On an otherwise ordinary Monday night in March, The Birdland Jazz club managed to take its audience back in time with the one-night only cabaret style performance, An Evening with Penny Fuller, staring non other than Penny Fuller herself.
A full house of hearts that were near and dear to old Broadway and the music of that era attended the intimate evening to hear Penny Fuller sing back to her heyday with hits from Applause and Cabaret among others as they were charmed by her witty yet sophisticated sense of humor. Penny beautifully sang through an almost 20 song set list with musical director David Gaines accompanying her on piano. Fuller and Gaines had paired up this past summer during the Eugene O'Neill Cabaret Conference to develop the act. Fuller obviously enjoys having Gaines accompanying her through the song list and playfully includes him in the act further enhancing Fuller's warm and charming personality. To begin the evening, Fuller comes out on stage dressed in elegant black attire with just the right amount of diamonds highlighting the wrist, fingers and ears. Her entrance is al la Frank Sinatra as he entered for "The Main Event" appearance at Madison Square Garden. Both eagerly take the stage to the adorning crowd, Sinatra with only a microphone stand to accompany him on stage, Fuller with only the mic and Gaines beside her. Once the spotlight hits, like Sinatra, Fuller seems completely at ease singing the songs that mattered to her the most.Videos