Matt Baker News

Benny Benack III will play Dizzy's Club for two peformances, release a new album, and play ten city tour.

This week's LINEUP felt like a family reunion, with some Birdland faces back in the basement

Broadway's Kathryn Allison, Sam Gravitte, Luke Hawkins, and Jelani Remy returned to Birdland with yet another sold-out performance of “Brat Pack.” See production photos below!

With his Gershwin show, Matt Baker has built an evening of live entertainment that epitomizes what the live music scene is (or should be) all about.

June 6th saw another fine time in the Birdland basement

Benny follows in the footsteps of his trumpeter/bandleader grandfather Benny Benack Sr., his saxophonist/clarinetist father Benny Benack Jr., and his mother Claudia Benack, a voice professor at Carnegie Mellon University who’s instructed the likes of Josh Groban, Leslie Odom Jr., and more. Watch the new video now!

Matt Baker was in the Birdland basement once more last week to document another stellar night at THE LINEUP.

After two NYC appearances in 2022, Phillip Officer returns to the Manhattan cabaret stage, where he belongs.

Richard Jay-Alexander and Kate Shindle made for a super special night at THE LINEUP.

At last week's LINEUP the talent was out, and se were Susie's new trophies.

Up-and-comer no more, Zoe Van Tieghem is FLINGING herself into her art.

City Lit Producer and Artistic Director Terry McCabe announced that the theatre’s 2023-2024 season—its forty-third—will be his last on its staff. 

Susie Mosher, Matt Baker, and all the gang were living it up at Birdland Theater last week.

Matt Baker is back behind the piano and in a new venue. He will bring his Gershwin show to Chelsea Table + Stage this spring

CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE will present Matt Baker’s “A Rhapsody of Gershwin” on Tuesday, June 6, at 7:00 PM.

As The Lineup comes back to weekly shows, Susie Mosher gears up for springtime at Birdland with a great show and some fabulous Matt Baker photos.

Jim Caruso’s Cast Party, which is about to celebrate two decades at the iconic Birdland in NYC, seems to be entering a Golden Age of entertainment! Over the past few months the room has been packed with audiences eager to cheer the impromptu open mic/variety show made up of Broadway performers, cabaret divas, jazzers, and a few acts impossible-to-describe!

After a successful tryout earlier this season, Zoë Van Tieghem returns for more music making with Matt Baker.

Zoë Van Tieghem and Matt Baker are back in business and The Green Room 42's got them.

On April 26 at 9:30 PM, Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and pianist, Nicole Zuraitis, leads an all-star ensemble in her debut at Dizzy's Club.