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Will Friedwald

About Will Friedwald

Will Friedwald writes about music and popular culture for The Wall Street Journal and is the author of ten books, including Sinatra! The Song Is You, A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Stardust Melodies, and the new Straighten Up and Fly Right: The Life and Music of Nat King Cole. Email: wfriedwald@gmail.com.

June 22, 2022 5:34 pm

Brian Stokes Mitchell: Songs and Stories for Today

“What a Wonderful World” sings the masterful Tony-winner, still seeking “The Impossible Dream”

May 24, 2022 5:26 pm

Songbook Sundays: Got Gershwin at Dizzy’s Club

New Lincoln Center songbook series, Karen Ziemba & Sydney James Harcourt sing George & Ira

May 12, 2022 6:49 pm

For Good: A Celebration of Stephen Schwartz

Something WICKED this way comes!

May 11, 2022 3:45 pm

Candace Bushnell Live at the Carlyle: A Diva with a Difference

The Sex in the City author “returns” to the House that Bobby Short built

April 28, 2022 10:00 am

For the First Time in Forever: The Songs of Kristen & Bobby Lopez

The New York Pops present an evening of songs by the authors of Frozen and other hit Broadway musicals

April 15, 2022 10:00 am

Mario Cantone: At the Café Carlyle

A practically-perfect 75 minutes, fairly evenly divided between comic rants about the world and amazing impressions

April 5, 2022 4:50 pm

Far From The Home I Love: Fiddler Reimagined

Saxophonist Paul Shapiro and friends present a jazz Fiddler with present-day resonance

March 4, 2022 10:00 am

Isaac Mizrahi: Back at Café Carlyle

The fashion entrepreneur charms in his guise as saloon singer

December 30, 2021 5:08 pm

Marilyn Maye at Birdland: Forever Young for a New Year

Well more than fifty shades of Maye

December 19, 2021 6:15 pm

Get Happy: Michael Feinstein Celebrates The Judy Garland Centennial

The singer/scholar/pianist channels the spirit of Judy-Ism

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