“Raissa Katona Bennett Commands the Stage in CAN’T HELP SINGING – THE MUSIC OF JEROME KERN at Don’t Tell Mama. Like a breath of fresh air or an oasis in a desert, Raissa Katona Bennett breezed through The Original Room at Don't Tell Mama, her unmic'd voice filling the space with a bright, powerful soprano, and her warm gracefulness casting a spell over an audience deliriously happy to welcome her back to the stage.”

“As the singer Raissa Katona Bennett peeled away the layer of perky, ingratiating sweetness that so many Broadway performers feel obliged to affect in nightclubs, a tart-tongued commentator on modern life with a dark sense of humor revealed itself on Wednesday evening at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.”

“The show is more about consistency than variety, but when Ms. Bennett does deliver a comedy number, like “Torch Song for Raissa” (spoiler alert: it’s about texting) or Christine Lavin’s wonderful, “It’s a Good Thing He Can’t Read My Mind,” she seems all the more funny because of it.”

“With her Jerome Kern tribute show the renowned soprano scored a hit on stage – good thing they recorded it!”

“The album is a charmed time capsule of riches. With just a few notes of the overture/opening number, the listener is seduced into an extraordinary musical legacy by one of the giants of the American Songbook.”

“What a joy it is to hear a confident and lovely vocalist sing some of the greatest songs written for the American musical theater.”

“Amazingly looking and sounding even better, Raissa returned to the cabaret stage last night at The Laurie Beechman Theatre’s West Bank Cafe’ and Broadwayworld was there. Check out the photos.”

“I am so excited to finally have the chance to interview Broadway, Cabaret, and Recording Artist Raissa Katona Bennett. After attending several of her Concerts for City Greens over the years and getting to hear Raissa’s angelic voice, I’m thrilled we get to reconnect.”

“Raissa Katona Bennett not only has a sweet yet sturdy voice — even piercing and fierce when she wants — but she puts a generous helping of intelligence behind what she does.”

“Raissa may have played the naïve and fragile Christine Daae for five years in The Phantom of the Opera, but she usually sports a sassy style in cabaret.”

“When Raissa Katona Bennett, veteran of Broadway shows and champion of cabaret, enters the elegant Feinstein’s at Loews Regency to begin her week-long engagement, she conveys the assurance and warmth of one who is enjoying the occasion.”

“Raissa Katona Bennett and singer-pianist-Music Director Kenneth Gartman sang seriously and comically through songs from films of the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s, years when ‘people sat in the dark and not on sofas in front of Netflix.’”

“Even though it is her debut cabaret show, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that Raissa Katona Bennett quickly wins the approval of her cabaret audience. Bennett brings her lovely coloratura soprano to The Metropolitan Room with a track record in musical theater that includes national companies, regional theaters, Off Broadway, and perhaps most notably as Christine in Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theater.”

“A superb actress, she gave the funniest performance I’ve ever seen of ‘It’s a Good Thing He Can’t Read My Mind.’ […] Katona Bennett had the audience in the palm of her hand.”