Performing an open-ended engagement on Sundays (brunch and dinner shows), Ms. Carroll, sensitively accompanied on bass by Jay Leonhart, has reinvented herself as a quietly elegant all-around entertainer who embodies an unpretentious Manhattan elegance.

Instead of retiring, this sophisticated piano bar chanteuse has reinvented herself as a quietly elegant all-around entertainer at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel, where she is performing an open-ended engagement, two shows every Sunday, accompanied by Jay Leonhart on bass.

But in "Quota," Carl Inger's acrobatic immigrant, Mr. Collins's elegant black entertainer and Madeleine Onne's dazzling flapper stand out with a projection that any ballet troupe would envy.

A beautiful and elegant Vulpine entertainer at Madame Cher's Cabaret, Melika helped raise Terinu as a young child.

Ms. Carroll, sensitively accompanied on bass by Jay Leonhart, has reinvented herself as a quietly elegant all-around entertainer who embodies an unpretentious Manhattan elegance.