Critics’ picks: Best live music in NYC

Find this week's best live music events in New York City, as chosen by Time Out's critics.

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  • Music
  • Cabaret and standards
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • price 2 of 4
  • Recommended
Part cabaret, part piano bar and part social set, Cast Party offers a chance to hear rising and established talents step up to the microphone (backed by the slap and tickle of Steve Doyle on bass and Billy Stritch at the ivories, plus the bang of Daniel Glass on drums). The waggish Caruso presides as host.
  • Music
  • Cabaret and standards
  • East Village
  • Recommended
He’s worked with Liza Minnelli, Kylie Minogue and just about every downtown act in NYC. Now composer, pianist and performer Lance Horne hosts his own wild night of singing, drinking and dancing, strip-teasing and bad behavior at the East Village nightlife hub Club Cumming. Expect advanced show-tune geekery and appearances by Broadway stars looking to get down by the piano. Plan to sleep in on Tuesday.
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  • Music
  • Cabaret and standards
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • price 2 of 4
  • Recommended
Mosher is one of those talents you need to see to believe: warm, funny, biting, ferociously committed. In her biweekly series—now held at the Green Room 42 after years at Birdland—she invites a gaggle of performers from Broadway and beyond to show their talents. Guests at the July 28 edition include Adriane Lenox, Kenn Boisinger, Ava Nicole Frances, Bryce EdwardsHannah Jane, Jeffrey M. Wright, Caroline Holmes, Alex Sheffield and Debi Toni.
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