Barry and Brenda Levitt's compilation show at Birdland, Her Song, celebrating women songwriters, gives us a top-notch musical ensemble of five first-class singers with four hues of hair: blonde (Emma Zaks), brown (Casey Erin Clark), black (Heidi Weyhmueller) and red (Kelly McCormick). All are terrific singers and personalities. Her Song also offers one large black woman (which every musical needs) as the heart (and soul) of the show -- the incomparable Broadway star Carol Woods. She's is a national treasure; if you ever can have the privilege of seeing and hearing her, pay WHATEVER it costs. She'll make your innards quiver and your heart quaver. Her "Trouble" here will shake you.
The Her Song musical ensemble features Cameron Brown on bass, a sensitive, delicate drummer; Brian Grice; and Barry Levitt, a great ivory-tickler who leads and gives a sense of time a fraction above the beat which keeps all jumpin'. The women, a quartet to tickle your ears, are fun, sing well, and are well staged as they sing Barry's arrangements that beautifully blend and utilize their voices.
Ended:
April 25, 2007
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
Barry Levitt
Theater Type:
Cabaret
Theater:
Birdland
Theater Address:
315 West 44 Street
Phone:
(212) 581-3080
Genre:
Revue
Director:
Barry Levitt
Review:
Cast:
Kelly McCormick, Casey Erin Clark, Emma Zaks, Heidi Weyhmueller
Critic:
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed:
January 2007
