John Cameron Mitchell and Amber Martin
Photograph: Courtesy Doug CoombeJohn Cameron Mitchell and Amber Martin
Photograph: Courtesy Doug Coombe

The best cabaret shows in NYC this month

Get up close and personal with the best nightclub singers in New York every week at Gotham's best cabaret shows

Adam Feldman
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In an age of globalism, cabaret is a fundamentally local art: a private concert in an intimate nightclub, where music and storytelling merge at close range. And no city offers as wide a range of thrilling cabaret artists as New York City, from Broadway and pop legends like Patti LuPone and Debbie Harry to outrageous downtown provocateurs like Bridget Everett and Taylor Mac, drag stars like Alaska and Dina Martina and world-class interpreters like Alan Cumming and Meow Meow. Here's where to find the best of them this month.

Best Cabaret Shows in NYC This Week

  • Music
  • Cabaret and standards
  • East Village
He’s worked with Liza Minnelli, Kylie Minogue and just about every downtown act in NYC. Now composer, pianist and performer Lance Horne hosts his own wild night of singing, drinking and dancing, strip-teasing and bad behavior at the East Village nightlife hub Club Cumming. Expect advanced show-tune geekery and appearances by Broadway stars looking to get down by the piano. Plan to sleep in on Tuesday.
  • Music
  • Cabaret and standards
  • Hell's KitchenOpen run
  • price 2 of 4
Part cabaret, part piano bar and part social set, Cast Party offers a chance to hear rising and established talents step up to the microphone (backed by the slap and tickle of Steve Doyle on bass and Billy Stritch at the ivories, plus the bang of Daniel Glass on drums). The waggish Caruso presides as host.
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  • Music
  • Cabaret and standards
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • price 2 of 4
Have the time of your life at this queer cabaret-variety show by naughty-cuddly Broadway studmuffin Colin Cunliffe (Cabaret), featuring James Rushin at the keys and guest vocalists Natalie Joy Johnson, Emma Sophia, Stephanie Gibson, Corrine Munsch and Ińes Nassara. The theme is the soundtrack from the Catskills classic Dirty Dancing.
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