Mood Swings
Mood Swings
A Cabaret Starring Kevin Kelly
Musical Direction by Chris Leavy
Winter Park Playhouse, Orlando FL</strong>
It somehow feels wrong to walk out of a cabaret and have it still light out, unless of course its sunrise you’re seeing. But that didn’t keep a full house from visiting Kevin Kelly in this latest rotation on the Spotlight Cabaret rotisserie. He’s looking smart in this tux and earrings; he’s the sort of guy who can belt out Frank Sinatra and Barry Manilow with equal ease. He sang from both artists, but what made this show special were the Dr. Demento numbers. Dr. Demeto is the only guy I know who can make a living off of novelty songs, and Mr. Kelly gave us a touching rendition of Tom Lehrer’s “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.” When that song was written “It wasn’t against any religion to dispose of a pigeon” but of course times change and not ever bird lover got the joke. Later on there was a paean to alcoholism, the classic “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me that a frontal lobotomy.” Show tunes and crooner numbers are fine, but THIS is the sort of entertainment the Orlando area demands. Be warned the intermission is gone and there’s going to be some change in the “Seat and a drink deal” next month due to some obscure liquor law demands. But days will be shortening for the next Spotlight Cabaret and in a few months it will be decently dark when we slip into this little club.
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