A Night with Barry Manilow !!!!!

A Night with Barry Manilow !!!!!

By Donald B. Kravitz

A Barry Manilow concert review is easy to condense to a few adjectives from his “Fanilows” (what his predominately female fans call themselves), “outstanding,” “wonderful” and amazing,” which pretty much sums up their feelings.

The moment the band began playing from behind the closed curtain and the lights dimmed the din in the Event Center at The Borgata started to rise from murmurs to applause even though Manilow had not actually walked out on stage.

When Barry Manilow did make his appearance, the audience rose quickly to their feet and began waving what appeared to be a sea of green glow sticks and cell phones. Friday evening, July 6, 2018 would definitely be a night to be remembered by Barry Manilow devotees.

Manilow performed to an invigorated audience and demonstrated that even at seventy-five, he could still “wow” an audience. Making sure his fans received what they came to hear, Manilow opened the concert with three of his best known hits, It’s a Miracle followed by Daybreak and Somewhere in the Night, drawing his fans in even more as they anticipated what hits would follow. Manilow did not disappoint the audience when he sang more of his songs, that brought the room to their feet, which included, Can’t Smile Without You; Looks Like We Made It; Even Now and Copacabana(At the Copa).

Throughout the show he received continual loud screams of approval and he was continually encouraged by the waving of the green glow sticks, above their heads, that appeared to be in the hands of everyone in The Event Center. The main set list was comprised of nineteen songs, mostly Manilow hits and audience favorites.

If you enjoy a fun evening and missed Manilow this time around, make sure you include him on your “must see” list as you also may walk away saying what his legions of fans said, “Wow he and the show were phenomenal.”

All photos by Donald B Kravitz