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Friday, April 28, 2017 Vol. 10 No. 34
“Crawling Back to Broadway”
Jerome Elliott
Cabaret Star Jerome Elliott Shines at The Purple Room By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic Michael Holmes’ Purple Room cabaret/nightclub located at Club Trinidad in Palm Springs is the place to catch rising stars and to enjoy terrific local performers doing their ‘thing’. Holmes is a performer/producer is his own right. Every Sunday Michael Holmes experiences a theatrical
metamorphosis becoming the legendary star persona of Judy Garland in his own production “The Judy Show”. But last Friday, he presented local cabaret star Jerome Elliott to the audiences of the Purple Room for an evening of songs, memories and anecdotes about the vicissitudes of a life in show business, complete with all the highs and lows which everyone
By Kitty Alvarado Palm Springs, CA -The CV Link’s website lays out the benefits of the 50 mile, $75 million path. It boasts, when completed, cyclists, pedestrians and electric vehicles will have safe and green alternative travel to cities through valley cities and it’s an economic boost for those cities. But Mayor of Palm Springs Robert Moon says there’s a lot the website and the Coachella Valley Association of Governments are leaving out, “How are they going to divvy up the costs of maintaining this? Yes,
I know it doesn’t cost the cities anything to have it built but we have to maintain it.” Moon says he’s not trying to squash the project, “I’m not against the CV Link, I’ve said from the very beginning I support the CV Link it’s just there’s a very large proportion in palm springs that’s inappropriate.” And because the city has the largest portion of the path he says he wants to make sure it makes sense before they commit, “Fine, let’s see how this goes but I don’t think we should be
can relate to on that bumpy road of life that we all travel. “Crawling Back to Broadway”, is a nicely written, well-crafted revue, of songs and patter, by Elliott, and a musical set list that includes inter-action with the audience, thanks to the cool and easy style of musical director Charlie Creasy. The synergy between Elliott and Creasy is the result of eight years of
performing together. And, it shows when the musical numbers seamlessly flow from one emotion to another as each number by Elliott hits the soft and poignant spots of the audience. One of joys of seeing this live cabaret and a musical revue, is how quickly Elliott engages and establishes a rapport with his audience, many of whom have been
following his career in the Coachella Valley for several years. As a side bar note: Elliott is also an actor who has appeared in drama and comedy productions throughout the Valley. I have reviewed him in the past in drama and in comedy roles, but I feel his cabaret and musical skills are still very solid
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