Beth Adubato & Rich Fisher

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Beth Adubato & Rich Fisher

Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, July 23, 2017

Reviewed by Bart Greenberg for Cabaret Scenes

 

Beth Adubato & Rich Fisher

The duo of Beth Adubato and Rich Fisher did a great deal right during their Sunday afternoon frolic. They have finely defined on-stage personas.
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Adubato is the slightly jaded 40-ish divorcee who offers up some interesting reinterpretations of oft-performed songs: “Taylor the Latte Boy” (Zina Goldrich/Marcy Heisler) becomes the story of an older woman’s infatuation with a young man, and “Ring of Keys” (Jeanine Tesori/Lisa Kron) is offered from the viewpoint of a once-too-often-burned heterosexual woman considering switching “teams” as she notices an intriguing woman. Fisher is a slightly quirky gay guy with a weakness for off-beat character numbers (“Ballad of the Gay Gingers” by Mike Pettry and “Air Conditioner” by Christine Lavin are some of his tasty offerings).

They have a comfortable and believable chemistry as buddies and their patter — mostly dialogue that serves as song cues — is amusing. They might interact a bit more with the audience, drawing them into their world.
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And they have obviously put a lot of thought into the programming of the show, giving a nice mix of comedy and ballads, solos and duets.

It is the duets that are, in part, the problematic areas of the show. As well-meshed as their personalities are, their vocal styles (and issues) do not combine comfortably nor pleasantly. They favor belting when intermingling forces, which highlights her brash, at times uncertain, voice over his more moderate one. And they chose for their final duet one of the most famous counterpoint numbers conceived for two of the greatest voices of the 20th century (Streisand and Garland, “Happy Days Are Here Again”/”Get Happy”)—not a good idea.
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Many of these issues could be avoided by employing a strong and experienced director.

 

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Bart Greenberg

Bart Greenberg first discovered cabaret a few weeks after arriving in New York City by seeing Julie Wilson and William Roy performing Stephen Sondheim and Cole Porter outdoors at Rockefeller Center. It was instant love for both Ms. Wilson and the art form. Some years later, he was given the opportunity to create his own series of cabaret shows while working at Tower Records. "Any Wednesday" was born, a weekly half-hour performance by a singer promoting a new CD release. Ann Hampton Callaway launched the series. When Tower shut down, Bart was lucky to move the program across the street to Barnes & Nobel, where it thrived under the generous support of the company. The series received both The MAC Board of Directors Award and The Bistro Award. Some of the performers who took part in "Any Wednesday" include Barbara Fasano and Eric Comstock, Tony Desare, Andrea Marcovicci, Carole Bufford, the Karens, Akers, Mason and Oberlin, and Julie Wilson. Privately, Greenberg is happily married to writer/photographer Mark Wallis, who as a performance artist in his native England gathered a major following as "I Am Cereal Killer."