Mark Hartman (he/him) is a New York-based pianist, coach, conductor, arranger and composer working in theater, cabaret, and concerts around the world. Mark was the Associate Conductor of Sondheim On Sondheim and Avenue Q on Broadway. Off-Broadway, he was the Music Director for The Streets Of New York (2022 Drama Desk Award Nominee, Best Orchestrations),…
Pianist/Actor/Musical Director David Maiocco is one of the world’s most well-recognized Liberace “reasonable facsimiles.” He pursued classical studies at Boston and New England Conservatories before hitting the NYC cabaret scene where he became a two-time Bistro and MAC Award winner for Musical Direction and Musical Comedy Performance. He was a long time musical director for…
LINA KOUTRAKOS launched her 40-year career with her own rock band in decades-long residencies at the legendary Bottom Line and Joe’s Pub, followed by sold-out shows at BB King’s and Fez. She garnered multiple pop songwriting awards while simultaneously presenting her cabaret shows at the Metropolitan Room, 54 Below, and the Waldorf Astoria. She had…
David Sabella is a multi award-winning performer, an internationally recognized voice teacher, and an author in the art of Cabaret, as well as Contemporary Commercial Music voice techniques. He is known on Broadway as an original cast member of CHICAGO, the Musical (1996) and, in classical music, as an international countertenor, in opera houses and…
Pianist/Music Director/Arranger/Bandleader/Singer/Songwriter, TRACY STARK is a 16-Time MAC Award winner, in the categories of Music Direction, Piano Bar Entertainer, and Song of the Year (twice). She has also won the Bistro Award and BroadwayWorld Award for Music Direction, and has won Cabaret Hotline’s Songwriter of the Year Award. Tracy has worked with Sarah Dash (“Labelle”),…
MAURICIO MARTÍNEZ is a Mexican born, International Emmy Winning actor and recording artist whose body of work spans film, television, albums, concerts, plays and musicals. He made his Broadway debut playing Cuban hit maker & producer ‘Emilio Estefan’ in On Your Feet! The Story Of Emilio & Gloria Estefan. A household name in Mexico & Latin America, Mauricio…
SUE MATSUKI is an award-winning singer and songwriter, producer, host, educator, columnist and the author of So You Want to Sing Cabaret. She is a Bistro Award winner, the first recipient of the Julie Wilson Award and a multi- MAC Award winner. She has played every NYC club including: Feinstein’s, 54 Below, the Village Gate,…
YASUHIKO FUKUOKA is a versatile pianist and in-demand composer whose credits include TV, film, theater, industrial videos, and concert pieces. They have been played in North America, Central America, Europe and Asia. He has performed at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Steinway Hall, Berklee Performance Center, Festival…
NATALIE DOUGLAS, called “extraordinary” and “a true force of nature” by Clive Davis of The Times (UK), is a thirteen-time MAC, two-time Backstage Bistro, Margaret Whiting Award, and Donald F. Smith Award winner whose portrait hangs on the legendary Birdland Wall of Fame, where she has also created 80 shows, most notably her “TRIBUTES” residency.…
