Elizabeth Doyle and David Edelfelt: De-Lovely: An Evening of Cole Porter

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Elizabeth Doyle and David Edelfelt

De-Lovely: An Evening of Cole Porter

Feinstein’s/54 Below, NYC, April 19, 2022

Reviewed by Ron Forman

Elizabeth Doyle and David Edelfelt are two engaging performers who took turns at the piano and singing in their fast-moving entertaining tribute to Cole Porter. The duo has worked together for 30 years, and they smoothly move back and forth from piano to the front of the stage. Edelfelt’s movement on stage and facial expressions add to the overall enjoyment.
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The show features many of Porter’s well-known songs, with a few carefully chosen obscure songs that move the show along. The selections are introduced with interesting and often funny comments about Porter’s life and work.

The duo added amusing special lyrics to their lively opening number, a medley of “Another Op’nin’, Another Show” and “From This Moment On.” They joined voices nicely on “Friendship.” Engelfelt accompanied himself on piano for a soft “Night and Day.” He added the seldom-heard verse to his sprightly “You’ve Got That Thing.” Doyle recounted how Ann Hampton Callaway got to write the music for “I Gaze in Your Eyes,” before she performed her touching vocal. She then displayed her ability to skat after starting “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” softly and slowly.

They both stood on stage for a soft and romantic “True Love,” done a cappella. They took turns describing Porter’s life in Paris in the 1920s followed by a medley of “I Love Paris” and “You Don’t Know Paree.” The medley was followed by Doyle beginning “Primitive Man” with French lyrics. Their performance of “Why Don’t We Try Staying Home” induced much laughter. Doyle remarked “Four hands are better than two,” preceding their duet on piano of “C’est magnifique.” Edelfeit told of Porter’s tragic accident when he fell off a horse in 1937, and included Porter’s comment, “Now I know why the French eat horses rather than ride them.” Next to closing their voices blended nicely on “In the Still of the Night.” The closing number, “It’s De-Lovely,” included appropriate special closing-of-a-show lyrics. Their encore of “I Happen to Like New York” had them both singing at the piano.

Ron Forman

Ron Forman has been a Mathematics Professor at Kingsborough Community College for 45 years. In that time, he has managed to branch out in many different areas. From 1977 to 1994 he was co-owner of Comics Unlimited, the third largest comic book distribution company in the USA. In 1999,after a lifetime of secretly wanting to do a radio program, he began his weekly Sweet Sounds program on WKRB 90.3 FM, dedicated to keeping the music of the Great American Songbook alive and accessible. This introduced him to the world of cabaret, which led to his position as a reviewer for Cabaret Scenes.