We had a great Saturday night at VoixDeVille at the Indigo Room at the Atlas Theatre (who I’m glad to say that they have their own Web page).
We got there late (oops, I thought it started at 8:00), so sadly we missed the usually-terrific storytelling of Vijai. However, we got a chance to see host Scott Burgess do a set on guitar, joined for one song by wife Maia DeSanti.
Christopher Davis appeared as his alter ego the Renaissance Man, doing a really interesting performance set that combined stand-up, storytelling and juggling. A highlight was a dramatization of Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado assisted by a youthful volunteer from the audience. A great example of craft combining with imagination for an entertaining audience experience.
And Karen Beriss presented her delightfully low-key, witty takes on some classic magic tricks.
In the second half, Maris Wicker and Lonny Smith presented their show Lenny, Kurt & Harold, featuring the music of Bernstein, Weill, and Arlen (but you guessed that, didn’t you?), with music direction by Mary Sugar. The songstack concentrated on lesser-known works of the writers, which allowed for some interesting contrasts, such as the Weill/Hughes song Lonely House paired with the Bernstein/Comden & Greene number Lonely Town.
Here’s their song stack:
- Tango Ballad
- Barbara Song
- Dissertation on the State of Bliss
- Over the Rainbow
- Neverland
- Carried Away
- Tschaikowsky
- The Saga of Lenny
- Lonely House
- Lonely Town
- I’m a Stranger Here Myself
- One Hundred Easy Ways
- Buds Won’t Bud
- When the Sun Comes Out
- Ain’t It the Truth
