Remembering Bobby Short
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Oct 11, 2011
Closed Oct 29, 2011
Visit the Remembering Bobby Short website:
http://www.thecarlyle.com/dining/cafe_carlyle/
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Remembering Bobby Short is a narrative of Bobby Short's amazing life, the qualities that made him an icon, his accomplishments and importance in the history of American song. Songs by Cole Porter, Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, Duke Ellington, Rodgers & Hart, and others will be interpreted by Clint Holmes in a musical journey that reflects the history of Bobby Sort's illustrious career at the Café Carlyle. Mr. Holmes will be accompanied by his Musical Director/Arranger Jeffrey Neiman (piano), Jay Leonhart (bass) and Sherrie Maricle (drums). The evening will be directed by Larry Moss.
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Clint Holmes would seem an unlikely choice to pay tribute to Bobby Short, the New York musical institution who ruled the Café Carlyle for over three-and-a-half decades. Nonetheless, the singer's new show at the Carlyle, Remembering Bobby Short, is an unalloyed triumph.
Whereas Short was a suave, seemingly effortless performer who never seemed to break a sweat onstage, Holmes -- who has spent much of his career performing in large Las Vegas showrooms -- is a human dynamo who can turn a simple ballad into a physically and emotionally strenuous workout.
Performing a generous selection of numbers from Short's seemingly bottomless repertoire of jazz and pop standards, Holmes wisely make[...]