TANYA MOBERLY

FEBRUARY 19, 2025 By Paulanne Simmons. February 19, 2025. Amy Beth Williams’ Valentine’s Day show at Don’t Tell Mama, Amy Beth Williams: In Reverse, was about time and how it cycles through the seasons of our lives. But as the seasons have already been covered very well musically, principally by Antonio Vivaldi, Williams decided to take a different approach. DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

JANUARY 11, 2025 By Andrew Poretz***Vocalist Amy Beth Williams is a Bistro Award-winning performer who finished up 2024 with three performances of this, her latest show, In Reverse, at Don’t Tell Mama, accompanied by music director and pianist Ian Herman, bassist Ritt Henn and drummer David Silliman. (Interestingly, the very tall Henn sat for the entire concert; at his height, his double bass could pass for... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

FEBRUARY 9, 2025 "It's a lazy afternoon, and the beetle bugs are zooming; and the tulip trees are blooming; And there's not another human in view-- but us two!" Those are the first lyrics we hear in the encore presentation of award-winning performer Rian Keating's deeply personal and highly unique one-man show Songs from My Trunk at New York… DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

FEBRUARY 7, 2025 Reviewed by Bart Greenberg. Marnie Klar Photo by Taka Harkness. In her program Karen Carpenter Covers Marnie Klar paid tribute to that angel-voiced singer. Why “covers”?  DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

DECEMBER 25, 2024  Becca Kidwell's latest offering, Love Songs, which premiered on Sunday, December 15 at Don’t Tell Mama, was an emotionally charged and musically captivating journey through the complexities of love ... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

DECEMBER 23, 2024  With two distinctly different shows currently on the schedule at Manhattan’s famous venue Don’t Tell Mama, singer-songwriter Becca Kidwell is certainly one of the busiest women in the New York City cabaret world today. People who have seen her many previous original shows in the past have praised the award-winner for both her talents as well as her willingness to share her personal stories ... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

DECEMBER 18, 2024 Amy Beth Williams In Reverse. Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, December 18, 2024. Review and photos by Alix Cohen. Amy Beth Williams “I’m not a fan of the month of January (and wonder why we have February at all), so I thought if I’m going to do a show of the months of the year, I’ll end in January,” Amy Beth Williams explained. This would be easy to assemble with familiar signifying ...DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

DECEMBER 6, 2024 By Scott Barbarino***Vocalist Marnie Klar is one of those performers who naturally emanates a beautiful warmth and genuine innocence and spirit. Like Karen Carpenter, she draws you in with her smile and eyes. She also can express vulnerability that belies her underlying strength. DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

NOVEMBER 3, 2024 She’s sung songs by Sondheim, Seals & Crofts, Annie Lennox, and a big roster of contemporary New York songwriters, but Tanya Moberly has not previously performed an entire show featuring songs from the Great American Songbook. That changed with the debut of a new Don’t Tell Mama show, called simply Standards, which features a grand total of 28 American pop and theatre songs written between 1923 and 1962—from Turkey Trot era to Twist time.

OCTOBER 31, 2024 Tanya Moberly Standards. Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, October 18, 2024. Reviewed by Bart Greenberg. Tanya Moberly Photo: Stephen Mosher. Tanya Moberly, with her clarion voice and the clarity of her every lyric, a command of the stage (and a fine director of other people), took over Don’t Tell Mama for her first evening exclusively devoted to standards from the Great American Songbook.

OCTOBER 18, 2024 Tanya Moberly Standards. Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, October 18, 2024. Reviewed by Bart Greenberg. Tanya Moberly Photo: Stephen Mosher. Tanya Moberly, with her clarion voice and the clarity of her every lyric, a command of the stage (and a fine director of other people), took over Don’t Tell Mama for her first evening exclusively devoted to standards from the Great American Songbook.

OCTOBER 15, 2024 My latest photo journal features images from the return engagement of MAC award-winning Rian Keating’s Songs from the Trunk: Story Songs & Other Musical Treasures on Thursday, October 10th, at Don’t Tell Mama. Tanya Moberly directed the show, and Darryl Curry provided musical direction.. Rian is a master storyteller. The show was filled with fascinating stories told between songs that he ... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

OCTOBER 22, 2024 Moberly is a fine actress who gives us over 20 interesting characters while simply presenting the songs without a lot of folderol. She is working in the tradition of some of the great musical ...

OCTOBER 21, 2024 By Scott Barbarino***Cabaret favorite Tanya Moberly is a powerhouse singer whose love and thorough command of the Great American Songbook, down to every lyric detail, is undeniable. Covering the full range of songs in her set, each obviously with their own meanings and emotions, she delivered every lyric and made every moment uniquely Tanya.

MAY 19, 2024 Tanya Moberly I Love New York Songwriters. May 19, 2024. Reviewed by Alix Cohen. Tanya Moberly is something of a force of nature. Inspired by all she heard at Mark Janis’s Salon, she took over and produced the event for 15 years.This live-at-Don’t-Tell-Mama two-CD set is based on shows she had performed in 2013 and 2021 and was recorded over two evenings in October 2023 (Part I) and two ...

MAY 16, 2024 Reviewed by Bart Greenberg. Dan Thaler asserted the present in his opening number “These Are the Days” (Ben Cullum); it featured a gentle rock arrangement and his laid-back tenor with its melting high notes. ... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

MARCH 20, 2024 In her search for the song “Humphrey Bogart” that she had heard in a cabaret show, Amy Beth Williams discovered an album featuring pianist William Bolcom and singer Joan Morris that paid tribute to songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller...  DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

NOVEMBER 8, 2023 I see a lot of cabaret. A multitude of reasons can make a show good, but to be great, everything has to come together. This show is great. Amy Beth Williams discovered a little known album called The Other Lieber and Stoller. Known for hits like Hound Dog, Stand By Me, and Spanish Harlem, the collaborators also wrote wry, unformulaic rock. Challenging and sometimes dramatically ambiguous ... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

OCTOBER 11, 2023 It is a brave artist indeed who tries to capture the complex nature of the career of Carly Simon. That is the task that Marnie Klar sets for herself in her show MARNIE KLAR SINGS CARLY SIMON ... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

AUGUST 15, 2023 By Andrew Poretz … It’s impossible not to notice the performer Marnie Klar the moment she walks into any room. Ms. Klar looks like a high-fashion model (her bio unsurprisingly bears this out) with the high cheekbones of a cover girl. When this statuesque beauty opens her mouth, her dulcet tones complement the visage. DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

JULY 8, 2023 By Scott Barbarino***The CD Forever Me With Love was brought to my attention in a phone call with Ralph Lampkin, whose recent passing will be felt deeply by all who knew him, but especially by the clients he tirelessly championed. Knowing what an incredible ear he had I sure did take a listen and was impressed. Her show at Don’t Tell Mama celebrating the release of her album did not disappoint...DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

MAY 10, 2023 The glamorous chanteuse has just released her debut album, Forever Me with Love, and she celebrated in style by delivering a delightful 12-song tribute to old-fashioned romance...DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

JUNE 24, 2022 By Michael Barbieri***As a critic, I’m afforded the opportunity to see some wonderful performers. There are times, however, when I see someone in a brilliant new light, and their performance is eye-opening in a way I never expected. In this very way, Tanya Moberly’s tribute to The Beatles and Led Zeppelin was a revelation!...

MARCH 18, 2022 By Andrew Poretz . . . The last time a numbers guy made a name for himself as an entertainer, the world got Bob Newhart, a former accountant. Jeff Flaster has taken it a step further... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

OCTOBER 19 2021 Audiences should flock to Tanya Moberly's new show to see a true-blue musical monologist in action, and to get to know the works of the cream of the crop of New York songwriters.

OCTOBER 11, 2021 A singing actress with many qualities similar to the greatest stage actress of her day, Amy Beth Williams has a new cabaret show that takes the audience on a musical trip around the world...DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

JULY 30, 2021 Kendra Cunnigham is what would occur if Terri Garr and Mae West had a love child. She’s the first person in her family to leave her home in Boston since her grandmother immigrated from Lithuania...DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 Audiences should flock to Tanya Moberly's new show to see a true-blue musical monologist in action, and to get to know the works of the cream of the crop of New York songwriters... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

AUGUST 5, 2019 Salon is a weekly open mic night where artists can try out new material in a judgment-free zone. I recently did some undercover reporting. It wasn't dangerous or glamorous, like Hunter S. Thompson ... CO-PRODUCED BY TANYA MOBERLY AND MARK JANAS

JUNE 14, 2019 Singer Susanne Mack’s new show WHERE I BELONG, playing at Pangea, the best cabaret room in town, is a diverse mix of song and story that continually emphasizes our basic human need for authentic connection to both place and people.Ms. Mack knows something about belonging. In the opening moments of the show, she proudly announced she’d just become a legal resident alien, having emigrated ... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

NOVEMBER 15, 2018 Evaluating comedy is always easy. People either laugh or they don’t. And laugh they did. The young couples at the long table facing me roared. My very Jewish husband and I not only laughed out loud, we laughed out loud often...DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 Evaluating comedy is always easy. People either laugh or they don’t. And laugh they did. The young couples at the long table facing me roared. My very Jewish husband and I not only laughed out loud, we laughed out loud often..DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

MAY 10, 2017 For Ruth, bars are not bastions of cheery comradery. Having worked and patronized a slew of them in Manhattan and Brooklyn, they are little purgatories where a health inspector can ruin your day and burgeoning hipsters wave for service using their selfie sticks.... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

FEB 27, 2017 Reviewed by Randolph B. Eigenbrode for Cabaret Scenes. Most cabarets glorify a persona inhabiting the spotlight, gently inviting us to discover them.... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

MAY 20, 2016 Ruth is an accomplished actor who gets a chance to lay out his soul and considerable skills in this performance. It’s told thru his own eyes and the caricatures of characters he’s encountered, including a sleazy health inspector, the pretentious man with the man bun and the shrill stereotype Jewish woman... DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY

NOVEMBER 15, 2019 by Joe Regan Jr. Bistro and MAC Award winner Tanya Moberly has been doing a series of shows at Don’t Tell Mama for the past five months entitled “Songs I Feel Like Singing” with a different musician each month (Mark Janas, Sean Harkness, Steven Ray Watkins, and...

JULY 9, 2016 Tanya Moberly does R & B as naturally as some vocalists breathe. In the course of this ferocious show, she’s combative, unhinged, exhausted and raw. Lyrics are pulled like taffy—kneaded, spat and moaned...

MAY 19, 2013 Marnie Klar’s new show, “Accidental Happiness,” is all about struggling with the hurdles that life throws in our path, and overcoming them. With the exception of her personal account of one such challenge and how she dealt with it, the theme is not stated explicitly. Rather, it’s communicated through the musical programming and Klar’s interpretations, and on both counts the evening is an artistically commanding and emotionally potent triumph....DIRECTED BY TANYA MOBERLY