"More than 20 years later, Reilly has dusted off a not dissimilar tailcoat and rouged his cheeks once more under a new moniker, Mister Romantic, and this time there's a full house. Backed by a four-piece band he is here to win our hearts with 90 minutes of jazz standards and popular songs, plus the odd chanson and comic verse."
"The band wind their way through the auditorium, Charles De Castro doing double duty on accordion and cornet, opening with Tom Waits' instrumental Just Another Sucker on the Vine. They proceed to drag our host on to the stage concealed inside a trunk. When he climbs out, hair like Shock-Headed Peter, he professes not to know the day of the week, his location or even his band."
John C Reilly appears as Mister Romantic in a theatrical music-hall show backed by a four-piece band. The 90-minute set mixes jazz standards, popular songs, chanson and comic verse. The staging leans vaudevillian, with the band processing through the auditorium and Reilly emerging from a trunk in clown-like costume. Musical choices range from Tom Waits instrumentals to Nat King Cole-era numbers, performed with melancholic optimism and silent clowning. The restored Soho Theatre Walthamstow provides an apt, historic music-hall atmosphere that complements the show’s gentle blend of comedy, nostalgia and musical warmth.
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