“The tidbits of Mercer lore Mr. Sills dispensed at Tuesday’s opening-night performance… indicate he did abundant research. Later movie songs like “Spring, Spring, Spring” from “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and “The Square of the Hypotenuse” from “Merry Andrew” put Mr. Sills in an ecstatic dither… In the most original comic bit, he sits at the piano with his musical director, Ed Goldschneider, and stumbles through “The Glow-Worm” as he remembers learning to play it at 6 years old.”

“With a honeyed baritone that displays his North Carolinian roots, Sills skillfully makes his way through a plethora of Mercer songs, both hits and obscurities, with understated finesse. His anecdotes about Mercer are so interesting it’s easy to forget how entertaining a bio-cabaret show can be, especially when it’s done this well.”

“A terrific cabaret show! Really cool!”

“It takes someone with a mind for in depth research and a love of music to unearth the detail and mystery in bringing Mercer’s life and works to the stage. Someone like Morgan Sills! Morgan does this with intelligence, skill and an ability to tell the story creatively. Sills’ smart research and presentation of The Johnny Mercer Songbook enables the audience to move through the life experiences of the love, sadness and loss of one of America’s dearly beloved songwriters.”

“I impulsively turned to the person next to me as the show ended to deafening applause and said “If every cabaret show was as well done as this, the cabaret rooms would be packed!” There are three performances left. It is a 2009 MUST SEE CABARET event! Highly recommended!”

“Both Sills and the show are winners…Sills is immensely appealing as he croons his way through an impressive and diverse array of songs. His sweet, lyrical voice is ideally suited to songs like “You’ll Never Know”, “Our Love Affair”, and “Main Street”. His patter and jokes have a wickedly dry sensibility. With Sills onstage, who needs Calgon?”

“Sills has made a mensch of himself and his subject… [he] romps through his show as he waves his arms about and beams an Orson Bean smile all over the place. His charm quotient is humongous.”

“There’s a bright new face on the horizon with the potential to develop into a major player. His presence and audience savvy were worth of a more seasoned cabaret-ite.”

“As George, Morgan Sills is cute and winsome, nicely capturing his character’s increasing desperation as success gradually spoils him. Best of all [George] is genuinely sympathetic...”

“George is at times a wide-eyed nobody and a magically transformed wonder boy, thanks to Morgan Sills’s fluid delivery.”

“Sills shifts from doofus to debonair in a way that’s natural and funny. His portrayal manages to be both a tribute to and a parody of the lovable loser of classic films...George is a bumbling bundle of nerves with an expression that suggests he’s forever on the cusp of exclaiming ‘gee-golly!’”

“Sills’ sweet-voiced and swishy Sparky carries off a remarkable ode to Perry Como’s Golden Cardigan.”

“Mr. Sills’ Sparky is disarming with his youthful exuberance, charm and naivete (think Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy).”