1/4/2023 0 Comments Elle faye holiday sparkle 2![]() ![]() Musical direction for "Christiane Noll: Coming Alive Again" is provided by pianist/conductor William Waldrop whose credits include "The Phantom of the Opera," "Cats," "Evita," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Cinderella" and "Grey Gardens." For this go-round, there is a depth of feeling and gratitude to his work - sensuous, free, observant, nostalgic - matched by a fully formed sensitivity, beauty and technique that serves the material well. It all makes perfect sense even when Noll numbs her feelings with reactions, words and heartfelt pieces of information that are both revelatory and confessional. He allows Noll to do her thing, using close ups, long shots and choice, often candid techniques that heighten the concert's momentum without ever missing a beat. Like Noll, he too adores show music and adopts a refreshingly open virtuosity and smoothness that gives this 65-minute concert its snap, bite and sweetly casual style and lyricism. The marvelous musicality that belongs to Noll is calibrated with vigor and consumptive welcoming by Rob Ruggiero who has also directed the actress in TheaterWorks' award-winning 2017 staging of the Broadway musical "Next to Normal." Here, Ruggiero, once again, is in his element, offering completely intimate staging that is fast, fluid and personable. ![]() "Yes, we have officially become a Covid cliche." And I have spent every waking moment with my family and our new dog. "Age is a state of being and I am younger than I have been for years. ![]() "Quarantine has done wonders for me," she confesses. Theatrically, it evokes intimate memories and up-to-date info about the singer's long career, her charismatic stage presence, her head-on quest for survival as wife, mother and entertainer during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, her adoration for Broadway show music and finally, her love of being in front of an audience - live, or in this case, the people who are watching her at home on their televisions, computers, mobile apps or lap tops. The voice, the songs, the shows, the sound and the thrills belong to Christiane Noll, an actress and singer whose range, dramatic intensity and level of interpretation turn "Christiane Noll: Coming Alive Again" into a triumph of musical concert theatre that is savvy, assertive, edgy, jazzy and disarmingly frank. ![]()
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