Heather Moran Presents Rosie! A Tribute...
By: Steve Leary Oct. 04, 2008
Skokie Theatre •7824 N. Lincoln Avenue • Skokie
November 1st, 2008, 8:00 pm
Heather Moran brings the music of Rosemary Clooney alive at Skokie Theatre
“Rosie! A Tribute…” is a loving musical adventure spanning the 40 year career of the great Girl Singer, Rosemary Clooney. Heather Moran has deftly created a musical tapestry from the colorful life of Clooney, spanning from her birth in Maysville, Kentucky, through her setbacks in the late 1960’s, her mid 1970’s comeback, all the way to her death in 2002. Heather has assembled some of Chicago’s hottest jazz musicians and guest performers to round out engaging evening of stories and song. Please visit Heather Moran’s website at www.heathermoran.com to learn more about her career and upcoming schedule.
Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. For ticket information please call 847-677-7761 • www.skokietheatre.com
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Some more Rosie-related reviews:
Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune
Though the cast included several fine singers—all members of Chicago Cabaret Professionals, a non-profit advocacy group—one stood out. Even if she hadn't been evoking the style and era of Clooney, Heather Moran would have deserved the ovations she received for the bloom of her tone and the nuance of her interpretations...Certainly Moran's ultra-slow and wistful account of "Hey There" pointed poetically to the older-wiser chapters of Clooney's career. Yet on a dime she turned around and romped through "Botch-A-Me" and "Mambo Italiano," lavishing plenty of spirit on the tunes and giving them more credibility than they rightly deserved..."
"...Connection between singer and audience is among the better aspects of the cabaret art. At times we wanted more. For example, when Heather Moran entered talking to the audience about the flowers on the floor, a magical connection began that carried throughout her vocally solid, high octane performances of both the uptempo Mambo Italiano”(If you grew up in the Fifties, that was a frequent flyer on your parents’ record player…) and a layered rendition of “Hey There.” Moran is remarkably like Clooney in vocal timbre and diction. That, combined with Moran’s dialogue with the audience as herself, respect for the lyrics and even the band, won the intense singer-composer-audience connection that makes cabaret remarkable."
"Moran delivers an exuberant and beguiling performance that is instantly captivating ...Moran's portrait of this woman is a marvel."
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