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carries a little extra kick.
TheHarry Potterplays urged audiences at intermission to Keep the Secrets, butPotterhas a puzzle-and-magic plot.
Connick is doing a revue of 70-year-old songs.
Still, if you would like to stay unspoiled, then dont go past this sentence.
He sings Anything Goes!
Im sorry, Im sorry I just thought you should know.
Its also the easiest decision youll ever need to make about where you put your leisure budget.
Does the big-band arrangement, those trumpets punching right into your breastbone, do anything for you?
Does Connicks Louisiana rasp slow your heartbeat?
Are you listening with your eyes closed?
If so, snap decision.
Absolutely fine, absolutely your right.
For the most part, the content is Cole.
Connick is good at what he does because of his ability to project ease.
Hes two parts New Orleans melt, one part lounge-artist slink.
He wears a tux like its sweatpants.
Admittedly, Connick is less deft with some other tasks he set himself for the show.
He produces, writes, and directs as well, and oh boy.
He cannot sell the simple line Oh, hello, Mark!
to virtuoso trumpeter Mark Braud.
But oh, the veil is down.
Were in such goodhands,after all.
Harry Connick Jr: A Celebration of Cole Porteris at the Nederlander Theatre.
