Paul Chamlin
Chez Josephine414 W 42nd St, New York 10036
Paul Chamlin is billed for a solo singer-pianist set at Chez Josephine on November 24. The available listing does not name any accompanying performers or frame the date as a release, tribute, guest appearance, or other special program. His repertoire spans the Great American Songbook, jazz standards, musical theater, international songs, and popular material, making this an early-evening piano-and-vocal performance woven into Chez Josephine’s full dining service.
New York-based Chamlin is a singer-pianist and musical director whose work includes hundreds of cabaret shows, concerts, and full-stage musicals. His musical-director credits include Hello, Dolly!, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Watch Your Step. As a performer, he has appeared at Feinstein’s, the Laurie Beechman Theater, and Don’t Tell Mama, alongside his work at Chez Josephine. No supplied reviews assess Chamlin’s own performances, so there is no critical quote to attach to this date; the record instead points to a pianist-vocalist with a long cabaret and musical-theater practice.
Founded in 1986 by Jean-Claude Baker as an homage to his adoptive mother, the legendary entertainer and activist Josephine Baker, this Theater Row piano supper club channels the lavish spirit of 1930s Paris. Beneath a blue-tin ceiling and surrounded by walls lined in crimson velvet, chandeliers illuminate vintage portraits and memorabilia of Baker throughout the room. The sound of live piano accompanies full table dining, featuring French bistro fare alongside a dedicated zinc bar where patrons can stop in for classic cocktails and wine. Rather than a quiet concert hall or ticketed venue, it functions as a social dining room where the music weaves through the buzz of conversation, drawing theatergoers from nearby Broadway houses before curtain and welcoming late-night diners long after the shows let out.