Scott Barbarino wears many hats; he has been a performer, producer and promoter. In 2007, Scott added another hat to his collection, Publisher, by creating NiteLifeExchange.com, a news and reviews website “Where Broadway Meets Cabaret,” focusing on Cabaret performances in NYC and Broadway performers who grace the cabaret stage. His career began at the original Duplex Cabaret, where he became a singing bartender and eventually the Manager and Host of “Stars of Tomorrow,” one of the first competition shows in cabaret. Over the next 40 years, Scott also managed and/or booked acts at The Parkside Lounge on New York’s Lower East Side (Cheez Whiz), Chelsea Lobster Company (The Lounge-O-Leers), THAT Bar (Weekly Dance Party), Dillon’s Supper Club aka The Reprise Room (The Siegel’s Monthly CD Release Party), The Cutting Room (Rhonda Ross) and Iridium Jazz Club (Terese Genecco & Her Little Big Band) which played for over 100 performances to mention a few. His vocal comedy group Barbarino & The Bev Naps is a two time MAC Award Winner (1999 & 2000). He has been the Artistic Director of Ellen’s Stardust Diner on Broadway for the last twenty years. Scott has served on the Board of Directors of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs as Member-at-Large (1997-2000), President (2004).
Jerry Scott
Scott Barbarino leads the service: A Celebration of Jerry Scott, with music by Michael Beau, Pam Palmieri, Colm Reilly, Steve Ross and Marcus Simeone, with Special Speaker, Tree Sequoia. A member of CCC, Jerry was an extraordinary Manhattan entertainer and consummate musician whose stellar renditions over a span of 40 years encompassed every genre of music from show tunes to standards to pop to operetta to ragtime. He received MAC and BISTRO awards for Best Piano-Bar Performer and the Critics’ Choice Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Piano-Bar Performance. Jerry created a safe space for members of the LGBTQ+ community for decades.