Jezebel: Cabaret

R.I.P. Blossom Dearie

Sadie Stein — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:20:00 EST

Blossom Dearie, the cult cabaret singer famous for her girlish voice and gamine appearance, has died at 82. Hear her after the jump! More »

Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Sadie Stein — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:30:00 EST

Have you heard about the "Mad Men Revue?" And yes, it's about as odd as it sounds: a cabaret act featuring early 60's music performed by supporting cast from the cult AMC drama. So far, it's only played L.A., but Lionsgate is working on a plan to book more dates in Vegas, New York and maybe overseas. The original act featured Bryan Batt, Robert Morse (the original How To Succeed in Business... star, after all!), Colin Hanks, Patrick Fischler and Maggie Siff doing numbers "that ranged from early Dylan to pop and jazz standards," conducted by Mad Men's composer. Word is, more of the cast is interested in joining up: we're obviously crossing our fingers for Joan channeling Peggy Lee. [Variety] More »

Dallas Club With 12-Year-Old Stripper Will Pay No Price

Jessica G. — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:30:00 EDT

There's the old saying that fifteen can get you twenty, but in Dallas, Texas, it seems that twelve will get you no punishment whatsoever. Diamonds Cabaret, a Dallas-area strip club, is keeping its license even after it was discovered that the business employed a 12-year-old stripper for two weeks last year. According to Newsweek, the sixth grade runaway had no place to go, so she shacked up with David Bell, 22, and Diamond dancer Demonica Abron, 28. At first, Bell tried to fashion the tween into a prostitute, but she refused. So he took her to the Diamond Cabaret, a place described by Newsweek as located "in a dilapidated office park next to a business that rents hot tubs by the hour." More »

Tory Burch Is So Over Lance Armstrong

Jennifer — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:05 EST

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DesignerTory Burch is on the prowl! And just a few seconds shy of her ex Lance Armstrong. And we've got to hand it to the slinger of overpriced Upper East garb; she's dating both studio head Brad Grey and producer (and Katie Couric ex) Tom Werner. And all of them combined can't match the net worth of Lance's rebound, Ashley Olsen. Who, let us not forget, also designs clothing... and could be Tory Burch's daughter. Snap! [NY Post]

Slate.com's Troy Patterson has offered up...

Jennifer — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:45:00 EST

Slate.com's Troy Patterson has offered up the following philosophical gems based on the Project Runway Season 4 "fashion show" yesterday: "Can these competing designers be said to share an aesthetic? Who is the Project Runway woman? On the basis of the most striking outfits sent out, she's got a lot of Holly Golightly and Sally Bowles to her, and has a thing for metallics." Whoah. This is even more exciting than we could have imagined! We have already begun praying that this means there is going to be a little impromptu staging of Cabaret in the workroom. With Tim Gunn as the emcee, naturally. And we're thinking it would be fierce if Nina Garcia and Michael Kors were dueling Sallys! We can totally see Nina tearing up "Don't Tell Mama" and Kors crying his way through "Maybe This Time." [Slate.com] More »

For his Spring / Summer 2008 Menswear collection...

Jennifer — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:51:34 EDT

For his Spring / Summer 2008 Menswear collection Valentino showed...topless women? In a move that sounds straight out of Kander and Ebb's 'Cabaret', the Italian designer (who still insists he's not retiring) had topless dancers bedecked in glittering red thongs and red and black feathered wigs shimmying away while he showed his suiting. Well, that's one way to make men more interested in fashion... [Reuters] More »