Burt Revue in LA

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Back to Bacharach, which I attended at Club 53 in NYC in the mid to late 90s, was made, for the most part, tongue in cheek.

I hope this one is better, but seems like more of the same by the same people.

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128261.html

I repeat from another thread on quotations that pertain to Bacharach-related subjects, as I quote Oscar Wilde: Caricature is the tribute that mediocrity pays to genius.
How upsetting that is to me!!! I remember being unable to watch Veronica's Closet (give it a chance, that is) because of Najimy. She might have good taste in music, but overall she seems to lack the required sensibility, be to eager to make a buck, or both. With that kind of energy and entrepreneurial talent (as she does seem able to gather good talents) one ought to be able to set up a better way to showcase Burt's music -- so maybe that's not her intention.

Is there a relevant point in overemphasizing the already overly dramatic side of some of Hal's lyrics?! (Does a singer have to pretend that she's about to jump off a cliff as she sings a Bacharach song? If so, I wish that the composition were She's Gone Away -- absolutely no pun intended.)

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David says he likes it. And I did think the arranger was a good one, when I attended back then.

But from this

http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2 ... artner=RSS

you get the picture.

By the way: at some point I signed up to receive Bacharach news from Yahoo. They send me a link when Burt is mentioned. Many times it doesn't seem interesting to me, but you can be the judges of that if you too sign up for the service.

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Yahoo Alerts sent me this review today:
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/04/22/100056.php

A friend sent me this other one yesterday:
http://wwwvariety.com/article/VR1118002609.html?c=16