Press and Reviews


EVERYTHING THE TRAFFIC WILL ALLOW: The Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman

April 19, 2001

An Echo of Merman: Nothing to Hit but the Heights

The New York Times, by Margo Jefferson

June 6, 2001

Proving That There's No Business Like Ethel Merman

The New York Times, by Stephen Holden

August 14, 2009

DIVA TALK

PLAYBILL ONLINE, by By Andrew Gans

2002

Everything the Traffic Will Allow: The Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman

Show Business, by David Hurst

05/31/01

The Return of the Merm

PLAYBILL, by David Drake

4/4/01

Everything the Traffic Will Allow

Show Business, by David Hurst

05/28/03

Rescuing Ethel Merman

MOUNTAIN XPRESS, by Kate Reynolds

01/3/02

The Best of 2001

TIME OUT NEW YORK

06/21/01

Klea Blackhurst: Everything the Traffic Will Allow

VARIETY, by Robert L. Daniels

09/11/01

Anything She Could Do...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, by David Finkle




AUTUMN IN NEW YORK: Vernon Duke's Broadway

2005

Autumn in New York: Vernon Duke's Broadway CD Review

BROADWAY.COM, by Ken Mandelbaum

10/27/04

Adding a Bit of Merman to Russian Romanticism

The New York Times, by Stephen Holden

09/14/05

What I did on My Summer Vacation

THEATERMANIA.COM, by Peter Filichia

11/04/04

Review

TALKINBROADWAY.COM, by J. Frank

12/02/04

Tip-Top Tributes

BACKSTAGE, by David Finkle

09/01/05

Joe's Pub Review

NEXT Magazine, by David Hurst




DREAMING OF A SONG: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael

October 16, 2008

Dreaming of a Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael

Backstage, by David Finkle

October 16, 2008

A Party Couple Takes the Stage to Sing Their Sassy Songs

The New York Times, by Stephen Holden




PROFILES

10/6/02

Klea's Got Rhythm

THE SALT LAKE CITY TRIBUNE, by Christy Karras

10/11/05

Klea Blackhurst's San Francisco Autumn

BAY AREA REPORTER, by Jim Van Buskirk




RECORDINGS

08/26/05

Beyond the Merm

PLAYBILL, by David Drake

08/16/05

Duke-ing It Out

THEATERMANIA, by Marc Miller

08/11/05

Sound Advice

TALKINBROADWAY.COM, by Rob Lester

01/09/03

Best Show Album of 2002

TALKINBROADWAY.COM, by Jonathan Frank

08/16/05

Duke-ing It Out

THEATERMANIA, by Marc Miller




THEATRE

10/27/05

Blackhurst Shines in Red, Hot & Blue

INSIDE BAY AREA, by Chad Jones

09/28/05

Blackhurst's brassiness heats up Porter tunes in Red, Hot & Blue

THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, by Robert Hurwitt




CONCERTS

03/04/05

Jazz: The Year of the Songwriters

THE NEW YORK SUN, by James Bowman

09/2-8/02

Over (and over and over) here

Variety, by Matt Wolf

08/19/02

First Night

THE TIMES, by Richard Morrison

9/2/02 - 9/8/02

Over (and over and over) here

Variety, by Matt Wolf



 

Kleas Quotes

“Assuming Ms. Blackhurst can act she needs a Broadway theatre as desperately as Kristin Chenowith, so that she can flex her talent."

Stephen Holden
The New York Times


"One of the most accomplished performers I’ve ever seen."


CABARET SCENES


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