CABARET: THE DIVAS.
WHO WAS OR IS THE BEST SALLY BOWLES? WHO IS THE BEST CABARET STAR IN AMERICA?
By Maximillien de Lafayette
Photo: The adorable and most talented Ms Susan Egan.
So many readers in the UK asked me who is the best cabaret entertainer in the United States? And I replied: "There is no such thing as the best cabaret entertainer!" For the world of cabaret is immense and so is its personification on stage. Some artists are singers, purely singers with occasional appearances on the screen or on the tube, but they are typically cabaret singers, such as Amanda McBroom, Andrea Marcovicci, Anna Bergman, Caroline Nin et al. Others are cabaret concert artists like Barbara Cook, Kate Westbrook, Barb Jungr, Lorna Dallas and Anne Kerry Ford. While some other superb cabaret entertainers are all of the above such as Susan Egan, Bernadette Peters, Lorraine Serabian and Liza Minelli. And of course, there is a very special league which outcasts all the others. Legends and 100% authentic CABARET super divas and goddesses like Gabriella Ferri, Ute Lemper, Marlene Dietrich, Juliette Greco, Barbara, Edith Piaf (to certain extent, because she was more than a cabaret chanteuse). Also, we have the tragi-comic theater-cabaret leads like Cindy Benson, or traditional cabaret concert artists who once upon a time shined brilliantly on the big screen like Anne Kerry Ford and Julie Andrews.
SOME OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS
Karen Akers Betty Buckley Susan
Eagan Mary Cleere Haran Jennifer Pace
Elaine Brier
Amanda McBroom Ute Lemper Lisa Richard Cleo Laine Caroline Nin
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