David Burtka at 54 Below
David Burtka at 54 Below
#2David Burtka at 54 Below
Posted: 11/25/14 at 8:07pm
DIRECTED BY NEIL PATRICK HARRIS
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY SETH RUDETSKY
David Burtka earned raves for his work in New York theater in both plays and musicals, including the role of Tulsa in the 2003 Broadway revival of Gypsy – but the call of the West Coast pulled him away for nearly a decade. Back and back for good, David is ready to leave a new impression on the New York scene! Director Neil Patrick Harris has taken the conventional cabaret structure and turned it upside down, creating a show unlike anything that has been seen before. Add the musical direction of Seth Rudetsky and you’re in for something special. Funny yet emotional, energetic yet raw – Burtka, David will be a night to remember at 54 Below.
#2David Burtka at 54 Below
Posted: 11/25/14 at 11:23pm
That was the most devastatingly brilliant cabaret act--ever!
I can't say anything about it without giving the whole thing away...so I'll just say he is thrillingly talented and the show is brilliant.
It is the Merrily We Roll Along of cabaret acts.
#3David Burtka at 54 Below
Posted: 11/26/14 at 2:33pmDidn't get to see it myself but would love to hear about it, PalJoey.
#4David Burtka at 54 Below
Posted: 11/26/14 at 3:22pm
I'm waiting for a review to appear somewhere. I don't want to be the first one to say publicly how the show unfolds, because I can't think of any way to describe it without delivering a massive spoiler.
But between their describing it as "Director Neil Patrick Harris has taken the conventional cabaret structure and turned it upside down" and my calling it "the Merrily We Roll Along of cabaret acts," you might get a sense of what's brilliant about it.
indytallguy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/08
#5David Burtka at 54 Below
Posted: 11/26/14 at 3:44pmI cannot imagine how difficult it must be to sing lyrics in reverse while suspended upside down. :)
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#7David Burtka at 54 Below
Posted: 11/26/14 at 3:53pm
Here you are PJ. Chocolate Chip cookies and all.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/david-burtka-debuts-cabaret-show-burtka-david-54-article-1.2024490
HUSSY POWER!
------ HUSSY POWER!
#8David Burtka at 54 Below
Posted: 11/26/14 at 4:14pm
Oh, good. I didn't want to be spoiler!
So what's brilliant about it is: He would finish a song, there would be a blackout, the lights would come up and he would begin the song he would he sung previously if the show were moving front to back rather than back to front.
On top of that, the storyline of the show is that the show was a disaster--so he's a rattled mess at the beginning (which is the ending) and gets progressively better as the show moves backward--and then it ends with the opening number!
Bravo to David and Neil and Seth Rudetsky.
(The cookies were only so-so.)
