Betty Buckley: The Lyricist

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Betty Buckley

The Lyricist

Feinstein’s at the Nikko, San Francisco, CA, November 13, 2014

Reviewed by Steve Murray for Cabaret Scenes

Betty-Buckley-Ghostlight-Cabaret-Scenes-Magazine_212There’s a film vignette running in Betty Buckley’s mind. The images are sharp and clear, the dialogue is her lyrics and the score is Oscar-worthy. This is how Buckley chooses her superb material for The Lyricist, featuring some of the strongest material she’s sung to date. “Come to Me, Bend to Me” (Brigadoon) and Abbey Lincoln’s seldom performed “Throw It Away” from Buckley’s new CD Ghostlight set the tone for an evening of captivating artistry.

Buckley’s voice is now mature, softer and unembellished.
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With her slight vibrato and unique phrasing, she draws you into the emotion of the words, painting that image that plays in her mind. She utilizes a sensational new arrangement to create something new and exciting from Irving Berlin’s well-worn “Blue Skies.
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” Lyrical pianist Christian Jacob adds lightness matched with immaculate precision to the set. Jacques Brel/Rod McKuen’s sad but optimistic “If You Go Away” and Sting’s “A Practical Arrangement” (The Last Ship) are pieces of art in Buckley’s deft hands. The pièce de résistance is Hugh Prestwood’s “Ghost in This House,” a heartbroken lament to loneliness that is made all the more palpable with Buckley’s seasoned mastery of style and delivery. This is a refined Betty Buckley—more mature and satisfied, and clearly in control of her craft.

Steve Murray

Always interested in the arts, Steve was encouraged to begin producing and, in 1998, staged four, one-man vehicles starring San Francisco's most gifted performers. In 1999, he began the Viva Variety series, a live stage show with a threefold mission to highlight, support, and encourage gay and gay-friendly art in all the performance forms, to entertain and document the shows, and to contribute to the community by donating proceeds to local non-profits. The shows utilized the old variety show style popularized by his childhood idol Ed Sullivan. He’s produced over 150 successful shows, including parodies of Bette Davis’s gothic melodramedy Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte and Joan Crawford’s very awful Trog. He joined Cabaret Scenes 2007 and enjoys the writing and relationships he’s built with very talented performers.