Frederick Mann White
Mann to Man Revisited
The Triad, NYC, November 10, 2019
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
Some years ago, Frederick White Mann created an enjoyable show in support of marriage equality—Mann to Man, humanizing its political aspect with references to his own long-term relationship and his desire to legalize it (which he has happily since done). For this year, he updated the show to be a tribute to Pete Buttigieg and husband Chasten.
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This was a clever idea, an featured a life-size cardboard cutout of the presidential candidate and a (thankfully) brief speech by one of his campaign volunteers.
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This allowed Mann to tie together a collection of standards (some more closely associated than others), which he sang with style and feeling.
Kicking off with “Gimme Gimme,” and altering the lyric to
“the right to love”(a touching remnant of the earlier show), Mann presented his
songs without camp so that a medley of “My Man” and “The Music That Makes Me
Dance” was touching rather than silly and served his crooning style very well.
He wisely followed up the bluesy tunes with the upbeat “Hallelujah!
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I Love Him So.”
He cleverly referred to the tiring campaign trail with such sweet songs as “Weekend in New England” and “Let’s Eat Home.” He freely admitted that not all of the songs fit perfectly into the theme of the evening, though “Fifty Percent,” with its specific lyrics about coming from “the other woman” seemed a bit off topic indeed. However, this reflected Mann’s taste for lesser-known songs from Broadway musicals, such as “I’d Order Love” from First Date, “One of the Great Ones” from A Bronx Tale, and the incredibly moving “Love Who You Love” from A Man of No Importance.
Throughout the show, Michael Ferreri provided lush, romantic piano support and some beautiful arrangements. The program was not as tight as it might have been if more revision had been done to adapt to the new theme, but as a collection of attractive songs well-presented, it made for a pleasurable evening.
