Oh, Joanie, I'm so glad you got to see this - and report to us! I
can just picture her singing "Here I Am" as she walked through the
audience. Pryceless (get it?).

A couple of folks who post at BroadwayWorld.com saw the show and
RAVED about Rachel. They liked Nita Whitaker, too, but you could
tell by their enthusiasm that Rachel really got to them in a big
way. One guy said that "I Dreamed a Dream" brought the house down.
They both absolutely adored her impressions of Liza and Julie and
her stories from Victor/Victoria. They also said that her
personality won the audience over immediately. Well, we know that!

Supposedly the Spotlight LA website will be posting photos, but so
far, nada.

Thank you thank you for filling us in. I soooo wish I could have
been there.

LC

--- In Rachel_York_Fans@yahoogroups.com, "joanie_coyote"
<joanie_coyote@...> wrote:
>
> Was absolutely amazing. She blew the roof off and took the
concept
> of Cabaret to a new standard in my humble opinion. I'm a little
> biased. But I know everyone else agreed. She sang the Barbra
> Streisand song "Don't Rain on My Parade" or whatever it's called.
> Yea!!! That was awesome. (okay, I'm not a professional
reviewer.)
> She did an amazing medley of Burt Bacharach songs and of course
> found a way to give them heart and a story. Another favorite was
> seeing and hearing her sing "I Dreamed A Dream" again from Les
Miz.
>
> She started with her opening song from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and
> came in from the audience. It was cute. Rachel only had a couple
> of days to really pull this together and I know she was nervous
but
> she blew the place apart. She would talk and be this humble and
> kind of sweet young woman and then she'd sing and that VOICE!!
> Filled the rafters of the small bar. The ticket price was only
> $10.00. I told Rachel people should have come up to her after the
> show and given her more money.
>
> Hello!!!! Cabaret and Concert Promoters!! We have a natural fit
> here. Hollywood Bowl? Let's GO!!!
>
> She looked good too.
>
> joanie
>