A fun show at the Sheldon
Scott Miller and the “New Line All-Stars” put together a really fun show last night (Monday, 1/5/09), “Night of the Living Show Tunes.” Yeah, it’s a musical theater revue - one with some really funny, smart material, a lot of it drawn from shows that New Line has staged in their entirety. A fundraiser for the troupe and its new scholarship fund, the show plays again tonight (Tuesday, 1/6) at 8 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The stately hall and the offbeat material made a great combination, elegant but relaxed - you know, like you have style, but you’re used to it. Also, the tickets are $10, which allows almost anyone to feel like a patron of the arts.
One big treat: Margeau Steinau reprises “Ready To Settle,” the hilariously insulting love song that she performed a few months ago in “High Fidelity.” There’s also a delicious quartet (Nikki Glenn, Talichia Noah, Khnemu Menu-Ra and Joel Hackbarth) singing ”Madeleine” from “Jacques Brel. . .” (which New Line ought to stage again sometime) and real-life married couple Amy and Nick Kelly romping through ”Getting Married Today” from “Company.” Speaking of Sondheim, isn’t it time for Miller to have another go at “Sweeney Todd”?


(5 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5)
I saw Monday’s show - very entertaining! For me the highlight was definitely Talichia Noah’s “And I Am Telling You” from Dreamgirls. That woman can sing!!