Kati Neiheisel

“Honey-voiced Kati is building up a reputation…using that gorgeous (no, really gorgeous) instrument to carry the audience away on a river of melody…but it is clear that there is more to Kati…real rhythm and impressive belting…enough to make the mouth water.” ~BroadwayWorld

Kati Neiheisel is a vocalist based in New York City, originally from Cincinnati. She was introduced to cabaret by Helen Baldassare and has studied with Marilyn Maye and the late musical director Barry Levitt. In NYC, Kati has performed at the Cutting Room, Don’t Tell Mama, the Duplex, 54 Below, the Green Room 42, Metropolitan Room, Pangea, Triad Theater, and Urban Stages, and in Mount Kisco, NY, at Jazz on Main. Kati is a two-time MAC Award-nominee: in 2025 for her show London by Night, celebrating singer/actress Julie London, directed by Lina Koutrakos with musical direction by Gregory Toroian, and in 2018 for her debut show Among the Stars, directed by Deb Berman with musical direction by Toroian. She was nominated for a 2022 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award for her show Yesterday…Once More, celebrating the musical legacy of the Carpenters, directed by Koutrakos with musical direction by Toroian.

Since 2022, Kati has written a column entitled Who Was Where, about the history and legacy of NYC’s cabaret clubs and piano bars for online publication NiteLife Exchange, Where Broadway, Jazz & Cabaret Meet.