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.
