At first, it seemed that Alicia Keys might have been swallowed up by her machine. At last night’s concert at a half-filled Value City Arena, she initially showed up gamely singing and dancing with six dancers dressed as mimes, a quartet of backup singers, a full band, and a light show worthy of Vegas. The production was slick, but Keys’ personality was swamped by the show.
Then she sat down at the piano, and the world righted itself.
