Lea Delaria's new compact disc, Play It Cool, was reviewed favorably by Bob McCullough in the Boston Globe Calendar of September 20, 2001. "[S]tand-up comedian turned Broadway standout Lea Delaria applies a[n] . . . innovative touch to this collection of show tunes . . .. Delaria's voice occasionally gets stretched a bit thin, but she's a first-rate interpreter with a fine sense of tempo and nuance who's willing to take risks in the arrangements as well as in her choice of songs." |
Lea Delaria sings two songs "Hot Patootie" and "Eddie's Teddy" in the recent Broadway cast recording of The Rocky Horror Show. |
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A critic for the French yahoo.com wrote about Play It Cool: "Timbre chaud et profond, à l'aise dans le grave et le médium, Delaria fait montre d'une maîtrise de la respiration et de l'accentuation. A découvrir absolument." |
"With all due respect to entertainers who make the courageous decision to come out publicly about their sexuality, there's much to be said for those performers who never found a closet big enough to contain them. For example, the late acerbic comedian Paul Lynde and lesbian comic and chanteuse Lea Delaria come to mind," wrote Renée Graham in the Boston Globe of October 10, 2001. |
"Her singing is shaky at times, but it's hard not to be touched by the verve and ambience she brings to a set of mostly Broadway tunes," wrote Karl Stark for the Providence Journal. |
Lea Delaria appeared with a jazz quartet from October 25 through November 18, 2001, at Joe's Pub in the East Village of Manhattan. Stephen Holden wrote in the New York Times, "Until you've seen Lea DeLaria combine the worlds of jazz, Broadway, stand-up comedy and outspoken gay politics, the notion that they could coincide, let alone enhance one another in the same show, might seem unimaginable. But Ms. DeLaria, who recently released a jazz album, 'Play It Cool' (Warner Brothers), has a personality so forceful that they do much more than bump elbows. At Joe's Pub, where she is appearing with a jazz quartet through Nov. 18 on an irregular weekend schedule, they fuse." |
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