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Bettye LaVette
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 24, 2011
Closed Jun 3, 2011

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http://www.thecarlyle.com

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

R&B legend Bettye LaVette plays the Café Carlyle, singing songs from her five decade career. She is accompanied by a band led by her musical director Alan Hill.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Café Carlyle
35 E 76th St
New York, NY 10075


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Every minute of her 65 years of struggle and survival can be seen in Bettye LaVette's face and heard in her singular voice during
An Evening With Bettye LaVette, the R&B legend's debut show at the Cafe Carlyle.

The evening is not for less-is-more devotees, in any sense, as it lasts a full two hours and demands not just rapt attention on the audience's part, but a willingness to share in LaVette's emotional intensity. But those who make the effort will be rewarded with a rare experience -- and a master class in the art of lyric interpretation.

While the show traverses all 50 years of LaVette's up-and-down career, many of the act's most remarkable selections come from her most recent CD, th[...]


Reviewed by Brian Scott Lipton on May 25, 2011

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