Alan Cumming's benefit for ESPA

On October 25, Alan Cumming, the multitalented entertainer of Scottish descent (and U.S. citizenship, as he explained to us), presented a concert to benefit the Empire State Pride Agenda, the LGBT political lobbying group that has been working its heart out trying to secure marriage equality for LGBT people in New York.  It was a worthy cause, worthily served on this occasion.

Mr. Cumming is pure entertainment, through and through.  Although much of his repertory is outside the type of music I usually hear, he nonetheless worked hard and successfully to put over every song.  And the line of patter he kept up between numbers was perfect.  The man has a great ear for an anecdote and a great way of telling them.  It was very pleasant to spend this time with him in an "intimate" setting, more of a nighclub than a concert venue.  Rush right out to get his new album, on which much of the music in the show was based.  The show was one-time-only, but the man is so busy with music and theater that catching up with him at some point is inevitable.

Comments

[David Hart]

Nicely done. This item is not on Empire Pride Agenda's website. I would not have known about this except for your site.