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Hold me closer, Tony Danza

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Tony Danza: Standards and Stories

NEW YORK - Tony Danza: Standards and StoriesTony Danza, Tony Danza, Tony Danza! His name is a song! His life is a great story! His tap dancing, his joy, and his ukulele playing, his fun! He will beautifully scat and hilariously tell jokes. Corny, funny, fun jokes. He is our Tony Danza!He opened the evening with Bobby Darin’s “As Long As I’m Singing,” displaying in the lyrics his pleasure on stage and what he enjoys in life, singing for us and sharing with us. Tony’s band travels with him everywhere. It is apparent with the love and respect they are showing on stage that they are a family. They are music director and pianist Joe Davidian, guitarist Dave Schupp, bassist John Arbo, and drummer Ed Caccavale. They are also his backup singers harmonizing beautifully to Tony’s solid, wonderful baritone vocals.He sang the standards, Ervin Drake’s “It Was A Very Good Year,” Michel Legrand, and Norman Gimbel’s “Watch What Happens,” a song made popular by Frank Sinatra. Tony would make Frank very happy with his beautiful rendition. Asking the band to step back, Tony picked up his ukulele and re-imagined Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller’s “Love Potion No. Nine” as a slow ballad of love that completely endeared him to the audience. Tony Danza on stage at 54Below. Photo by Ilaria CutoloTony was in the Jason Robert Brown Broadway musical Honeymoon In Vegas, and he shared some of the wonderful songs from that production. The finger-snapping “I Love Betsy” is a love letter to not only Betsy but also to New York and all it has to offer. “Out of the Sun” was a brilliant love song and a hilarious piece about the damage the sun does to skin and life. Tony put his all into it.He ends this magnificent evening with a medley of Motown, putting his stamp on the amazing standards, “My Girl,” “It Was Just My Imagination,” and “Tracks of My Tears.” His infectious enjoyment had us all singing along with gusto.It was a spectacular evening at 54 Below! SPECTACULAR! Danza is a consummate entertainer! He and his band had us all snapping and swaying and smiling, not wanting it to end.Tony Danza still has those sparkling eyes and that dazzling smile! Standing in the line for the women’s restroom at the end of the evening, all the women were commenting on how handsome he is, and how he looked right at them at some point in the evening. One woman announced, “Right into my eyes!” I have to be honest I felt the same happened to me. Three times, he looked me directly in the eyes, and something was exchanged between the two of us. A celebration of the magic of music by a maestro. That’s how much of a presence he has. Oh, and who was in the audience for Tony Danza? Marilyn Maye!Tony Danza: Standards and Stories at 54 Below through June 1st. Tickets HERERunning Time: 90 minutes54 Below 254 West 54th NYC NY 10019Readers may also enjoy our reviews of Meg Okura at the Met Museum, Laura Benanti at the Minetta Lane Theater, Brazilian Jazz at Le Bab Ilo in Paris, Marilyn Maye birthday celebration at 54 Below, The American Relics at Chelsea Table + Stage, Gabrielle Stravelli at Chelsea Table + Stage, Tribute to Chita Rivera, There’s A Little Starch Left at Don’t Tell Mama, The Sweet Spot, and The Days of Wine and Roses.https://youtu.be/D4UdmE6ybz8?si=RLUHJByX1EwmbPzq

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La fuente liberace #oldschoolhollywoodbaseball #daronmalakian #tonydanza #frankieavalon (at Bohemian Grove) https://www.instagram.com/p/COUQ0kCHTSk/?igshid=5216agsy2t3a

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Meg #TonyDanza two years ago today #Timehop https://www.instagram.com/p/B33FcDvD1TH/?igshid=164du0bfejnwq

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Danza. Pfeiffer. The Hollywood Knights. 1980. #tonydanza #michellepfeiffer #danza #pfeiffer #hollywoodknights #thehollywoodknights #hollywoodnights #floydmutrux #highschoolsweethearts (at Van Nuys, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz2Fh5GlXiH/?igshid=17hjw3wvi5l0l

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