Craig Pomranz’ new show Breaking Up is the Thing To Do, at the Metropolitan Room

Craig Pomranz’ new show Breaking Up is the Thing To Do, at the Metropolitan Room, like all of Craig’s show is an evening of Great Songs, Great Singing and lots of very funny patter. Craig’s performances invariably have a theme that ties the songs together. The very well thought out selection of songs, treat the often sad and sometimes hilarious process of either breaking up or recovering from the breakup of a relationship.

Craig Pomeranz sings in many voices, all quite good. He has a remarkable vocal range that ranges from falsetto to a very robust baritone. He uses all of his voices appropriately in this new show. The show opens with These Foolish Things followed by a beautifully slow tempo performance of Neil Sedaka’s Breaking Up is Hard to Do. Pomranz shows off his falsetto voice in My Eyes Adored You and his gift for writing very funny lyrics with his updated version of an obscure Cole Porter song Nobody’s Chasing Me. The medley of I Guess I’ll Hang my Tears Out to Dry and It Never Entered My Mind is quite moving. The show ends on an optimistic note with the Gershwin’s Love Walked In. His encore number, Peggy Lee’s I Love Being Here With You, very well describes Craig Pomranz’ demeanor on stage.

Craig Pomrantz is a performer that is a must see, for me, whenever he appears in New York. Craig will have one more appearance at the Metropolitan Room 34 West 22^nd Street on Wednesday evening March 14 at 9:30 PM before taking this show to California. By the way, for a modestly priced full evening of entertainment you could make the evening a double header by catching the remarkable Tanya Holt’s early show at the Metropolitan Room at 7 PM that same evening.