The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
by Bobby Patrick Aug. 27, 2021
Strength Under Control Is A Deceptive Power To Hold An Audience With, And This Lady’s Strength Lies In The Most Understated Of Storytelling.
Heigh-Ho, My Merry Rainbow Tribe! Bobby Patrick, your RAINBOW Reviewer here. Putting the silent T in cabareT to bring you all the T!
Well,
my darlings, if you read Bobby (and we certainly hope that you do READ
BOBBY!) you can easily guess that “Less Is More” is not a neighborhood
we frequent in our life or our show going. Leaning heavily toward the
drama and the clownery of more “out there” performers, Bobby likes the
big and the loud and the colorful and the brash… if you read Bobby.
Well, we got absolutely none of that Wednesday night at Don’t Tell Mama
when we found ourselves as a last-minute substitute for our lovely
boss, Stephen Mosher, who got called to work all-of-a-sudden-like at one
of his other hyphens and needed a rainbow review rescue. Going in
totally blind with regards to Amy Beth Williams
(ABW) and her work, and sitting with anticipation to hear the lady who,
as it turns out, is a teacher/mentor of the dreamy Drinkwater twins,
imagine our surprise when a petite, middle-aged “mom” with beautiful
shades of silver and white to her hair stepped through the crowd in
DTM’s Original Room and onto the stage. Giving off the air of that kind
of mother who, by the simple act of walking into a room, causes everyone
to straighten up a bit, clean up their language and behave, NOT through
intimidation, but by her very essence of quiet strength and sweet
spirit. The kind of a LADY in whose presence one would not dare to swear
or utter a dirty joke until and unless, if and/or when she did so first
herself, and given the fact this LADY is a college theatre professor
… she just might do…
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Moberly, a cabaret maven who knows her stuff on and off the stage, has wisely allowed the power of her star to shine by never overdirecting her and letting the thoughts, feelings, and emotions compel and overtake the room. “What is this power of Amy Beth Williams you speak of, Bobby?” We hear you ask. How to describe it… It’s very difficult to capture in print, but sitting in a room while ABW performs conjures up an image of a woman from your village standing on top of a dangerous volcano with only the beauty and purity of her singing voice holding back the massive eruption. An eruption of emotions, not her own, because she has already felt them, experienced them, and dealt with them for herself. It is our emotions she is tending to with tender care and a loving heart and a gifted actor’s ability to create palpable dramatic tension. In short, Amy Beth Williams is the real cabaret deal – and for all of that, and with the hopes that you will all keep her on your radar for upcoming performances, we give Amy Beth Williams A BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen our full…
5 Out Of 5 Rainbows
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Performance photos snapped by Dorian Woodruff
