“Top-notch Broadway… powerhouse voice and full-out emotion”

“On Monday evening, The Brat Pack – an all-new act starring top-notch Broadway talents Kathryn Allison (Aladdin; Wicked; Company), Sam Gravitte (Wicked), Luke Hawkins (Xanadu; Harry Connick, Jr.- A Celebration of Cole Porter), and Jelani Remy (The Lion King; Ain’t Too Proud; Off-Broadway’s Smokey Joe’s Cafe) – made its debut at Birdland with a fabulous one-night-only concert of vintage showtunes, standards, and stylings inspired by the legendary group of 1960s A-list entertainers and friends known as The Rat Pack.

Conceived by Remy and Gravitte, presented by group5productions, and accompanied by a six-piece band led by their masterful musical director, arranger, and orchestrator Isaac Hayward, the show featured sensational solos, duets, trios, and group numbers, exhilarating segments of tap dancing, personal reflections and witty repartee, and a spirit of camaraderie among them and with their extremely appreciative first-ever audience (who, of course, wouldn’t let them leave without an encore)…

Allison brought her powerhouse voice and full-out emotion to ‘Cry Me A River’ (adding her own touches of humor into the mid-century torch song), followed by a flirtatious duet with Gravitte on ‘It Takes Two’ from Into the Woods, and a new jazz arrangement of ‘Aquarius’ from Hair, with backing vocals by the men.”

-Deb Miller