I caught Noelle McGrath's cabaret show at the Laurie Beecham Theater downstairs from the West Bank Café. She's a warm, outgoing singer with a rich musical voice underlining a wry sense of humor. Her Bea Lilly impression doing Noel Coward is vividly comic. There is a terrific rendition of Randy Newman's "Sail Away," some Tom Lehrer, a lovely Irish ballad filled with nostalgia for the "Old Sod" and Kurt Weill's dramatic resonance.
And her two daughters did numbers -- Lily de Paula is a lovely, charming young singer and Juliet de Paula whose strength, in addition to her sense of humor is heart, warmth and a good voice and musicality. This family is filled with appealing, talented women. Accompanied on piano by Rachel Kaufman who has a great sense of time and nimble fingers, this is a totally enjoyable cabaret show.
