2013-02-16 American Songbook
Last night Bill and I attended the American Songbook series at the Time Warner Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Allen Room. The featured guest artist was Kristin Chenowith. Kristin has been a staple on Broadway for many years now and has made the transition to tv with the West Wing and Pushing Daisies. She won the Tony Award for her porrtayal of Sally in the revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which she displayed in her performance last night. Kristin is an amazing talent. Her show was about Broadway divas, but not always the ones that have the lead roles. She was in excellent voice, delivered her show with such a professional touch that you wonder why she isn't on Broadway right now in a starring role. She delivered an amazing array of songs from Kander and Ebb's "Quiet Thing" to Carrie Pepperidge's "When I Marry Mister Snow" from Carousel. She is a consummate actress and comedienne. This production was filmed for PBS Live at Lincoln Center and should not be missed. What a treat to see her perform again, and one hopes that she get's that starring role that she justly deserves.