IT’S DE-LOVELY
As I suspected, this Friday’s Music at the Odyssey show celebrating Rodgers and Hammerstein, George Gershwin and Cole Porter has sold out. And with good reason. The previous show, all Sondheim, was one of the most delightful cabarets I’ve ever seen. The bounteous talent was top-notch, the musicians breezy, and the space intimate. And it’s only 30 bucks. Which is why you must get tickets now for the newly added performance of R&H and Porter tunes on Friday April 28, 2023 at 8.
The event is like a mixture of a garage concert, a S.T.A.G.E. benefit, and a funky 1960s’ bohemian Greenwich Village coffeehouse. The live band is Nathan Heldman on piano, Zev Shearn Nance on drums, and Music at the Odyssey musical director and curator John Snow on bass. Singers include Broadway veterans Ken Marshall (Tony in the first Broadway revival of West Side Story) and Carolyn Mignini (Tintypes, Fiddler On The Roof, The Fantasticks) along with singers Kenton Chen, Bella Hicks, Ren Martinez and Taubert Nadalini. There were a few surprises at the concert I attended, as in an unannounced guest and musician.
photo by Cooper Bates
Music at the Odyssey
Friday April 28, 2023 at 8
Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd.
for tickets ($30), call 310.477.2055 ext. 2 or Odyssey$5 in the on-site parking lot (street parking available)
