Harry Connick Jr. has got Cole Porter under his skin. Not only did he recently release an album of Porter songs called “True Love,” but he’s also written and directed a show dedicated to the iconic composer. Titled “Harry Connick, Jr.: A Celebration of Cole Porter,” the show, running at the Nederlander Theater, delivers on the promise Connick wrote in the program notes, “fasten your seat belts; it’s going to be a wild ride.”Alluding to Bette Davis’s famous line from “All About Eve” is appropriate, given the show is a combination of cocktail hour chitchat, swoon-worthy music, over the top theatrical displays, and delicious camp. Like a character from a Dan Brown novel, Connick climbs the colossus and goes inside his head, hoping to find a way to grasp his genius. From there, it is a wild ride indeed, as Connick performs some of Porter’s most beloved songs — “Anything Goes,” “In the Still of the Night,” and “I Love Paris,” among others — but also digs deep into tracks from Porter’s catalog.

Source: New York Times December 16, 2019 02:37 UTC