Elling

Certainly, it's been said before that the name "Elling" is two-thirds of the name "Ellington."

David Finkle: First Nighter: Kurt Elling Fools Around With Time at Birdland David Finkle 2011

Certainly, it's been said before that the name "Elling" is two-thirds of the name "Ellington."

David Finkle: First Nighter: Kurt Elling Fools Around With Time at Birdland David Finkle 2011

Certainly, it's been said before that the name "Elling" is two-thirds of the name "Ellington."

David Finkle: First Nighter: Kurt Elling Fools Around With Time at Birdland David Finkle 2011

Certainly, it's been said before that the name "Elling" is two-thirds of the name "Ellington."

David Finkle: First Nighter: Kurt Elling Fools Around With Time at Birdland David Finkle 2011

This week brings two of the jazz world's most compelling entertainers — both male singers of a comparable generation — to Greater New York: Kurt Elling is doing 10 shows at Birdland, while John Pizzarelli (and his wife and musical partner, Jessica Molaskey) is ensconced for the month at the Carlyle.

Comebacks and Co-Conspirators Will Friedwald 2010

Simm, most celebrated for Life on Mars, but also outstanding on stage in Elling, brings a no-fuss astuteness to the part.

Hamlet; Passion; Beautiful Burnout; Wanderlust Susannah Clapp 2010

The two leads in “Elling” actually originated their roles in an Oslo stage version of this material, but Per Christian Ellefsen’s portrayal of Elling is so broad that it would seem someone forgot to tell him he is supposed to play to the camera and not the upper balcony.

Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2002

Elling is a small, fussy, neurotic whiner given to hissy fits and a singular devotion to Norway’s Labor Party political machine.

Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2002

Now and forever, Mr. Elling is a hipster, a flipster and a finger-poppin 'daddy, but at the same time, he's a picker, a grinner, a lover and a sinner.

Comebacks and Co-Conspirators Will Friedwald 2010

My preliminary expectations about Simon Bent ' s " Elling " can be summed up as follows: Why would any American producer in his right mind choose to put money into a British stage play adapted from a Norwegian film based on a series of allegedly comic novels about two mentally ill men, one prim and fussy and the other loud and sloppy?

As Funny as a Straitjacket Terry Teachout 2010