Bradshaw Cruz dies at 57

Bradshaw Cruz, a cabaret artist who continued to create the cable tv shows "Cabaret Beat" and "Broadway Beat," which chronicled the occurrences from the NY theater world, died Jan. 16 following a sudden stroke. He was 57.Cruz started like a cabaret artist. His shows incorporated the lengthy-running "Cole Porter Revue" at Don't Tell Mama, and that he won both a 1987 MAC (Manhattan Assn. of Clubs and Cabarets) Award for male singer along with a Backstage Bistro jerk in 1985. He soon walked offstage, however, for act as a videographer and producer recording the occasions of Gotham's legit biz: openings, concerts, benefits. He received the MAC Board of Company directors Award for his new cable tv show "Cabaret Beat" in 1990.Cruz and Richard Ridge continued to produce the half-hour program "Broadway Beat," by which they recorded NY theater professionals in performance and testing for productions from Broadway to Off Off Broadway, at Gotham cabarets and also at honours shows, among other occasions, during a period of a lot more than 2 decades. These occasions are maintained online in the "Broadway Beat" Archive.Born in Derby, Conn., Bradshaw first showed up in NY within the mid-'70s.He's made it by his brother, Robert Cruz.Donations might be designed to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Helps. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com