An Evening with Isaac Mizrahi

An Evening with Isaac Mizrahi

Actor, host, writer, designer and producer Isaac Mizrahi’s acclaimed concert performances have been described by The New York Times as “determined to challenge the cultural status quo and help blaze a path into a more liberated future where few subjects are off-limits.” His one-of-a kind show brings together comedy, commentary, and an array of classic and soon-to-be classic songs from Stephen Sondheim to Blondie, from Comden & Green to Madonna. Accompanied by his incredible jazz band, “Mizrahi is the real deal when it comes to cabaret: He’s charming, he sounds great, and he is seriously funny” (Theater Mania).

Biography

Isaac Mizrahi has spent over 35 years at the intersection of entertainment, media, and fashion, earning acclaim as a performer, host, writer, designer, and producer. Performing with his incredible jazz band, Isaac brings his signature wit and musical flair to the concert stages across the country. His multi-week residency at New York City’s Café Carlyle sells out every year, and he celebrates his 10-year anniversary of playing this iconic venue in 2026. Isaac made his Broadway debut playing Amos Hart in the musical Chicago in 2022.The New York Times praised him as “a founding father of a genre that fuses performance art, music and stand-up comedy. ”In 2025, the cult classic documentary Unzipped—which Mizrahi co-created and stars in—celebrates its 30th anniversary at the Sundance Film Festival. He hosted the Emmy-winning Isaac Mizrahi Show for seven years, served as a judge on all seven seasons of Project Runway: All Stars, and continues to appear widely across television and film. Mizrahi has directed productions for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis and designed for the Metropolitan Opera. He also annually narrates and directs the children’s classic, Peter and the Wolf; a production he created for the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Through his company IM Entertainment, Mizrahi develops original projects in television, theater, and publishing. He is currently a Consulting Producer on Hulu’s Mid Century Modern. His New York Times bestselling memoir I.M. was published in 2019. For more information, visit HelloIsaac.com and follow on social @IMISAACMIZRAHI

ISAAC MIZRAHI Critical Acclaim

“Mr. Mizrahi isn’t interested in evoking the misty-eyed nostalgia of swooning to the old songs while holding hands, sipping Champagne and shedding a tear. Like so many other alt. cabaret performers, he is determined to challenge the cultural status quo and help blaze a path into a more liberated future where few subjects are off-limits…

Vocally, Mr. Mizrahi belongs to a brassy show business tradition running from Ethel Merman to Harvey Fierstein and including Liza Minnelli, who in her prime, he observed, could make an entrance like nobody else.

-The New York Times

“Isaac Mizrahi’s Cabaret Act Is the Hottest Ticket at New York Fashion Week…he is first and foremost a tastemaker who isn’t afraid to be bold—while still displaying a hint of vulnerability”

-Vogue

“Mizrahi is the real deal when it comes to cabaret: He’s charming, he sounds great, and he is seriously funny.”TheaterMania“His ability totake an audience into his confidence is simple and unforced, even with the charged personality he brings tothe stage.”

-Theater Pizzazz

“Mizrahi’s jazzy performance was confident and sultry, a far cry from his self-deprecating stories. From start to finish, Mizrahi filled the room with both uncontained gaiety and a sense that we all share some of the same fundamental anxieties, even if it’s as seemingly banal as worrying about the side effects of prescription drugs. And, in a time when many are uncertain if we’re going to make it after all, is there anything more important than that?”

-Broadway World

“Mizrahi stage chat was delightfully uncensored on all manner of taboo subjects…when Mizrahi challenges himself, he has some impressively huge notes waiting to burst out.”

-Metrosource

“Mizrahi exudes irreverence and charm–or is that charming irreverence? He engages with the audience in a wry, conspiratorial manner that opens up the floor to the “safe space” of his creation. Mizrahi’s voice is solid and pleasing, but he is not up there to be Howard Keel or the great Caruso. This is not to damn him with faint praise. The point is authenticity. The music is a vehicle for his humor, and his attitude a vehicle for the music. His attitude is infectious; his style improvisational. As a cabaret performer, Isaac Mizrahi is sui generis–and loads of fun.”

-Front Row Center

“…his voice is solid, if not dynamic. That voice, however, has gotten much stronger as he realizes he has nothing. When the music blends with his riotous interludes, he strikes gold…Mizrahi is the tipsy seasoned queen at a beckoning everyone to the piano for naughty stories and songs…”

-Theater Pizzazz