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Club Review: “Lisa Viggiano Sings the Jane Olivor Songbook”

In her moving, intelligent, beautifully arranged and played show, Lisa Viggiano Sings the Jane Olivor Songbook, the Bistro Award-winning vocalist wisely chooses to concentrate on the songs themselves, rather than the artist, and to highlight the similarities between life...

DIVA TALK: Patti’s Back and Other Diva News!

I had heard so much about cabaret singer Lisa Viggiano that I was very excited to receive her first solo CD in the mail this week, “One Private Moment: Live From Don’t Tell Mama.” That, plus the fact that her show was directed by Scott Barnes...

CABARET GUIDE

Here is a selective listing of new or noteworthy cabaret shows in Manhattan this weekend. * denotes a highly recommended show.

Lisa Viggiano Sings The Jane Olivor Songbook

Lisa Viggiano undoubtedly chose Jane Olivor in part because their voices are similar, but also because she thinks of the artist’s oeuvre as having healing qualities (she notes its popularity during the AIDS crisis)...

A few of my favorite (recently released) things

With the impressive amounts of perspective, warmth, and life lessons that come through in her performances, Lisa Viggiano could convincingly pass as an esteemed philosopher, earth mother, sought-after advice columnist, and guru...

“Night in the City” at Laurie Beechman Theatre

Lisa Viggiano’s new show, “Night in the City,” which recently played at both the Laurie Beechman Theatre and Don’t Tell Mama, is a delight from start to finish...

Lisa Viggiano and “The Times They Are A-Changin'”

Since October 2022, singer Lisa Viggiano has been performing her set of songs that were sung and recorded by noted singer Jane Olivor. The show, Lisa Viggiano Sings the Jane Olivor Songbook, has been praised as “superlative” (Broadway World)...

So, I've Heard... 'Feeling Good' this Season

Good music in New York City's nightclubs offers endless opporTUNEities for feeling good, perhaps with even more awareness of that gratitude attitude instilled by the season. So, let's start with two shows that include the song...

Review: Lisa Viggiano Brings The Sunshine To The Beach Cafe

Lisa Viggiano's children are all growing up. Her oldest son is now 18 and heading off to college. Her youngest son just turned 13. And in 2020 her cabaret career will turn 20. Twenty years ago, Lisa Viggiano stepped nervously, cautiously, excitedly and joyfully onto a nightclub stage...