KT Sullivan: Colored Lights

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KT Sullivan

Colored Lights

Laurie Beechman Theatre, NYC, May 24, 2017

Reviewed by Ron Forman for Cabaret Scenes

KT Sullivan
Photo: Russ Weatherford

On the way to the Laurie Beechman Theatre, I was stuck in what has become the norm in New York City: heavy traffic. I thought that I might miss KT Sullivan’s show.

As it turned out, even if I had arrived after her closing number, I still would have witnessed a great show, as her encore was literally a show in itself. After telling the audience that although 1929, the year of the stock market crash, was a bad year for America, it was her favorite year for popular songs. Sullivan then proceeded to sing 29 songs brilliantly and seamlessly put together in a truly breathtaking medley, which included “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Am I Blue?
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,” “Broadway Melody,” and “If I Had a Talking Picture of You.

” I did manage to arrive on time and I did witness an extraordinarily entertaining show.

Sullivan is the very definition of a great cabaret performer: she has an excellent soprano voice, the ability to bring drama and comedy to her musical numbers, and a stage presence that keeps your eyes riveted on her. In her show Colored Lights, Sullivan performs songs from more than 20 Broadway musicals to combine a history of those musicals with the story of her life on the stage. Musical Director Jon Weber works perfectly with her on piano.
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Sullivan’s opening number, “Try to Remember,” allowed her to display her beautiful soprano sound, which concluded with her saying, “Do I hear a waltz?,” which led humorously into her performing the Stephen Sondheim/Richard Rodgers song with that title. An amusing story about her experience with director George Abbott preceded a lilting “Falling in Love with Love.”  She made herself look extremely weary performing “World Weary,” which Noël Coward wrote at age 29. Weber dazzled in his solo turn on piano with “Autumn in New York.
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” Sullivan and Weber masterfully whipped together a medley of “Another  Op’nin’, Another Show” and  “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” before their spectacular finish, a medley of “Much More” (The Fantasticks) and “Colored Lights” (The Rink).

Ron Forman

Ron Forman has been a Mathematics Professor at Kingsborough Community College for 45 years. In that time, he has managed to branch out in many different areas. From 1977 to 1994 he was co-owner of Comics Unlimited, the third largest comic book distribution company in the USA. In 1999,after a lifetime of secretly wanting to do a radio program, he began his weekly Sweet Sounds program on WKRB 90.3 FM, dedicated to keeping the music of the Great American Songbook alive and accessible. This introduced him to the world of cabaret, which led to his position as a reviewer for Cabaret Scenes.