Carolyn Montgomery-Forant: Visible Phoenix

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Carolyn Montgomery-Forant

Visible Phoenix

Laurie Beechman Theatre, NYC, November 21, 2014

Reviewed by Ron Forman for Cabaret Scenes

Carolyn-Montgomery-Forant-Visible-Phoenix-Cabaret-Scenes-Magazine_212After a seven-year hiatus from the cabaret scene, following a multi-award-winning beginning, Carolyn Montgomery-Forant was back where she belongs, on stage at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in a new show aptly titled Visible Phoenix. This well-thought-out autobiographical show, featuring a combination of songs by Montgomery-Forant, country songs and popular standards, was smartly directed by Eric Michael Gillett and featured an all-star band led by Don Rebic.
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Particularly appealing were the singer’s original songs  “The Mermaid and the Whale,” “Mean Girls” and two co-written with Jeff Cubeta: “Lebanese Lament” and the show’s title song.

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  She opened with “Dogs in the Yard” and “Make Me a Kite.
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”  “The Mermaid and the Whale,” composed in the gym, was hilarious and one that most in the audience could very much relate to. “Night and Day,” performed in French and English, and “You Fascinate Me So” showed off Montgomery-Forant’s voice and control of the stage. The back-up vocals by The Fine Whine trio helped make “Mean Girls” great fun to watch and listen to.

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“Angel from Montgomery,” about divorce, showed that the vocalist was comfortable doing a country song. The show closed with a touching “For All We Know,” followed by a very rousing encore: “Everybody Is a Star.”

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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.