Last week at the Kings Theatre Southsea, Jon Lee ( S club Seven, Jersey boys, Les Miserables) played Tony
Starr in this famous musical written by Barry Manilow and collaborators Bruce
Sussman and Jack Feldman. It hasn't
played in the UK
for a number of years until this tour. Introducing the fabulous Jennifer
Harding whose voice was almost too powerful for our little Theatre.She's definitely going places.
The story was of course based on the title song “Copacabana”
which we all know a few lines from. “Her
name was Lola, She was a show girl, with yellow feathers in her hair” you get
the picture. Set in 1948, Lola arrives in Manhattan
following her dream of becoming a star. She strolls into the Copacabana night
club in the hope of becoming a Copa girl where she meets Tony, the songwriter.
That’s where it all begins.
My only criticism would be that the show was too short. The
story was a little compressed. Lola and Tony's first kiss happened too soon and the ending was rather abrupt. It was a happy ending
I'm pleased to say.
The scenery was simple but really effective. They used two
staircases to change the locations. Costumes were dazzling and the choreography
showed off talented dancers.
The songs included “Dancin Fool” “Who needs to Dream”
“welcome to Havana ”
and of course the signature tune itself. I actually thought that they weren’t
going to sing it. We came to the finale and everyone was taking their bows. What a tease!. When they finally sang, most of the audience stood up. Talk about
foot tapping we could hardly keep it in.
A really great show.
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