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Rebecca Kilgore: Some Like It Hot - The Music of Marilyn Monroe
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Aug 9, 2011
Closed Aug 13, 2011

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Jazz vocalist Rebecca Kilgore performs Some Like It Hot - The Music of Marilyn Monroe.

She will be joined by The Harry Allen Quartet which features Allen on the tenor saxophone, Rossano Sportiello on piano, Joel Forbes on bass, and Chuck Riggs on drums.

They perform selections from Monroe's famed Hollywood films including "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend," "Let's Make Love," and "Runnin' Wild."

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Feinstein's at Loews Regency
540 Park Ave
New York, NY 10065


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Vocalist is not the first word that comes to mind when one thinks of silver screen goddess Marilyn Monroe, as Rebecca Kilgore points out early in her appealing tribute show,
Some Like It Hot, now at Feinstein's at Loews Regency. But, as Kilgore also reminds us, even the legendary Irving Berlin thought Monroe's singing voice was "better than all right."

Kilgore's voice is, not surprisingly, better than that. It shares a little bit of the lightness of Monroe's, but is far less breathy and ultimately richer. While Kilgore has a relatively small range, she possesses both a sure sense of swing and the ability to get the heart of a lyric -- two traits that serve her (and the audience) well during[...]


Reviewed by Brian Scott Lipton on Aug 10, 2011

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