Kristin's one-night-only tryst at the MET began with her entering in a baseball outfit in her classic cartoony style. This introductory sketch concluded with music director Andrew Lippa informing her that she's performing at the "Met," not with the "Mets." A minute later, she's back in formal attire.
For the most part, it was a very well-done evening, with Kristin providing a very charming and entertaining persona and performance. Most puzzling and irritating, however, was the totally unnecessary use of two male dancers throughout the first act. Her song repetoire - which surprisingly did not include her hit-maker "My New Philosophy" - included show tunes, mostly from "The Apple Tree," "Candide" or "Wicked"; new songs by contemporary musical theater composers like Lippa; Ricky Ian Gordon and Adam Guettel, and some very varied selections including a Gilbert & Sullivan medley, some country stuff, some gospel, an old Stephen Foster song and her charming hit "Taylor the Latte Boy." Here is the full list in order:
Overture
Gorgeous
Popular
Goin' to the Dance with You (Dworsky)
Boy (Marr)
f You Hadn't But You Did (Styne, Comden & Green)
Taylor, the Latte Boy (Goldrich, Heisler)
You're Easy to Dance With (Berlin)
The Girl in 14G (Tesori, Scanlan)
INTERMISSION
Italian Street Song (Herbert, Young)
Gilbert & Sullivan Medley
Love Somebody Now (Lippa)
How Can I Lose You? (Guettel)
Run Away (Gordon)
Hard Times (Stephen Foster)
Show Me the Way (DeYoung)
Encores:
Glitter & Be Gay
What Makes Me Love Him