Hilary Ann Feldman
Songs That Almost Got Away
Davenport’s, Chicago, IL, September 23
Reviewed by Carla Gordon for Cabaret Scenes
Hilary Ann Feldman’s Songs That Almost Got Away is an engaging show with the fascinating premise that some of the most beloved popular songs almost didn’t make it to the stage, screen, or recording booth. “Young at Heart” puts the “s” in standard, but may have never come to be had Carolyn Leigh not schmoozed to a caller to the advertising agency where she worked who was a music publisher that she was a poet.
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Rodgers and Hammerstein struggled to find the love song for Liat and Cable in South Pacific, noodling with the melody that later became “Getting to Know You,” and giving it some simpy lyrics. Feldman shares how the songwriting duo revisited the drawing board before coming up with the lush poetry and melody of “Younger than Springtime.
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” A highlight of the show was Feldman’s original, personal comedy song, “Mary on the Half Shell,” with music by George Howe. Feldman was relaxed and warm in Songs That Almost Got Away. Her joy in sharing discoveries about those songs that almost didn’t come to be is palpable.
When she performs this show again, she may want to rethink the opening parody to “Putting It Together.” Its lyric is a bit dense for the first number when the audience is still getting comfortable.
