The Tenors Sunrise Concert reviews
Steve & Martin - forgettable!
When I thrilled about this pairing heard, I was. On the same bill, two legends of comedy with a diverse range of characters and Martin, well, he's Steve Martin!!!! What amazing talents these two are just illustrated the brief filmed. Unfortunately, they completely wasted a brief 90 minutes. It was billed as a "conversation" and when seeing the set (2 lounge chairs) I thought, OK, this could be interesting, I suppose. Last year, I saw Al Pacino where he just casually spoke to a moderator and it was brilliant!! For about a 10 minute segment of chit chat that seemed genuinely off the cuff, they really only used the chairs. On stage to do the 3 Amigos salute and to facilitate a costume change, an audience participation piece with 3 drunks brought on, a lot of pretend insults of each other, a filmed segment of a Martin appearance on the tonight show which was hilarious, but I didn't pay to watch film clips I could see at home, the rest of the show wasted time. The only saving grace was Steve Martin's bluegrass band and a touching tribute that Steve did for Robin Williams on a solo banjo piece. To cap off the evening (it seemed like it had just got started), they end with a shtick piece about being contractually obligated to do 5 more minutes. Finally, I think a contributing factor was that the venue is WAY too big for this type of show. It was a full house, indeed, but would have been better served in a theater setting over 2 -3 shows. But I suppose the economics of greed were too strong to turn down the opportunity to fill a cavernous concrete shell for a theatrical piece. Very, very disappointed.