Photo Coverage: Paulo Szot: Salute To Broadway at Feinstein's/54 Below
Attention Opera, Concert, Broadway, and most of all, Cabaret Lovers.....Paulo Szot is Saluting Broadway in his night club act at Feinstein's/54 Below and I wish you could have heard what we heard last night. Watching and listening to Paulo Szot is one of the most thrilling musical experiences one can have. His voice is inspirational and his physicality is powerfully compelling. To accompany this international super star, one of the finest creative musical directors was at the Steinway... Billy Stritch!
Mr. Stritch's arrangements always produce the most inventive and musically appropriate notes for the various types of songs and singers he works with. There are many great pianists, but Billy's harmonies and concepts are unique, and he was at his creative apex with Paulo.
The world of Cabaret has been fortunate that Paulo Szot has used his incredible talents to produce a night club act. The only problem is that after you hear him sing your favorite Broadway show tunes his voice may be the only one your music memory will be able to recall singing them.
As Billy Stritch remarked to me after the show. " Playing for Paulo stimulates my ability to find greater notes to play." Paulo Szot at Feinstein's/54 Below will surely stimulate you.
Surprise for the audience at the 2nd show at Feinstein's/54 Below. Paulo graciously stuck around and sang a song in the widely popular LuAnn de Lesseps extravaganza which is also musically directed by Billy Stritch.
Article & Photos by: Stephen Sorokoff
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