Eric Yves Garcia

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Eric Yves Garcia

Iridium, NYC, April 22, 2016

Reviewed by Marilyn Lester for Cabaret Scenes

Photo: Kevin Alvey
Photo: Kevin Alvey

In the brotherhood of men who sing and accompany themselves on piano, there’s an unwritten rule of the road to cultivate an air of quintessential style. This Eric Yves Garcia has aced, along with—to use a good old-fashioned term—breeding. A couple of songs into the show he leaves the piano to stand at the microphone, personably welcoming you to his space.
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With this gracious gesture you know you’re going to be taken good care of.

His opening number, an upbeat “I Just Found Out About Love” was followed by “Let’s Misbehave,” both sung with a knowing twinkle in the eye. Garcia sings as if every lyric has come from his own personal experience. With numbers such as “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” or “I’ve Got the World on a String” you wonder what’s behind that one? His song choices are a balanced mix of the well-known and the more obscure, such as “About a Quarter to Nine,” “Spring Isn’t Everything,” “House of Flowers” and “River, Stay Away from My Door.” Like many piano men, Garcia has a large repertoire and doesn’t like to work with sheet music. It irked him to do so with a new try-out, “Why Can’t I?

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,” but he did just fine. He performed two requests, “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me” and “As Time Goes By,” without missing a beat. With a mini- medley of “La Mer” and “I Cover the Waterfront” he delighted his French-teacher mother, who was in the house.

The urbane Garcia is also a wit and a raconteur. He’s got the ability to make his narrative seem entirely spontaneous, even if it’s been well-rehearsed.
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Plus, he’s an expert at spinning an ordinary life event (“true story,” he’ll say) into an amazing yarn. His piano style is nimble, lyrical and sometimes pleasantly florid. It was a treat to hear an extended piano solo with “I Wish I Were in Love Again.” In sum, the entire Garcia package is a gift box of joyful entertainment—an evening very well spent.

Marilyn Lester

Marilyn Lester left journalism and commercial writing behind nearly two decades ago to write plays. That branch in the road led to screenwriting, script-doctoring, dramaturgy and producing for the stage. Marilyn has also co-authored, as well as edited, books. It seemed the only world of words she hadn’t conquered was criticism, an opportunity that presented itself via Theater Pizzazz. Marilyn has since sought to widen her scope in this form of writing she especially relishes. Marilyn is a member of the Authors Guild, Dramatists Guild, Women in the Arts and Media and The League of Professional Theater Women.