Reviews
Love is Back in the Air
By Joel Brown
January 6, 2009
The economy may be in terrible shape and cultural groups taking it in the shorts everywhere – just scroll down to see – but I’d still suggest you get your tickets early for “If I Loved You – A Reprise” at Sculler’s Feb. 11 at 8. Local cabaret stalwarts Bobbi Carrey and Will McMillan sold out the original performances five years ago, and they are updating for the times. “We’ve been fascinated by how songs can take on different layers of meaning as time goes by,” McMillan said in an email announcing the show. “We do a song by David Friedman called ‘Catch Me,’ which now sounds as if it were written for Bernie Madoff and the other fallen wizards of finance. And I’m adding a 1931 song by the Gershwin brothers called ‘Who Cares?’ which sounds as if it were written last month with wonderful rhymes about banks failing and firms going under.” Tickets are $20, or $65 for a dinner-and-show package, at 617-562-4111 or www.scullersjazz.com.