John Rinaldi

HeSaid/SheSaid

Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, September 24, 2018

Reviewed by Bart Greenberg for Cabaret Scenes

John Rinaldi is good company, with a pleasant conversational tenor and a delightful personality. His patter is so witty (“Yentl came out in the early ’80s and so did I”) that it is a shame there isn’t more of it in his show He Said/She Said. Much of his song list is devoted to numbers originally introduced on Broadway and in films by female performers; some are tied into a loose autobiographical structure, some are given a spin by being sung by a man with no pronouns changed, and some are pure camp.
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And herein lies the problem with the show: a decided lack of focus.

“That Dirty Old Man” (Stephen Sondheim) and “So Long, Dearie” (Jerry Herman) certainly fell into the camp area, the former especially fun as Rinaldi got to play with the audience. On the other hand, straightforward deliveries of “My White Knight” (Meredith Willson) and “Guess Who I Saw Today” (Murray Grand and Elisse Boyd) were emotionally powerful. “What You Don’t Know About Women” (Cy Coleman and David Zippel) is a great number, but it really gained nothing from being delivered by a man, nor did it make much sense within the context of the show.
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And ending the show with “Anthem” from Chess really seemed a very arbitrary choice.

There is a great deal going for this show, and hopefully Rinaldi will reconsider some of his choices. He is certainly a talented performer; he just needs to better define what he wants this show to be.