Press
"Karen Mason is a dynamo! Whenever the actress is on stage, it is truly a show stopper!”TheCheapPop.com
“Could it be possible that the wondrous Karen Mason could outdo herself on the cabaret stage? Anyone present for her recent triumph with “30…and Counting” would have to vote a resounding “yes!”
Marilyn Lester/NiteLifeExchange
“Mason gathered intensity, breathing the lyric, devouring it, moving ever outward, in a performance that brought down the house!”
Sarah Downs/The Front Row Center
“Karen Mason has been collaborating with MD/pianist Christopher Denny for 30 years, her director (and writer of special material), Barry Kleinbort, almost that long. They were lucky to find one another. We were lucky they found one another.”
Alix Cohen/Woman Around Town
“An American idol! A rarity — intense and intimate!”
New York Times
“Fierce emotion! Intense and intimate! She creates a mood of wild expectation. Hearty affability… the kind of person you sense you could trust to be a loyal friend! A rarity!”
New York Times
“Ms. Mason is that rare artist who combines talent, skillful musicality, deep emotional availability and a great measure of trust in her improvisational, inspired self. Wow! This is a great Christmas show.”
“Karen Mason is magic—pure magic.”
Susan Hasho, Times Square Chronicles
“Christmas never sounded smarter. Or wittier. Or more whimsical. You’d expect as much from Karen Mason, a savvy cabaret artist who brings more brainy introspection and worldly wise perspectives to American song than many of her peers.”
“Karen Mason’s wickedly wise ‘Christmas, Christmas, Christmas!’”
Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune
“No one in cabaret walks the line between humor and sorrow, joy and despair as nimbly as Karen Mason. She can switch emotional tone from one to the next in a flash, before the listener fully realizes what has happened.”
“Karen Mason reveals ‘Secrets of the Divas,’”
Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune
“Singer Mason performs with a ferocity of spirit and improvisational freedom that are immensely appealing.”
Chicago Tribune
“Rating: Highly recommended. All the wit, style, and substance audiences have come to expect from her! Both the audience and singer emerge as winners!”
Chicago Sun-Times
“She can sing the roof off of St. Patrick’s Cathedral! A towering talent! A most accessible diva!”
TheatreMania
“Fierce emotion! Intense and intimate! She creates a mood of wild expectation. Hearty affability… the kind of person you sense you could trust to be a loyal friend! A rarity!”
New York Times
“There’s a reason Karen Mason is one of the leading cabaret figures in New York – actually, there are several: Great voice, dynamic personality, boundless charm!”
Cabaret Scenes
“She has a solid concert and cabaret career. Mason has a powerful voice and rich resonance you associate with Judy Garland or Barbra Streisand. She can sing slow and smoky or fast and punchy with an innate sense of humor. Mason is a poet of the vocal chords!”
Indianapolis Star
“Mason has a voice that lifts the room to some new astral plane!”
Village Voice
An exceptional performance! In Mason’s marvelous hands, the audience is taken on a roller-coaster musical ride. Mason has breathed life into Rose and made her uniquely her own. So move over, Ethel, Angela, Tyne, Bernadette, Rosiland and Bette, and beware, Patti. There is a new Rose in town and she’s kicking up her heels!”
Times Herald-Record
“Karen Mason is a first-rate actress whose skills and razor-sharp timing raise Rose to new levels! It’s a performance with subtlety, nuance and sophistication. Her voice is strong, soft and pitch-perfect.”
Journal News
“Karen Mason is a dynamo! Whenever the actress is on stage, it is truly a show stopper!”
TheCheapPop.com