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During more than 30 years as a magazine and website publisher/editor/writer, Stephen Hanks has written about sports, health and nutrition, parenting, politics, the media, musical theater, and cabaret. In addition to writing about New York City cabaret for BroadwayWorld.com, Stephen also reviews cabaret shows for Cabaret Scenes Magazine and CabaretScenes.org. He is the Board President of Musical Mondays Theatre Lab, which workshops new musicals in New York City, and a former Board Member of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs. In 2011, Stephen was an Associate Producer for the Off-Broadway show THE FARTISTE. Please contact Stephen with your comments and questions at: stephenhanks41@gmail.com

CABARET LIFE NYC: Joe Louis Walker Band is a Revelation for this Lapsed Blues Buff
by Stephen Hanks

Three days before before being inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame at the soon to close Kenny's Castaways, Joe Louis Walker and his band played an August 16th show at B.B. King's on 42nd Street and not only brought down the house but made a believer out of this lapsed blues fan.

BWW Reviews: Paul Simon and Wynton Marsalis Jazz Up the Simon Songbook at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall
by Stephen Hanks

Paul Simon may be 70 years old, but he's still marvelous after all these years. One of America's greatest troubadours once again displayed his timeless artistry at last week's three-concert benefit run at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Hall, which featured the great Wynton Marsalis and his 14-piece JLC Orchestra joining Simon's eight-piece band for a jazzy and sometimes swinging interpretation of 14 songs from the massive Paul Simon songbook.

BWW Reviews: Terese Genecco's New 'Live from the Iridium NYC' CD - A Sensational Homage to the Swingin' Nightclub Greats
by Stephen Hanks

Terese Genecco's second CD release is a wonderfully polished production that is a tribute to her musical heroes, including Frank, Dean, Sammy, Marilyn Maye and Mel Torme.