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 week

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 week.

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 Kitchen
  • price 2 of 4
Mosher is one of those talents you need to see to believe: warm, funny, biting, ferociously committed. In her weekly series at the downstairs Birdland Theater, she invites a gaggle of performers from Broadway and beyond to show their talents. 
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  • Music
  • Cabaret and standards
  • Noho
  • price 3 of 4
Caustic wit, witchy charisma and fearless queer wisdom have made Justin Vivian Bond one of New York’s essential performers. Now the alt-cabaret star, trans icon and newly laureled McArthur "Genius" Grantee returns to Joe’s Pub with a solstice show to melt the hearts of snowflakes everywhere. Shows run between December 12-22.
  • Music
  • Cabaret and standards
  • Noho
  • price 3 of 4
New York’s stalwart old-school entertainer and Somebody Somewhere star Murray “Mr. Showbiz” Hill brings his rollicking year-end celebration—always one of the highlights of the season—back to Joe's Pub with burlesque titillation, musical mayhem and comedic mirth. Hill knows many talented people, so expect some very special guests.  Shows run between December 12-20.
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  • Music
  • Cabaret and standards
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • price 2 of 4
Three Birdland mainstays—the clarion-voiced Klea Blackhurst, the waggish host Jim Caruso and the velvety pianist-crooner Billy Stritch—get into the swing of the holiday season with their 15th annual set of set of jazzy Christmas classics.
  • Music
  • Cabaret and standards
  • Noho
  • price 4 of 4
The Divine Sandra's best work gives pop culture a big, sloppy kiss, while simultaneously biting it on the lip. Her annual year-capping residency at Joe’s Pub blends irony, wistfulness, sentiment and tongue-in-cheek (or are they?) rock songs by artists from Burt Bacharach to Lana Del Ray. 
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