A performance by Steve Ross is indeed transformative, as his ever-full audiences will attest.
- Jacqueline Parker, Times Square Chronicles
As a celebration of French music, this evening was a triumph.
-Bart Greenberg,
Cabaret Scenes
Steve Ross and Cole Porter – go together like gin and vermouth!
-Jacqueline Parker,
Times Square Chronicles
Steve Ross: Falling In Love Again...Again
"a moving interpretation of “Look Over There” (Jerry Herman from La Cage aux Folles). “Look over here…” catches one’s breath.
-Alix Cohen,
Cabaret Scenes
Steve Ross' new show has much unique and satisfying to offer.
-Alix Cohen, Theater Pizzazz
Steve Ross is the last of a breed — a gentleman, a man about town, dressed elegantly in a tuxedo, singing one song after another in great voice as he accompanies himself with his marvelous work on the piano.
-Ron Forman,
Cabaret Scenes
"Steve Ross is on the kind of musical mission that keeps audiences entertained."
"...if anyone can still conjure cabaret's glory days it's Steve Ross."
-Alex Traub,
New York Times
"I was always drawn to him (Cole Porter) by the sheen and sophistication of his lifestyle much less by his genius songwriting."
-Steve Simmons, Beverly Hills Courier
"Ross was vivacious, relaxed, excelled at several anecdotes, and as expressive as I’ve seen him. The packed room appreciated every flourish and nuance. Two encores didn’t seem sufficient."
-theaterpizzazz.com
"Ole’ Man River just keeps rollin’ along and so does Ole’ Man Steve Ross … not just rolling along well into his ninth decade but producing a non-stop feast of piano mastery and wit coupled with an unparalleled knowledge of the Great American Songbook"
-Jeremy Chapman,
musicaltheatrereview.com
"Without fail, Ross makes certain that you not only hear but actually listen to the lyrics – an essential skill for the cabaret artist. An evening with Steve Ross is an object lesson in why cabaret is such a vibrant art form."
-Chuck Lavazzi,
Stage Lefty
"We’re Old Fashioned closes with a sing along “Look to the Silver Lining” (lyrics B.G. De Sylvia) which most of the audience knows. The room collectively smiles." We're Old-Fashioned - Steve Ross And Shana Farr Sing Jerome Kern
-womanaroundtown.com
"A fine does of classy, salon cabaret"
-Carla Gordon,
Cabaret Scene
"... the moment this duo (KT Sullivan and Steve Ross) appears on stage the magic begins."
-Robert Heide,
West View News
"... a delightfully intimate entertainment..."
-David Barbour,
Lighting and Sound America
"... an introduction to one of the most prolific and iconic masters of theater's past..."
-Deb Miller,
DC Metro Theater Arts
" ....loving homage to...Noel Coward."
-Carol Rocamora,
theatrepizzazz.com
"... delightful pastiche of Coward's dry-martini wit and throbbing sentiment."
-Robert Sheward,
theatrelife.com
".. .a sublime celebration of surprisingly present laughter from a bygone era."
-Robert Sacheli,
Smithsonian Associates
"Steve Ross has devoted himself to the American Song Book..."
-Alex Traub,
The New York Times
"When Steve Ross sings, New York is New York again."
-Michael Feingold, The Village Voice
"Astaire style with wry aside striking comic gold."
-Stephen Holden, The New York Times
"An Astaire way to paradise! Your cabaret season is incomplete without his visit with Steve Ross."
-Peter Haas, Cabaret Scenes
"Fred Astaire must be dancing on heaven's ceiling...Steve Ross is an American cabaret treasure."
-Barbara and Scott Siegel, theatermania.com
“…Steve Ross is such a master at putting a debonair spin on Cole Porter and Noel Coward’s musical high jinks that his persona is that of a sophisticated party entertainer who holds off the blues with a froth of wit. But there is an introspective side to Mr. Ross that has increasingly peeked out in his recent cabaret performances…In his wonderful new show, ‘Love and Laughter, Part I’…the humor is balanced by songs that have the feel of wistful sighs.”
-Stephen Holden, New York Times
“…he shares (Noel) Coward’s refinement and air of nostalgia. And this survey of Coward’s songs, embracing nearly four decades of work, skillfully touches every base, from stiff-upper-lip patriotism (“London Pride”) to sentimental sing-alongs (“I’ll Follow My Secret Heart”), to priceless witty show business numbers (“Mrs. Worthington”). Amusing biographical anecdotes flesh out an affectionate musical portrait.”
-Stephen Holden, New York Times
“As long as Steve Ross performs (Cole Porter and Noel Coward) songs, the reputations of these great songwriting wits can only continue to soar… Mr. Ross is a master of the light touch. His songs are partly spoken, partly sung, in a buoyant conversational voice with an attitude of dry, slightly supercilious amusement. The pattery melodies ride on breezy piano figures that lend the material a lilting merry-go-round energy.”
-Stephen Holden, New York Times
“Think of Cary Grant and Irene Dunne reincarnated as a vocal duo, and you’ll have some notion of the flavor of “L'Amour, the Merrier!,” a delightful two-person revue in which Steve Ross and Karen Murphy portray a sophisticated couple loving and bickering their way through life.”
-Stephen Holden, New York Times
“(Steve Ross’s) engaging new show, ‘Hooray for Hollywood,’ which culminates in a suite of Cole Porter gems, is a poised and sophisticated tour of a bygone show-business society ruled by the bons mots of Porter, Noel Coward and Loenz Hart. It’s a refreshing world to visit.”
-Stephen Holden, New York Times
“Steve Ross sings in the New York cabaret style, playing the piano brilliantly and articulating every rhyme and double-entendre…”
-Patrick O’Connor, The Daily Telegraph
“It being impossible to resurrect Fred Astaire in white tie and tails and have him alight in the Rainbow and Stars cabaret, the singer and pianist, Steve Ross, a devoted Astaire acolyte and the suavest of all male cabaret performers, makes a delightful stand-in. His new act, ‘I Won’t Dance’…is a deft, fast-paced nonterpsichorean salute to the image, voice and spirit of Astaire.”
-Stephen Holden, The New York Times
“Steve Ross’s, ‘Puttin’ On the Ritz’ and ‘They All Laughed’ were dispatched with brio, while on ‘They Can’t Take That Away From Me,’ the slowing of the tempo and casual, bluesy ambiance were proof that Ross’s range extends well beyond that of a Park Avenue dandy.”
-Clive Davis, The Times. London
“The very personification of the spirit of Cole Porter.”
-The New Yorker.
“Steve Ross, the veteran cabaret singer and pianist whose show, ‘I Won’t Dance,’ holds forth at the Ordway’s McKnight Theatre through November, has Astaire’s unfailing sense of rhythm and something of his compact but agile tone along with a wide range. With his hair slicked back, revealing his small, delicate features, he even looks like Astaire.”
-Michael Anthony, Star Tribune, the Twin Cities
“…When he performed the evening’s undisputed highlights, ‘I Concentrate on You,’ and ‘In The Still of the Night,’ he was in top form, singing with dramatic warmth and feeling…Ross has the perfect personality for cabaret presentation, not to mention the proper style and phrasing for these songs.”
-Erin Hart, The Pioneer Press, St. Paul
“Steve Ross has enticed me with his renderings of ‘King’ Cole. One of his greatest performances is of the title song, ‘Can Can.’ I so flipped over his perfect rendition that I tried to sing the ditty in my Broadway debut in 1988. I sang it okay, but couldn’t begin to approach Steve’s organic performance.”
-Michael Feinstein, performer and author, Nice Work If You Can Get It, My Life in Rhythm and Rhyme .
“The best of cabaret, namely Steve Ross.”
-Michael Buckley, TheaterWeek
“With his debonair air, Ross is priceless with patter songs, such as ‘Why Do The Wrong People Travel?'”
-Wayman Wong, The Daily News