The one-woman cabaret transports the audience into the mesmerizing world of Sarah Bernhardt By: Stephen Sorokoff Nov. 20, 2025 There are extraordinary jazz and Broadway vocalists who some might feel are interlopers in the world of cabaret. Then you come across a performer like Yanna Avis who reminds you what the experience in a cabaret should […]
Yanna Avis: Make Some Magic
By Eddie Parsons Yanna Avis is a magical person blessed with equal parts physical beauty and inner beauty. The kind of woman who reminds you of an elegance that has been lost in modern society but a kindness and intelligence that is very much present. I have known Yanna for years and witnessed her navigate […]
YANNA AVIS is Again Beguiling and Enticing as She Makes Some Sensual Musical Magic at 54 Below
By John Hoglund, Broadwayworld (July 7, 2015) Cabaret is a tricky balance. For some, it is a joie de vivre experience defined as the pleasure felt when having a good time. Enter the beguiling Yanna Avis. Since her cabaret debut at Eighty Eight’s in 1992, Avis has played every major room in New York and has become one of the […]
The Chantouze
By David Patrick Columbia, NYSDOL Last Thursday night I went over to 54 Below on West 54th between 7th and 8th, where Yanna Avis was performing her program of cabaret. Yanna, who is French, was married for a long time to Warren Avis, the rent-a-car tycoon. I can’t remember if we first met in Los Angeles or here in New […]
6.17.15 | LIZ SMITH: Hot, High-Heeled Women | New York Social Diary
via 6.17.15 | LIZ SMITH: Hot, High-Heeled Women | New York Social Diary. “Tomorrow night, chanteuse supreme, Yanna Avis returns to Manhattan’s 54 Below with her “Make Some Magic” set of sultry, naughty numbers. Go to www.54below.com for tix info. Yanna brings back the soigné vibe of all those legendary ladies who lounged against pianos in the halcyon days […]
Ann Hampton Callaway, Yanna Avis & More Set for 54 Below This Week
YANNA AVIS, June 18 at 9:30PM: “Ah Paree! Evoking ’50s glamour through teasing taunts, statuesque French chanteuse Yanna Avis sings with a wry understanding… The show’s essence is distilled in a word heard less and less nowadays: chic.” – Stephen Holden, The New York Times. With her new show “Make Some Magic” Yanna Avis takes us […]
Yanna Avis: Make Some Magic | Eddie Parsons — Huffington Post
via Yanna Avis: Make Some Magic | Eddie Parsons, Huffington Post Yanna Avis is a magical person blessed with equal parts physical beauty and inner beauty. The kind of woman who reminds you of an elegance that has been lost in modern society but a kindness and intelligence that is very much present. I have known Yanna […]
Bistro Awards Selects Yanna Avis for “Make Some Magic”
By BistroAwards.com | June 4, 2015 French singer-actress returns to 54 Below with her new show, “Make Some Magic.” The lady on stage is about as glamorous as a person can be. Ah! But underneath is a warm and intelligent artist. Read More
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Yanna Avis, Cabaret Singer, On Fateful Connections (VIDEO) | Eddie Parsons
via Yanna Avis, Cabaret Singer, On Fateful Connections (VIDEO) | Eddie Parsons. “In my line of work I come across many women who enchant me with what they look like, where they’ve come from and the stories they can tell. What is sometimes rare and exciting, however, is wondering, “Where is she going? What will she achieve? […]
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