Callaway, Mitchell, Almedilla to join Bucchino in Concert

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 2/17/09 at 11:34pm

“John Bucchino and Friends” concert
at Birdland, 315 W. 44th St. between 8th and 9th Aves., NYC
Monday, March 9th at 7 P.M

John Bucchino will be joined by:
Ann Hampton Callaway, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Justin Paul, Benj Pasek, Lucas Steele, Jessica Phillips, Jamison Stern, Joan Almedilla, Jacqueline Hester, and cellist Yair Evnine.

For reservations, please call [phone] or click: www.BirdlandJazz.com
Tickets are $25, plus a $10 minimum.

[bellfrank82]

Posted: 3/12/09 at 2:59pm

I went to see this concert. As always, the stunning Bucchino compositions shined. There were two wonderful group numbers from It's Only Life (with great vocal arrangements by Jason Robert Brown). All four 'It's Only Life" cast members who performed in this concert gave outstanding performances. Only two songs from his musical "A Catered Affair" were included. Jacqueline Hester did such a beautiful job with those two songs, if she had been cast in that role the show would still be running. Ann Hampton Callaway's heartfelt performance of "In A Restaurant By The Sea" was just wonderful (as all her performances are). Bucchino shared one of his new songs, and I would have loved to hear more new material. I hope he plans on doing more shows like this.