At the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in Manhattan last evening, some of the best singers in musical theater and cabaret performed songs written by gay and gay-friendly composers and lyricists in a concert titled Queer Songbook: A New Generation of Broadway Composers. Among the singers and their songs: Shoshana Bean, “Live Out Loud” (music by Andrew Lippa, lyrics by Brian Crawley)…
…Michael Arden, “In a Restaurant by the Sea” (music and lyrics by John Bucchino)…
…Cheyenne Jackson, “The Dance” (music and lyrics by Scott Alan)…
…Harris Doran, “King for a While” (music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx)…
…Robb Sapp, “Outside Your Window” (music and lyrics by Tim Acito)…
…Paige Price, “It’s You, Stupid, It’s You” (music by Steve Marzullo, lyrics by Mark Campbell)…
…Melba Moore, who brought down the house with two numbers: “I Concentrate on You” (music and lyrics by Cole Porter) and “I Got Love” (music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell, from Purlie, the show for which Moore won a Tony Award in 1970)…
…Adam Fleming and John Hill, “N&R” (music and lyrics by Michael Arden)…
…Max von Essen, “What Do I Need With Love? (music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan)…
…Billy Porter, “Time,” a song of his own composition…
…and Rachel York, “Full Steam Ahead” (music and lyrics by Robert Bartley and Danny Whitman).
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