Kristoffer Lowe
You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me
September 22 at 7:00 pm
Metropolitan Room
34 W. 22nd Street, NYC
212.206.0440
Here’s what our Rob Lester had to say about Kristoffer’s previous show:
Waiting for the light to shine, courtesy of DTM reliable technical director Jason Ellis, I had the usual pre-debut show trepidation. Would Waiting for the Light to Shine with newbie Kristoffer Lowe be likeable or, like many first-timers, would he prove to be rather trying—trying too hard to prove belting ability, hard-to-bear soul-bearing oversharing? No worries. The perky, quirky opening bit contrasts confidence with inner conflicts, letting spectators take a shine to him immediately. He sparkles. It’s clear that his clear, musical theater-savvy tenor voice is rock-solid: big, bright, warm, instead of brassy. With brio, grinning, he’s winning with nutty novelties (DeSylva/ Brown/Henderson’s “Never Swat a Fly”). Sweet, sustained high notes are glorious and nothing heartfelt remains unexpressed in “Unexpressed” (John Bucchino).
The Alabama transplant can disarmingly transport us via vocal beauty, yet transmit self-deprecation and self-knowing Southern charm.
His own parody lyrics about therapy are flip and fun. Buoyant and blithe, winking or wistful, he refreshingly radiates sincerity and the Lowe know-how is “pow”!
Very present are pianist Carl Danielsen (an attentive, beaming collaborator) and top bassist-guitarist Matt Scharfglass. Directed by Lennie Watts, the well-shaped set is already-set-go glide. Put the Lowe show high on the Must-See List.
