BUT BEAUTIFUL...MY TRIBUTE TO JULIE WILSON "TONIGHT YOU WERE A STAR!!!" - Roy Sander, NY Reviewer***** "The band, the arrangements, and especially your performance were superb!! I didn't remember that my song was very good until you did it! You brought a depth to the song that I don't think even Francesca (Blumenthal-lyricist) thought of!!!" - Ronny Whyte, NY Icon Jazz Singer/Songwriter***** "A Night No One Will Ever Forget! WOW! “But Beautiful” and “Quiet, Please” Devastated Me. Congratulations!" - Sidney Myer*****BUT BEAUTIFUL, SUE MATSUKI'S TRIBUTE TO JULIE WILSON: A REVIEW - May 25, 2024 by Jed Ryan, Lavender After DarkOn Friday, May 19th, cabaret luminary Sue Matsuki took the stage at New York City’s 54 Below for But Beautiful: A Tribute to Julie Wilson directed by Lina Koutrakos, one of Matsuki's frequent creative collaborators.&nb...

BWW Review: Sue Matsuki Celebrates 38 SEASONS OF LOVE at Feinstein's/54 Below...The Godmother of Cabaret and Julie Wilson mentee Sue Matsuki owns the stage at 54 Below - By Stephen Mosher, Broadway World, (June 2022)It was a glittery, glamorous night at Feinstein's/54 Below Thursday night as Sue Matsuki took her solo show debut bow on the stage of Broadway's Living Room. After thirty-eight years of singing cabaret in piano bars, cabaret rooms, living rooms, and rooms of a more, shall we say, cozy nature, the woman nicknamed The Godmother of Cabaret dared to ask herself if she could fill the seats that stand between the four gold-gilt walls of the basement supper club. The answer is yes. There was nary an empty seat last night as Matsuki, elegant in head-to-toe Hollywood, joined her five-piece band (three musicians, two backup singers) for eighty minutes of music that has made a difference to her during her 38 SEASONS OF LOVE.38 Seasons Of Love is Ms. Matsuki's...

SUE MATSUKI LOOKS GOOD IN "THIS BROAD'S WAY" LIGHTStephen Mosher, Broadway World, (December, 2021)One of the things (possibly THE thing) that makes Sue Matsuki so successful is her pure and unadulterated love of performing, and of the audience. Every person who steps onto a stage has a different motive for being there - and it's personal to each individual - but when you are engaged in the act of watching Sue Matsuki perform, there can be no doubt, whatsoever, that she is completely and totally, one hundred percent in love with what she is doing, and with the people who have shown up to watch her do it.This season Ms. Matsuki joined forces with her musical partner in crime, Gregory Toroian, to present a club act titled THIS BROAD'S WAY. Isn't that clever? That's what this writer thought, too, when the first announcements of the show were made: great title, great show arc, great premise - Sue Matsuki was doing a deep dive ...

David Sabella and Sue Matsuki announce the release of their new book, So You Want to Sing Cabaret. This is the 20th and final book in the So You Want to Sing…series, sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), and published by Rowman & Littlefield (June 2020). The book explores all aspects of the relatively unknown and unique genre of vocal performance known as Cabaret. Here is what "they" are saying about this book"“Such important information and a must-read for all singers and teachers. I was fascinated.”— Chita Rivera, Tony Award–winning actress “A remarkable combination of instruction, inspiration, reminiscence, and just plain good sense. David Sabella and Sue Matsuki’s book is a wonderfully readable bible for those interested in the world of cabaret, professionally or just out of curiosity. ”— John Kander, Tony Award­–winning Broadway composer (Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss o...

Here are 3 wonderful reviews we received for this show. The premise of which was that the show was composed of all Opening Numbers from several of my shows over the past 30 years but the "hook" was that it was not a show about Opening Numbers.****Sue Matsuki HOW'S THAT FOR OPENERS? Is Cause For Celebration at Don't Tell Mama - Stephen Mosher, Broadway WorldThirty-three years to the day. That's what September 16, 2019, was - thirty-three years since Sue Matsuki stepped onto the stage at Don't Tell Mama to audition for Sidney Myer. Nervous, scared, excited, Ms. Matsuki gave it the old college try; and though it wasn't her best audition, Sidney saw something in her and decided to give her a shot, something Sidney has been known to do over the years, and Sue Matsuki had a place to sing. Three plus decades later, the elegant Ms. Matsuki stepped, once more, onto the stage that she has occupied many times, and opened her mouth t...

I have seen Sue Matsuki perform many times over the past eleven years. As I've said before, and will doubtless have occasion to say again, one of the most gratifying aspects—no, make that greatest pleasures—of covering cabaret over an extended period of time is seeing artists develop and grow, so it is with great pleasure that I can report that Matsuki's new show not only represents her best work to date, it is also one of the finest shows I've seen anyone deliver this year. Working for the first time with director Eric Michael Gillett, and for the umpteenth time with her musical director for the past thirteen years, Gregory Toroian, Matsuki has put together a very intelligent, tight show, with no blah-blah-blah patter and a nice mixture of classics and new discoveries. The most striking element of the evening is the remarkable quality of her interpretations0each based on a chosen point of view and delivered with commitment and a singularity of purpose, devoid of extrane...

“The holidays are upon us in full force. I am not alone in being enamored by the fantastic vocals of this MAC Nominated duo, Sue Matsuki and Edd Clark. Alone or in duet their voices are clear and beautiful. I have had my copy (of their CD) since the first year, and at this time of the year it is loaded on my iPod Shuffle and serves as a soundtrack to my life in December.

In addition to great vocals, and a song list of both old and new favorites, the show was blessed with a new song, written by Ms. Matsuki and the show's musical director, Paul Stephan, called "No More Sugar for Christmas." Edd's delivery of "The Gift of Maggie" has become classic, and once again Sue dismembered her "Pretty Little Dolly." There were fun songs, serious songs, and lots of funny bits between songs - this duo has enough chemistry to win them a spot in the Gilbert Hall of Science!”

Stu Hamstra, C...

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