One Charming (Not Alarming) Show

Kristin Chenoweth had one of the hottest concerts of her career at the Granada when the theater’s fire alarms went off three times during her highly entertaining, 90-minute show!

Fortunately, they were all false alarms, allowing the 4’11” dynamo from Oklahoma – dressed in a silver pantsuit even more sparkling than her personality – to complete the For The Girls performance as scheduled with her six-piece backing band and two talented backup singers.

The show paid tribute to great women singers who inspired classics, like Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were,” Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” Judy Garland’s “Over the Rainbow,” and Karen Carpenter’s “We’ve Only Just Begun.”

With her charming and conspiratorial style, Chenoweth cultivated a warm and intimate atmosphere in the 1,500-seat theater, telling stories and joking with her band and back-up singers. 

In one particularly poignant moment, she read out the names of the 18 recent victims in the Lewiston, Maine, shooting tragedy.

I last saw Chenoweth when she made her debut in our Eden by the Beach in 2019. Like good champagne, the 55-year-old chanteuse just improves with age.

I’m sure having her country music star husband, Josh Bryant, of just two months on stage with her helped immeasurably.