So I went to see Cy Coleman perform last night at Feinstein's at the Regency. He was great, and it was great fun, as was the company, but man was it expensive. Show, dinner, wine, etc. All told? An over $400 evening. And I guess were we to have paid for good seats to a Broadway show and a reasonable dinner, it could have been around the same amount of money.
The problem was, though, that the food at Feinstein's is not all that great, but is very expensive. We both ordered this beef tenderloin which, while decently prepared, was not substantial enough or outrageous enough to be worth its $40 price tag. The only bargain in the food department was the $61 bottle of Marques de Cacares Rioja 1995. Which isn't too much of a bargain now that I realize it's priced at $23.99 at wine.com. And although it was $12, the pumpkin cheesecake was quite the delicious diversion.
Which brings us to Cy. Sigh. What a great composer, and what a wonderful pianist. Not an incredible singer, but then he doesn't have to be. It was such a treat to get that perspective of his songbook. I'm sure that Mike will blog about it much better than I ever could; he's a much better writer about music than I am.
Posted by Jon at October 15, 2004 09:37 AM | TrackBackI've been doing very little theatre/cabaret blogging lately, and you hit the main points. It was a highly entertaining show with a shocking price tag -- a room-service quality dinner and an hour of a jazz combo (even one starring a legend of the theatre, still at the peak of his powers) are not worth all that.
Posted by: Mike Benedetto at October 15, 2004 12:03 PM