You are a performer so you know the importance of going out, enjoying a few cocktails, and taking in a show.

I’m in so many clubs for work, I get out less than I used to. But when I do, I need something more than intoxication and the vague promise of hooking up to get me there. I want good music (maybe even some sort of live performance) and a diverse and friendly crowd. I like a place where people of every race and sexuality feels welcome. In LA, my favorite bar (since I was 21 years old) is Akbar in Silverlake. Always a great crowd and interesting music. My favorite new place in New York is Club Cumming in the East Village. They have some fantastically quirky performance art, they have an art illustrating night hosted by NY artist Anthony Kieren and a classic old school New York open mic on Mondays.

How would you compare living in SF, New York, LA and SD and Utah?

Oh man, I don’t think I could compare any of them. I was made in Utah, transformed by San Francisco, inspired by Los Angeles and refined by New York. San Diego is my place to feel like a normal low key person. I’m lucky to go between New York and San Diego. It’s the perfect combo for me right now.

What’s up next for you and your career?

It’s the sort of musical schizophrenia I welcome with open arms. On June 21, I finish up the first season of my New York residency at a great new club called The Green Room 42.

And I will say that I am very excited about my upcoming album “Broadway by Day,” which is going to have jazzy new interpretations of famous and not-so-famous songs from Broadway shows like “A Chorus Line,” “Evita,” and “West Side Story.”

I am not a jazz singer per se, but I think I’ve found a way to reinvent these songs in that idiom and find something new in each one.

I can’t wait for everyone to hear it.

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