54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits
Feinstein’s/54 Below, NYC, May 25, 2018
Reviewed by Ron Forman for Cabaret Scenes
It never ceases to amaze me as to how Scott Siegel manages to put together a cast of wonderful singers each month for one performance of 54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits. The 27th edition of the series was no exception to that rule. The seven vocalists all performed their numbers superbly, with music director Ron Abel providing the appropriate accompaniment for each singer’s style and voice. Siegel’s comments before each song, as always, are the perfect segue between musical numbers.
William Michals’ booming baritone thrilled, opening the show with “If I Can’t Love Her,” which he performed as the Beast in Beauty and the Beast. He would return next to closing with a show-stopping, kinetically lively performance of “Ya Got Trouble.
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” I loved the way Jillian Louis sang the lyric, “the way you sing off- key,“ off-key, in her performance of “They Can’t Take That Away from Me.” She would return for a hilarious performance of Stephen Sondheim/Mary Rodgers’ “The Boy From….” The man of many voices, all quite wonderful, Brian Charles Rooney, used the voice of King George to amusingly perform “For Your Love.” He would switch gears later in the show to use his operatic voice in a Nelson Eddy-ish “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise.” Sarah Burke got lots of laughter with her dramatically and operatically performed “It’s a Privilege to Pee” from Urinetown. Paola Hernandez, as Anita, had the audience cheering after her spectacular performance of West Side Story‘s “America,” with Abel joining her as the voice of Rosario. Jonah Hookano had the appropriate voice for “Where Is Love?” Gabrielle Stravelli (pictured) showed off all her skills as a chanteuse by closing the show with a dramatically moving “The Man I Love,” including the seldom-performed verse.
