Star Tribune photo by Tom Wallace
Marilyn Maye's opening 85-minute set on Wednesday mixed material from several of the shows she has put together for her must-see New York engagements in the past four years. The set drew heavily from her Love on the Rocks program, with mostly sad songs by Johnny Mercer, Cole Porter, Ray Charles, Steve Allen, Barry Manilow and Rodgers and Hart. After an intermission, she returned to the stage for more (which I didn't see because I had a deadline to file this review.). Maye will play again Thursday at 7 p.m. Here is the set list from the opening portion: The Song Is You/ Inside Daisy Clover/ Let There Be Love/ Old Friends/ This Could Be the Start of Something Big (a cappella)/ I Love You Today/ ???/ Paradise Café/ Guess Who I Saw Today/ Lush Life/ Hallelujah I Love Him So/ You Don't Know Me/ Just for a Thrill/ Mountain Greenery/ Come Rain or Come Shine/ Drinking Again/ One for My Baby (and One for the Road)/ Mean to Me/ Cole Porter medley: Looking at You/Concentrate on You/I Get a Kick Out of You/Just One of Those Things/ I've Got You Under My Skin/All of You Take 5
