With a very appealing cover, not
to mention the booklet, this live recording of Bebe Neuwirth’s concert at 54 Below
invite us to a close and personal meeting with this unique
actress/singer/dancer.
Through songs and stories, Bebe
tell us about herself and her career. From her beginnings singing “I Love a
Piano” in every audition she went, to the fact that as a dancer she can’t eat
cookies, only smell them.
Her singing voice is a perfect
match for the John Kander & Fred Ebb songs, “Ring Them Bells” and “But the
World Goes’ Round”, and not surprisingly even better for Kurt Weill’s “Susan’s
Dream”, an haunting ballad that I never heard before, “The Bilbao Song” and
“Surabaya Johnny”. I think that Weill would have loved to write songs for her.
I’m not very fond of Tom Waits, but in Bebe’s voices “Invitation to the Blues”
is a great moment and “Shiver Me Tembers” is quietly sad, but beautiful. But
there are more songs for you to discover and enjoy in this new recording.
A simple, funny and intimate
recording of a great lady of the stage, done with warm and love. I strongly
recommend it and I’m sure it’ll grow on you as it’s growing in me.
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