You get an intimate evening of music
with the Trust Cabaret Series which brings top notch recording and Broadway
talent to the Greer Cabaret Theater. Hollywoodland: Songs of the Silver
Screen recently brought together three powerhouse vocalists, Jane
Monheit, Jim Caruso (originally from Pittsburgh) and singer-pianist Billy
Stritch. The lighthearted classic Hollywood musical movies of the 1930's, 1940’s and 1950’s where
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and others sang and danced were the focus
of the night.
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| Greer Cabaret Theater -260 seat venue for an intimate evening with the best of Broadway |
Trust Cabaret brings some of New York’s
best to Pittsburgh once a month on Monday nights (the only night that Broadway sleeps). These artists travel to our city on their off
night to share their lives and their love for music (see Day 350). The cabaret style, relaxed atmosphere where the
artist(s) converse with the audience, produces an intimate evening with the
best of Broadway.
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| There is a meet and greet after after each show |
The show was packed with more silver
screen musical classics from Caruso’s Wizard
of Oz (1939) medley to the trios’ jazzy rendition of “Avalon” from The
Al Jolson Story (1945). Monheit bought Ella Fitzgerald to life and had me swaying in my
seat with “Cheek to Cheek” from Top Hat (1935).
Hollywoodland was a wonderful revival of
these silver screen songs. It was a show
that had some seasoned audience members singing along and others, like me,
enjoying the memories of the classic movie musical where life was “rosy and
bright.”
I can’t wait to meet Shoshana Bean (star of Wicked and Waitress)
at the Cabaret on March 2, 2020. The Trust Cabaret Series sure does give us the
best from Broadway.
(Tickets for Trust Cabaret Series, Shoshana Beam shows at 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm are available at trustarts.org.)
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