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Mama Alto: Counter Diva

Harry Hughes

"Alto’s fragile voice is unfaltering and lulls you into another world."

In a small central theatre, cabaret star Mama Alto performs a passionate and very personal concert, exploring the role of the diva in five medleys. Pianist Tiffanni Walton, the show's musical director, is the only accompaniment on stage, and the duo work in perfect harmony through several heartbreaking ballads. Alto's fragile voice is unfaltering and lulls you into another world. The strength that is found in the words is genuine, and the emotions experienced hurl the audience through the life of a “sexually and racially ambiguous” chanteuse. As Alto writes in the program: “I was lost but now am found, and I found myself through music.”