Tonight, I went with my roommate C to see Sandra Bernhard's show at the David Roth Theatre, entitled Everything Bad & Beautiful. Now, I love Sandra because of her various roles in TV and movie roles exhibitting her comedic talents, such as two of my favorites, Roseanne and Will & Grace. Sandra's show in Union Square was hilarious. She took on issues from politics (Mr. & Mrs. GWB), celebrities, her own personal life and maddness, as well as religious satire and it was all genius. That being said, if you know Sandra and her work, you know she loves to sing. Loves too...but really can't. She really has little to no range and most of the time sounded as if she was screaming. Her back up singer, while slightly talented and, for lack of a better phrase, fucking hot, wasn't much better than Sandra herself except she could carry a tune. Sandra just dragged one behind her tied to a rope. The show did however have a light show, which I suppose was meant to distract us from the screeching banshee on the stage. It only worked every once in a while. The band playing with Sandra was absolutely amazing, especially the guitarist and the piano player. They really rocked out. All that said, Sandra enters from stage right at the beginning of the show wearing a fabulous multicolored gown, then proceeded to change on stage into jeans and a t-shirt, then came back for an encore in a silky leopard print number. I'm not a fan of animal prints in anyway but it didn't look awful. I could have done without seeing the performers crotch though. First when she changed on stage, and second during the encore when she kept crouching and squatting in the loepard dress. Anyway, I left the show entertained, which is what it was meant to do, though I was not wow-ed as I had come to expect I would be. 3.5/5 Stars. Tickets for the show are available at Telecharge.com.




P.S. Today, was actually Sandra's birthday! So a happy birthday goes out to her and props for performing on such an important day. Girl is 51 and doesn't look a day over 35. Thank GOD for women who believe in aging gracefully. It's like I've always said, plastic surgery = early oldness. Wow, maybe I should come up with a better way to say that...