Harlem over the Hamptons

I'm pretty sure that I am dehydrated. It is wickedly hot here in the City. I have heard more New Yorkers complaining about the lack of summer this season; well, it is finally here. Of course, all those complaining New Yorkers are in the Hamptons or at the Shore.

But I would gladly risk dehydration and mild sun poisoning to hear Montego Glover sing.

As part of Harlem Week, Montego pretty much sang "Colored Woman" as if she were onstage at the Grammy Awards. Note the fierceness:

The song comes as a critical point in Act I where Montego's character, the singer Felicia Ferrell, encounters a seemingly career-ending blow.

In Montego's own words, "when everything else is telling her to stop, she keeps moving forward."

Accompanied by the ridiculously talented, Kenny Seymour (Music Director), Montego takes the stage at Harlem Week:

Fun Fact: Kenny Seymour is a first degree black belt.

My favorite comment came from a man who walked past her after the performance and, while still on his cell phone, said "That was beautiful. I could hear you from two blocks away!"

And as I waited for the Metro-North train home and willed myself to not fall asleep, (wait, I think that's for a concussion not for heat stroke) I could only smile and think that those people out of town this weekend seriously missed out.

Harlem was the place to be today, not the Hamptons.

Fun Fact: Speaking of the Hamptons, today I was in an amazing apartment in the building where P.Diddy has a place. Like a true New Yorker, I immediately got my camera out to take pictures of the view: