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Posted: 4/21/04 at 9:50am
Noah Racey and Nancy Lemenager did a bang up job w/what I thought of as a little homage to Rogers & Astaire in "No Time for Nothin' But You," from All For Love. Please bring them back.
Lennie Watts and Cady Huffman showed lots of sensitivity when they sang a sweet duet fr Miss Liberty called Little Fish in a Big Pond. (P.S. I’m a biiiig fan of Lennie Watts’ voice & hope he brings back his most recent cabaret show.) Lennie was born to sing Guys & Dolls. He also knocked my socks off with the fabulous ending to The Big Movie Show in the Sky.
Scott Coulter, ahhh. A very unusual voice & timbre. Scott gives his all to every song he sings & whether some people might have been aurally jolted by his interpretation of Younger Than Springtime, I remind everyone that Barbara Cook did THE most incredible non-traditional interpretation of This Nearly Was Mine. What I’ve just said takes nothing away from the testosterone-packed interpretation of Martin Vidnovic…just apples & oranges. That’s how I feel about Scott Coulter’s YTS.
Scott also sang beautifully my personal favorite discovery of the evening It Will Be All Right (In 100 Years), I must get the sheet music for that song & find a place for it in a show.
It was delightful to see & hear Ziemba & Lacy in Let’s Take an Old Fashioned Walk. I also must say that I think Ziemba is a terrific singer & when I heard her Cockeyed Optimist & Wonderful Guy, I kept praying that the producers of the next South Pacific were in the audience to hear her. I think she’s around the same age as a Mary Martin when MM did the show, give or take.
The other song I wanna get my hands on is This Had Better Be Love. While Cady was breathtakingly perfect in everything she sang last night, this was my little diamond discovery.
I think Robert Westenberg was incredibly brave to “go on with the show” despite his being obviously unwell. Kudos to him for using wonderful singing technique & for being as focused as he was.
Martin Vidnovic, hello! What a joy to hear him sing & interpret.
As many of you can tell by my postings of Today’s Birthdays, I love learning & remembering bits & pieces of ephemera, & I personally enjoy Scott Siegel’s bits of patter that sets up the year by letting us in on what was going on & setting up songs.
Once again, Ross Patterson & The Ross Patterson Little Big Band came thru with flying colors.
Give me more years, & I look forward to the Broadway By The Year 1989!
Milla
Lennie Watts and Cady Huffman showed lots of sensitivity when they sang a sweet duet fr Miss Liberty called Little Fish in a Big Pond. (P.S. I’m a biiiig fan of Lennie Watts’ voice & hope he brings back his most recent cabaret show.) Lennie was born to sing Guys & Dolls. He also knocked my socks off with the fabulous ending to The Big Movie Show in the Sky.
Scott Coulter, ahhh. A very unusual voice & timbre. Scott gives his all to every song he sings & whether some people might have been aurally jolted by his interpretation of Younger Than Springtime, I remind everyone that Barbara Cook did THE most incredible non-traditional interpretation of This Nearly Was Mine. What I’ve just said takes nothing away from the testosterone-packed interpretation of Martin Vidnovic…just apples & oranges. That’s how I feel about Scott Coulter’s YTS.
Scott also sang beautifully my personal favorite discovery of the evening It Will Be All Right (In 100 Years), I must get the sheet music for that song & find a place for it in a show.
It was delightful to see & hear Ziemba & Lacy in Let’s Take an Old Fashioned Walk. I also must say that I think Ziemba is a terrific singer & when I heard her Cockeyed Optimist & Wonderful Guy, I kept praying that the producers of the next South Pacific were in the audience to hear her. I think she’s around the same age as a Mary Martin when MM did the show, give or take.
The other song I wanna get my hands on is This Had Better Be Love. While Cady was breathtakingly perfect in everything she sang last night, this was my little diamond discovery.
I think Robert Westenberg was incredibly brave to “go on with the show” despite his being obviously unwell. Kudos to him for using wonderful singing technique & for being as focused as he was.
Martin Vidnovic, hello! What a joy to hear him sing & interpret.
As many of you can tell by my postings of Today’s Birthdays, I love learning & remembering bits & pieces of ephemera, & I personally enjoy Scott Siegel’s bits of patter that sets up the year by letting us in on what was going on & setting up songs.
Once again, Ross Patterson & The Ross Patterson Little Big Band came thru with flying colors.
Give me more years, & I look forward to the Broadway By The Year 1989!
Milla
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