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Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/6/13 at 10:56pm

Great NYTimes Review!!
Paulo Szot’s Outsize Broadway Grandeur!
...Szot’s voice evoked the world’s finest dark-chocolate pudding...
I'm going tomorrow, can't wait!!!!

NYTimes review Szot @54below

Updated On: 8/7/13 at 10:56 PM

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 12:11am

Great TheaterMania review too- "Sublime"
Paulo Szot at 54 Below

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 12:54am

He's singing What Kind of Fool Am I? and Were Thine That Special Face from Kiss me Kate! perfect for him

I was there Monday night. He has relaxed a lot since the last time I saw him at the Carlyle. His voice is splendid as always, but the song selection is broader. My only small complaint - the arrangement of This Nearly Was Mine has a strange minor key that makes the song uncomfortable rather than glorious. If I could, I would change that. Otherwise, marvelous. And the food at 54 Below was very good. My first visit there. I'll
be back.

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 7:58am

Seeing this tonight. Looking forward to this so much, I don't know how I'll get through the day.

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 11:36am

His voice makes me ovulate.

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Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 11:55am

Just saw this reference to a CD coming out:
"Also, keep your eye out for his upcoming CD on GPR records called Brazil To Broadway where he will sing Brazilian Standards in English and Broadway Standards in Portuguese."

Gee I wish it were on a regular label. Looks like that GPR has recorded other opera singers doing cabaret like Patricia Racette and Charles Castronovo, but he's much better at it than they are I think. He deserves a real CD. Great jazz reviewer who writes for Wall Street Journal Will Friedwald tweeted the other day that he deserves a solo album.
reference to an album

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 12:11pm

Will Friedwald who reviews jazz for the Wall Street Journal tweeted some great stuff about Paulo Szot the other day. Friedwald always tweets interesting stuff, I'm surprised he doesn't have more followers. He loves vocalists, he's written books about Sinatra and jazz singing, here's his Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Friedwald
Here are some WSJ articles he's written: http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=WILL+FRIEDWALD&bylinesearch=true

Anyway he tweeted this:
"the two greatest living interpreters of "If Ever I Would Leave You" are SONNY ROLLINS & PAOLO SZOT, & 1 of them is opening @54Below tonight."
https://twitter.com/willfriedwald/status/364409578122784768

and this:
"(1/2) attn Sony or somebody: please record PAOLO SZOT's club show @54Below, especially "If Ever I Would Leave You" for the 54B live series!"https://twitter.com/willfriedwald/status/364410386914623488

and this:
"(2/2) re PAOLO SZOT, it's hard to believe he doesn't have a "solo" album, he's easily one of the great living baritones, if not the greatest"
https://twitter.com/willfriedwald/status/364410566640541696
WSJ jazz reviewer Will Friedwald says Paulo Szot is easily one of the greatest living baritones

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 12:36pm

I've always liked Will Friedwald's writing. Thank for the links. I just followed him on Twitter.

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Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 1:03pm

So the Theatremania review says "... in the middle of "Too Many Mornings," from Stephen Sondheim's Follies, a special guest (who just happens to be hanging around the neighborhood) joins him on stage to sing Sally's part of the duet. I'll say no more."

Vicky Clark?

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Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 2:55pm

It was Laura Osnes

"The beautiful @LauraOsnes just got up and sang with #Pauloszot Truly anything can happen @54Below #southpacific #onlyat54"
https://twitter.com/54Below/status/364534649546362880

Cute pic
https://twitter.com/LauraOsnes/status/364590136182337536/photo/1
She's so teensy

Earlier @54Below tweet said she was in the audience, so if you go and see a singer in the audience maybe they will start singing!

Will Friedwald's tweets are sometimes so informative, he's posted really interesting links

#12

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 3:29pm

Oooooooh!

#13

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 4:10pm

At least on Monday night, when CINDERELLA is dark.

#14

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 9:38pm

This was possibly the greatest thing ever.

I have no words.

#15

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 10:02pm

...exactly.

My first night ever at 54 Below.

Spending the evening with friends I love and adore.

Paulo Szot's perfect performance.

Priceless. Absolutely priceless.

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#16

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/7/13 at 10:08pm

*Sigh* *Swoon*

"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#17

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/8/13 at 9:42am

So thankful to you all for reminding me that this is happening. I just grabbed tickets for tonight's show and cannot wait. One of my favorite evenings was seeing Paulo Szot at Cafe Carlyle. After the show, I stuck around the bar chatting with some friends and his second show ended up being undersold, so they let us stick around and watch the second show for free. If there is anyone I could listen to sing the same set list twice in a row, it is Paulo Szot. I can't wait for tonight!

#18

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/8/13 at 9:57am

54 Below is so much more reasonably priced than Cafe Carlyle. I am glad that I had the experience of seeing Szot there, but my wallet after the Carlyle evening was very empty.

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Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/8/13 at 10:13am

. If there is anyone I could listen to sing the same set list twice in a row, it is Paulo Szot.

That's exactly how I felt after the show last night. I didn't want to go home.

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Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/8/13 at 10:52am

I was there last night as well....same gorgeous looks,same gorgeous voice,same riveting figure. But he's finally lost that bit of reserve he's always had in these cabaret venues.He seemed utterly relaxed and comfortable and he really connected with the audience.I especially loved his "if I were a rich man", too bad he's too handsome and sexy for that role.
It was an absolutely fabulous evening!!!!

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Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/8/13 at 10:55am

Was there a guest? Any mention of an album? Why doesn't he have an album?!???

The pianist/music director is apparently an up and coming big deal, I noticed he recently won a competition to apprentice with the Chicago symphony, it's a conducting apprenticeship. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/8_About/Press_Room/Press_Releases/2012-13/Solti_Conducting_Announcement_2013.pdf
He's also a composer, has composed for orchestras, has written operas. Apparently there are big expectations for him, he's only 23. He's already worked at the Met. There are youtubes of him conducting some of his compositions, also playing in a rock band. Here's his website. http://matthewaucoin.com Maybe if he likes Broadway and standards he'll pull a Leonard Bernstein and write for Broadway! Sounds like he did a good job on this show.

This show sounds really really special.

#22

Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/8/13 at 11:05am

No guest, and there's an album coming out of him singing bossa novas in English and showtunes in Portuguese

Updated On: 8/8/13 at 11:05 AM

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Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/8/13 at 11:21am

There was no guest last night.I know Kelli Ohara sang at one of his Carlyle openngs and I saw him twice there,once Rebecca Luker joined him and once I saw Laura Osnos.I guess it depends on who can make it

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Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/8/13 at 11:26am

PalJoey, just a minor thing, it's portuguese, not brazilian :) (common mistake)

Updated On: 8/8/13 at 11:26 AM

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Paulo Szot @54Below

Posted: 8/8/13 at 11:47am

That's weird. Why did I even type that?

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