By Michael Buzzelli
The 2024-2025 Trust Arts Cabaret closes out its season with the stunning CMU graduate, Patina Miller (“Power Book III: Raising Kanan”).
The star of stage and screen opened with a sultry rendition of “Fever.”
Miller went on to sing from the Broadway songbook, briefly stopping to share anecdotes about her time in Pittsburgh. At the 9:30 show, Miller’s former Carnegie Mellon University voice teachers were in attendance.
Miller nailed “Corner of the Sky” from the 2013 revival of “Pippin” in which she starred as the Leading Player, the show’s emcee/narrator character, a role originated by Ben Vereen.
Her set list included “Fabulous Baby!” from her star turn as Deloris Van Cartier in the stage adaptation of “Sister Act.”
Miller belted some of her favorite songs, including “No One is Alone” from “Into the Woods.”
Miller was accompanied by James Sampliner, a veteran music director for countless Broadway artists including Pittsburgh’s own Billy Porter.
The evening at the Cabaret was, as the song states, “Fabulous Baby!”
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The Trust Arts Cabaret series is at the Greer Cabaret Theatre, 655 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. For tickets to the 2025-2026 Trust Arts Cabaret series click here.
