just say judy
Thursday night, JP and I hit Carnegie Hall for Rufus Wainwright's famous/infamous Judy Garland lovefest. The show left me with a mixture of emotions: I was glad to have caught this once-in-a-lifetime performance, and thrilled to see Rufus at the top of his game (mostly).
But the concert itself was a little, well, underwhelming in places. I'm not convinced Rufus deserves to be doing the legendary Judy concert so early in his career (something Jerry pointed out as the show was starting). I also tend to think the whole thing was a big stunt. Still, it was a brilliant stunt.
My review of the performance, which is probably a bit more glowing than I actually intended, appears on The Advocate's site:
The Man That Got Away (With It)
Some called it a stunt, some called it heresy, but at two sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall this week, out singer Rufus Wainwright succeeded in recreating the magic of Judy Garland
1 Comments:
rufus is amazing. i got to meet him in b'ham, of all places, when he played in '97 or '98. not surprisingly, there were, like, 15 of us who paid to see him perform a set at five points music hall. great night.
btw: not including your post on seeing cristo's orange curtain-things in central park (yes?), i think this is the first time one of your posts coincides with an event featured as a 'talk of the town' item in 'the new yorker.'
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can i have your life?
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