Cyril Ornadel

Review: Michael Feinstein and the Carnegie Hall Big Band Honor Tony Bennett
by Sharon Ellman - Mar 29, 2024

This reviewer was overwhelmed by the acclaimed musical Tour de Force that is Michael Feinstein and the marvelous Carnegie Hall Big Band at the March 27th edition of Standard Time with Michael Feinstein.

Multi-Award Winner Stearns Matthews Reprises ME & THE GERSHTWINS
by Julie Musbach - Mar 6, 2018

Award-Winning Vocalist Stearns Matthews Continues #RESIDENCY at Laurie Beechman Theatre with ME & THE GERSHTWINS: The Songs of George & Ira Gershwin, Tuesday, March 13th at 7pm

Stearns Matthews Continues #RESIDENCY At Laurie Beechman Theatre With GOLDEN TICKET
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 10, 2018

Award-Winning Vocalist Stearns Matthews Continues #RESIDENCY at Laurie Beechman Theatre with GOLDEN TICKET: The Songs of Leslie Bricusse, Saturday, February 17 at 2pm

Corinna Sowers Adler to Return to The Metropolitan Room with HIGH STANDARDS, 5/22
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 27, 2016

Recently making her solo debut in The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, singer and actress, CORINNA SOWERS ADLER returns to the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, on Sunday, May 22 at 7pm for an encore performance of her highly acclaimed show 'High Standards'. The show is musically directed by legendary musical arranger, Alex Rybeck and will feature Broadway veteran Lawrence Yurman on piano.  The show is a musical journey through some of the best music ever written, reimagined by Mr. Rybeck including songs by Meredith Wilson, Leonard Bernstein/Betty Comden & Adolf Green, Leslie Bricusse/Cyril Ornadel, John Lennon and Joni Mitchell, to name a few.

BWW Reviews: CORINNA SOWERS-ADLER Holds to Her Own 'High Standards' with a Show By the Same Name at Metropolitan Room
by Alix Cohen - Jun 22, 2015

As she wends her way towards the stage at the opening of her new show at the Metropolitan Room (performances were on June 15 and 20), Corinna Sowers Adler sings the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II classic “All The Things You Are” with warm, legato phrases that surround the club like a hug. Sowers Adler achieves this not only with her singing, but also the friendly and personal nature of her bridging dialogue. In High Standards, she manages to make us feel privy to an authentic self without a lot of in-jokes intended for attending friends and family. The standards to which this show's title refers are not only those evergreen numbers collected in The Great American Song Book, but also yardsticks by which we measure quality and value in life.