Having performed at Joe???s Pub, Smoke and other venues over the years, Mizrahi said the build-up has become ???a little less terrifying.??? The crowd is still the wild card. ???You don???t know how committed or fun they will be,??? he said. ???More than any other kind of performance, cabaret is like having dinner with them sitting in their laps for one hour and 10 minutes.??? During the three sho