Mark Nadler's Beach Party

The hardest-working man in cabaret, Nadler tickles the ivories and the audience with his zany blend of musical intelligence and vaudevillian showmanship. At the Beach Café, which he transformed into a new cabaret venue this summer, he celebrates his birthday with a pair of shows: Cole Porter After Dark (7pm), a tribute to one of the giants of the Great American Songbook followed by a free-wheeling, improvised set with special guests (9:30pm).