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GRAND ILLUSIONS.('Kiki & Herb: Coup de Theatre,' Cherry Lane, New York, New York)(Theater Review)
It is said of many show-business legends that they lose touch with the ordinary world and become cartoons of their former selves. The opulently dissipated Kiki DuRane--a sixty-something lounge singer who tours ad nauseam with a doleful accompanist named Herb--has gone in the opposite direction; she is a fictional creation who has acquired the grit and the glow of the real. Kiki and Herb are the invention of the writer-performer Justin Bond and the pianist Kenny Mellman, who have long been fixtures at downtown New York venues like Flamingo East, P.S. 122, and Fez. They have refined their act into an Off Broadway show, "Kiki & Herb: Coup de Th??tre,"which recently opened at ...
- 'Kiki, Herb' seek fame with a vengeance.(ARTS)(THEATER)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times November 2, 2002 700+ words
...through the best of the '70s through today in "Kiki and Herb in Pardon Our Appearance." Kiki and Herb are probably not what Stephen Sondheim had...Cafe Carlyle, and you have the gist of "Kiki and Herb." The amusing thing is that this lounge...
- Kiki & Herb Will Die for You.(Concert Review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rooney, David September 21, 2004 700+ words
Kiki & Herb Will Die for You (Carnegie Hall...One look at the crowd filing into "Kiki & Herb Will Die for You" made it clear this...last year's Off Broadway stint "Kiki & Herb: Coup de Theatre." Kiki's tragic...
- Kiki & Herb storm great white way.(Theater review)
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Shapiro, Howard August 16, 2006 700+ words
...people don't know terror!" Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway opened last...warning for the uninitiated: Kiki & Herb are not a nightclub act. They...to make the mockery whole). Kiki and Herb are not for everyone -- I got...
- Kiki & Herb: The Second Coming A Christmas Concert.(Concert review)
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Rooney, David December 14, 2007 700+ words
...only appropriate that undead duo Kiki & Herb should welcome Christmas in an...their careertopping 2004 show "Kiki & Herb Will Die for You," the subversive...last season's Rialto show "Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway," and in...
- 'Kiki & Herb' hits the road.(LEGIT BITS)("Kiki & Herb: Alive From...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Cox, Gordon May 3, 2007 700+ words
Kiki and Herb are getting their act together and taking it on the road. "Kiki & Herb: Alive From Broadway," which played...the West End. Downtown cabaret act Kiki & Herb never pulled in huge biz over the four...
- Kiki & Herb.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Harper's Bazaar October 1, 1999 700+ words
...Kittenplan a taste of the lush life. Kiki & Herb are cabaret's answer to The Blair Witch...s 39th birthday party. Next up for Kiki & Herb? "We're working on a CD called Kiki & Herb: Tainted Royalty," purrs the chanteuse...
- Kiki & Herb do Christmas.(LEGIT BITS)(musical show is going to be held in...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Cox, Gordon October 15, 2007 700+ words
Rialto vets Kiki & Herb are heading back to Carnegie Hall...night-only holiday-themed show "Kiki & Herb: The Second Coming--A Christmas...played a monthlong Broadway run of "Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway" in 2006 and...
- Kiki and Herb Finally Grow Up-- But Is Broadway Ready For It?(Culture)
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) August 14, 2006 700+ words
...that night as their alter egos Kiki & Herb had not gone well. They went...snuff," Mr. Bond said. For Kiki & Herb, a crap show is still a fairly...mean the gesture. "Or not." KIKI & HERB'S PERFORMANCES ARE ABOUT the...
