Lynda Carter is a performer whose work has defined a generation.
And before she even steps foot on stage for her concert Lynda Carter, THIS LIFE: MY MUSIC, MY STORY, a video collage summarizes the timeless beauty’s multifaceted career. There is Lynda Carter, the face of cosmetics. Lynda Carter, the Pageant Queen. Lynda Carter, the recording artist, stage star and activist. There is Lynda Carter, the gay icon. Lynda Carter the wife and mother; and natch, Lynda Carter, the television superstar who continues to adorn t-shirts and lunch boxes as Wonder Woman.
Who Lynda Carter is, as we will find out over the course of the evening, is all of these things. She is also an enduring entertainer.
Backed by her top shelf “All-Star” band of Nashville luminaries, and with her talented doppelganger daughter, Jessica Carter Altman, by her side, Carter spins a 90 minute set of country, blues, and rock-tinged favorites; among them “Great Balls of Fire,” “Philadelphia Freedom,” “Let the Good Times Roll” and Kenny Loggins’ playful, “I’m Alright.” The voice, while never singular, is perhaps better than you might remember. Occasionally drowned out by the pure wattage of the instruments (and back up singers) behind her, Carter nonetheless shines with a clear vocal sweetness on songs like James Taylor’s “Secret O’Life,” and the yearning “Toto” – a minor hit from her 1978 album Portrait, and reveals a husky wail-like power on the rock anthem “I Will Stay With You Baby.” Most surprisingly, with two pieces written for (of all things) a torch singing character named Magnolia in the video game FALLOUT 4, Carter hits it out of the park with a voice capable of chameleon-like versatility. read more