Feb 17
A 'Lucky and Excited' Liz Callaway Returns to Boston Area for Concert February 22
John Amodeo READ TIME: 8 MIN.
Watch Liz Callaway sing "Both Sides Now"
EDGE: You've performed the role of Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" in regional theatre. Have you seen the current production of Sunset Boulevard, and if so, what have you thought about it?
Liz Callaway: I did see it, and I really enjoyed it. I know people love it or hate it. I thought it was fascinating. Nicole Scherzinger was great. That's what is great about theater or art, what one person loves, another may not.
EDGE: A portion of the proceeds of your Quincy show are being donated to LA Fire victims Bill and Lindsay O'Toole, Bill being a Quincy native whose family who has lost their entire home in fires. You've been posting a lot about the tragic wildfires in LA. How do you feel about John McDonald's plan to help this Quincy family that has suffered this tragic loss.
Liz Callaway: I think it is fabulous. It is so important that we all help in any way we can. I am planning on talking about it and singing a song of hope in the program directed at the LA fires. I'm so happy that he's doing that. It's great the audience will know that in addition to attending a great concert, that they are doing something to help. There are so many people who have lost everything. It is so heartbreaking, and it will take a really long time for people and businesses to come back. It's not over. It's just beginning, so we have to do what we can. I put out a single in December with guitarist Peter Calo, "There is Still My Joy," and that was before the fires, and that song may appear in Quincy. It is a beautiful song and it is timeless written by Melissa Manchester/Beth Neilson Chapman/Matt Rollings. Songs may resonate with people at different parts of their lives, and that song was written in the early 1990's and still resonates.
JM Productions presents "Liz Callaway In Concert" on Saturday, February 22, 2025, 8 PM at Church of the Presidents, 1306 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA,02169. Tickets are $40-$60. For reservations, visit: https://brushfire.com/jmproductions/jmproductions/593681
John Amodeo is a free lance writer living in the Boston streetcar suburb of Dorchester with his husband of 23 years. He has covered cabaret for Bay Windows and Theatermania.com, and is the Boston correspondent for Cabaret Scenes Magazine.