Euan Morton begins his show Here and Now at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room with "Pure Imagination" -- and booking this young, velvet-voiced star into the venerable cabaret space for a month-long stint took just that kind of free-thinking. And does it pay off! A singer seemingly more suited to Joe's Pub or The Zipper, Morton -- a former Tony Award nominee for Taboo -- has smoothly made the transition to this sophisticated club without losing one iota of his singular style.

With a wee nod to his Scottish homeland with a piece by Robert Burns, "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose," Morton establishes his roots and then moves on to display the depth and breadth of the musical heritage that he no[...]