Last weekend, TYG took me to a concert: Kristin Chenoweth, with the North Carolina Symphony. A very cool building with gorgeous acoustics.
The seats were fantastic, eight rows back. And Chenoweth was amazing. Very funny (“After jamming with Willy Nelson I wafted home. You always ‘waft’ if you jam with Willy — there’s no alternative.”). Dynamic. Delivering a lot of songs as if she were performing in a musical rather than a concert. And damn, she can sing.
Surprisingly less singing from the Broadway shows she’s been in (though she did “Popular” from Wicked) than songs by women she admires: Dame Julie Andrews (“I Could Have Danced All Night” from My Fair Lady), Barbra Streisand (“The Way We Were”), Karen Carpenter (totally nailing “Yesterday Once More”) and others. TYG rated it one of the best concerts she’s been to.
Alas, the only shot I got of Chenoweth — no photos until the curtain call, of course — has her largely bleached out.
It was still an awesome evening.
#SFWApro.
