Ella

Comments (0) By Elaine Liner Thursday, Jan 31 2008

The First Lady of Song? How about Empress of All That Swings? Ella Fitzgerald comes to life again in the voice and “scat-itude” of Chicago actress E. Faye Butler. The glitzy production of the bio-musical, which arrives here from a sold-out run at Chi-town’s Northlight Theatre, is stacked with jazzy tunes—lots of Cole Porter and the Gershwins—played by a hot combo (the trumpet player is a gas!) and sung by Butler, who can wail to the rafters like Miss Ella herself. The two-hour show is more concert than play, but the title character pauses between tunes to reminisce about her life and career, which were marked with personal tragedies. A sign that the Dallas Theater Center crowd digs this one: After the curtain call and encore, the preview night audience headed for the parking lot, singing, swingin’ and scattin’ away. Full review at: First Ladies of Jazz
Tuesdays-Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays, 2 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. Starts: Feb. 7. Continues through Feb. 24, 2008

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