how to fill a cabaret room with music, humor, and a vibe... More >>

• Loni Ackerman

  published February 22, 2012

  In a show she calls “Back to Ab-Normal,” Ackerman looks back on her time in show business, a career that has among other things seen... More >>

• Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

  published February 15, 2012

  The master trumpeter, who became the enormously successful “A” half of A&M Records (Jerry Moss was the “M”), has never... More >>

• 'The Broadway Musicals of 1946'

  published February 1, 2012

  Tonight, tireless impresario Scott Siegel begins his 12th season by looking back fondly at Broadway’s past. This time, he’s set his... More >>

• 'Hello Gorgeous!: Leslie Kritzer Sings Jule Styne'

  published January 25, 2012

  It’s no surprise that Leslie Kritzker is again singing the late, great Jule Styne: Some years back, she was a rip-snorting Fanny Brice in... More >>

• Christine Ebersole

  published January 18, 2012

  When it comes to raising her voice in song, Christine Ebersole does it all: Name the genre, and she chants rings around it. As a two-time Tony... More >>

• 'Soul to Soul'

  published January 11, 2012

  Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Yiddish-theater expert Zalmen “Shlemiel the First” Mlotek puts together a revue showcasing the... More >>

• Jane Monheit

  published January 4, 2012

  If there's one thing the recent work of Jane Monheit proves, it's that maturing doesn’t mean losing freshness and immediacy. Now more than a... More >>