ALWAYS: The Love Story Of Irving Berlin-June 27, 2005Michael Morley
Surpassing all others in the smoothness stakes two years ago were New York duo KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler, and their return appearance promised to add a dimension of yesteryear charm in five nostalgia-type shows. They achieved way more than that. Always, the story of Irving Berlin, oozed with charm but was everything else as well. For starters, Nadler is a ferociously fine pianist. He is wizard at timing and capable of exploding out from the most delicately light pianissimo to all-out flamboyant rage. Both are also fine, schmoozy singers for cabaret and consummate comunicators. Their exquisitely conceived and performed two-hour show, with four dozen songs intricately relating the poignant story of the composer’s life and loves, did not skip a beat.