Tag: Being Alive
Donald Houtz: Simply Sondheim
Donald Houtz Simply Sondheim Sterling’s Upstairs at the Federal, North Hollywood, CA March 15, 2015 Reviewed by Elliot Zwiebach for Cabaret Scenes Donald Houtz has a rich, resonant, consistently strong voice. He knows how to sing a song very well, but not always how to interpret it. If he were singing on a Broadway stage, […]
Karen Mason: Mama at Mason’s in March
Karen Mason Mason at Mama’s in March Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, March 9, 2015 Reviewed by Alix Cohen for Cabaret Scenes 33 years ago, “in a jumpsuit and big hair,” Karen Mason co-inaugurated the opening of Don’t Tell Mama. (Nancy LaMott was the other performer.) I wasn’t there. Judging by tonight’s show, however, the artist’s […]
Judy Collins: Judy Collins Sings Sondheim
Judy Collins always had a knack for choosing material from soon-to-be famous rising lyricists.
Lyrics & Lyricists: A Good Thing Going–Sondheim/Prince
The show’s finale circled around [“Not a Day Goes By”], the harmonic cast blending in various Sondheim songs and insinuating listeners with an inevitable final comprehension of human emotion and pain. An exceptional production.
Scott Coulter, Carole J. Bufford, Christina Bianco:11 O’Clock Numbers at 7 O’Clock
The original cast of Scott Coulter, Carole J. Bufford and Christina Bianco amusingly provided the context of each of the 14 songs and performed them with great energy
