Philly Pops with O'Hara and Lazar

[Johnnytoc]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 4:19pm

Is anyone going this thursday? They announced the songs:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=11407
I wish I could go, but there's no way with everything else going on. If anyone goes, please post a review.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 4:20pm

I wish I could go!

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 5:08pm

I was thinking about it. Just checked online for hotels in Philly and saw some reasonable rates. I'll decide tomorrow.

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 5:10pm

Sounds like a great concert, I wish I could go

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 5:11pm

Yeah, saw it.

The song line-up is stupendous.

Almost worth slumming to Philly.

Just kidding!!!!!

[Britt0913]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 5:19pm

I'm thinking about it. Just depends if the parents are still mad at me!

[singingshowgirl]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 6:25pm

i go to college in philly! if only we started a little earlier!!!

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 7:02pm

I'm going! Soooo excited.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 6:57am

I'd love to go just to hear them sing SAY IT SOMEHOW I wish they had gotten a chance to play opposite each other on Broadway.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 7:16am

EponineAmneris, Kelli and Aaron played opposite each other in The Light in the Piazza for a few months. Aaron started in September, Kelli left the show in December of last year.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 7:37am

AH, OK. Thank you, DottieD'Luscia I am glad to hear that. I adore LITP, Kelli & Aaron, but I am not very quick with remebering the show's history... yet

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:05am

That's ok. The only way I remember that is Kelli came back from vacation for one day for Aaron's first performance and saw them together at Kelli's last in December.

[camp_actor]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 8:49am

I saw Lazar in On The Town at ENO last year. He was incredible! His voice is just so beautiful and full. And he is pretty pretty as well!

Was looking at the set-list, it's a shame he isn't doing anything from OTT, his Lonely Town was heartbreaking.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 10:29am

It has a great line up of songs.

[mrsparker]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:52pm

My husband and I are going. The Mann is five minutes from our house. Right now it is raining...glad our tix are under cover!

[gustof777]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 3:00pm

Can't wait to hear about it!

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 3:05pm

I can't wait for tonight...they have such a great lineup.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 8/10/06 at 3:13pm

Can someone give a review when they get back? It would be much appreciated.

[Johnnytoc]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:31am

Bump.
Any reviews?

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:48am

I was going to go, but between finances and the threat of rain, I decided not to make the trip in from DC.

[mrsparker]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 10:40am

They were awesome together last night. You could tell that Aaron and Kelli were a little unsure of the stage protocol with Peter Nero, but it was kind of cute. They didn't know if they were "allowed" to speak to the audience between numbers. I mean, it's clear when you see Nero on stage with the Pops that it's HIS show and he's in charge. He did not really engage either of them, so they pretty much came on and off stage in turn and together when they did the duets. They both were in excellent voice and looked fabulous. Kelly wore a WOW of a form-fitting black cocktail dress and 3-inch stacked black and white pumps. Aaron, who now has a beard, was in a standard tux. We sat in the pit, one row removed from the stage. They are each so beautiful to look at, but unfortuately at the Mann, the closer you are to the stage, the worse the sound is. So it's always a trade-off there between seeing and hearing. They closed with a medley from Little Shop of Horrors then left the stage. Nero brought them back, but didn't offer them an encore. Instead he had the orchestra play their traditional Washington Post March closing and that was it. It was a great evening of entertainment, but I can't help but think that Peter Nero somehow held them back. He, of course, played an overlong, overindulgent, overimprovised version of "A Boy Like That" from West Side Story. I think it left the audience wanting more of the guest artists. I know I did.

[Johnnytoc]

Posted: 8/11/06 at 10:49am

Glad to hear they had a nice performance. I remember reading the program list and thinking hearing them singing Little Shop would be a) really random (since it's a show they probably won't ever do) and b) pretty cool.

[beacon1]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:14am

Aaron with a beard?

I imagine he looks fab that way, too!

[VeuveClicquot]

Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:20am

O'Hara needs to play Nellie Forbush in South Pacific at Lincoln Center.

I'm just saying.