The second night of the 2023 Cabaret Convention was a wonderful, tuneful, and sunny evening in tribute to the most wonderful, tuneful, and sunny blonde singer of them all – the great Doris Day. Rex Reed, who in addition to being perhaps the most internationally celebrated film critic and columnist of the last fifty years, was also a close friend of the late Miss Day (2022-2019), and held forth as producer, host, narrator, and, in two cases, surprise vocalist. It was a highly welcome chance to enjoy some rare out-of-town visitors, like the Minneapolis-based Maude Hixson and Rex’s special guest Florida-based Debbie Silver, as well as local New York favorites like Nicolas King, Karen Oberlin, and Heather MacRae. We also were graced with superstars, baritone Tom Wopat, Linda Purl and the marvelous Marilyn Maye.  In all, it was one of the best Cabaret Convention evenings that anyone could remember.

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