Anthony Santelmo Jr: Sleuthy Returns!!!

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Anthony Santelmo Jr

Sleuthy Returns!!!

Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, November 20, 2014

Reviewed by Peter Haas for Cabaret Scenes

Anthony-Santelmo-Jr-Sluethy-Returns-Cabaret-Scenes-Magazine_212On Anthony Santelmo Jr’s promotional postcard, he’s looking right at you, detective-style, through a magnifying glass. It’s a symbol of his unusual theme for his cabaret shows: that of the song sleuth, hunting through the Great American Songbook for fine but seldom-sung selections, and bringing them back to life for his audiences.
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To the songs themselves, add Santelmo’s rich, operatic-style voice, his humor, warmth, and sense of joy in singing, and his choice of musicians and back-up singers. Result: In his November evenings, titled Sleuthy Returns!!! (the three exclamation points are his), you have one of the richest, most enjoyable cabaret shows of the season.
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Tucked away in the cozy Brick Room of Don’t Tell Mama, Anthony was joined on the tiny stage by maestro Barry Levitt on piano, Rob Thomas on violin and Jon Burr on bass, plus two fine young back-up singers, Rebecca Weiner and Sharone Sayegh, heralded as the “Up-Front Girls.”

Santelmo united some of his songs by their themes. There was John Lennon’s powerful “All You Need Is Love” (performed in his show, noted Anthony, for the first time in cabaret) paired with Karen Benedetto’s “I See Love.” “Slumber Song” was matched with the moving “Japanese Sandman,” both from the 1920s, both with music by Richard Whiting, with lyrics, respectively, by Oscar Hammerstein II and Raymond Egan. Two songs with music by Frank Wildhorn were “Why Do People Fall in Love?” (lyrics by Jack Murphy) and “The Heart Is Slow to Learn” (words by Don Black and Christopher Hampton). Comedy was introduced with a Santelmo stand-by, the 1927 “Pastafazoola,” and Ford Winter’s buoyant “You Can’t Saw Sawdust,” with the audience joining in.

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Weiner and Sayegh were featured in the Whiting/Gillespie/Simons “Breezin’ Along with the Breeze,” in an arrangement with counter melody and lyrics by Levitt.

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With 22 songs, Santelmo’s show was a generous helping of fun and fine music. He’s back for two more outings: December 27 and 28.
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Peter Haas

Writer, editor, lyricist and banjo plunker, Peter Haas has been contributing features and performance reviews for Cabaret Scenes since the magazine’s infancy. As a young folk-singer, he co-starred on Channel 13’s first children’s series, Once Upon a Day; wrote scripts, lyrics and performed on Pickwick Records’ children’s albums, and co-starred on the folk album, All Day Singing. In a corporate career, Peter managed editorial functions for CBS Records and McGraw-Hill, and today writes for a stable of business magazines. An ASCAP Award-winning lyricist, his work has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Feinstein’s, Metropolitan Room and other fine saloons.