Megan Hilty
Café Carlyle, NYC, May 19 , 2015
Reviewed by Elizabeth Ahlfors for Cabaret Scenes
Megan Hilty, girl-next-door meets blonde bombshell, is back for her second appearance at the Café Carlyle with a mix of old classics and new favorites, a little bit country and a little bit Smash. She may look like the bouncy high school cheerleader and her patter may sometimes get giggly, but Hilty is a confident singing talent with pistol-packing vocals and a gift for interpreting astute lyrics.
With a powerful belt and breath control, Hilty’s “Come Rain or Come Shine” (Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer) is reminiscent of Judy Garland’s version at Carnegie Hall. While she does not imitate Judy, obviously a musical influence, Hilty does include a few other Garland favorites like Arlen and Ted Koehler’s “Get Happy.” With her own upbeat demeanor and down-to-earth character, Hilty is persuasive with the bluesy sway and smart lyrics of “They Just Keep Moving the Line” (Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman) from her popular TV show, Smash. From the same show, “Let’s Be Bad” levitates Cole Porter’s “Let’s Misbehave” to another level.
It is the ballads, however, where Hilty goes for—and finds—the visceral.
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Most expressive is Tommy Wolf and Fran Landesman’s piercing “The Ballad of the Sad Young Men” (“All the news is bad again, kiss your dreams goodbye”). After a bit of patter about her new baby daughter, Hilty delivers a fervent shifting of priorities in “A Place Called Home” (Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens) and ends her show with a sweet message to the baby with Irving Berlin’s “Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep).
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Keeping things in the family is a vibrant quartet, including husband, guitarist Brian Gallagher. Joining them are Ryan Hoagland on percussion and bassist Dennis Keefe and music director and pianist Matt Cusson. She adds her vocals to Cusson’s colorful jazz flavoring of George and Ira Gershwin’s “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” with hubby Brian shooting clever, dry asides their way. Hilty and Gallagher deliver a duet of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” by Menken and Ahrens.
She could easily morph into Marilyn Monroe with “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” but it doesn’t happen here. Megan Hilty does it her way, and it sounds just great.
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Megan Hilty continues at Café Carlyle through May 30.
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