BWW Review: A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS is just that at Birdland
This close to the big day, you might already be flagging in your enthusiasm for the traditional old songs and carols attached to the upcoming holiday. Have no fear! There is an alternative. Birdland's 12th iteration of A Swinging Birdland Christmas will reinvigorate that waning spirit. The trio of Klea Blackhurst, Billy Stritch, and Jim Caruso, along with Steve Doyle on bass and Daniel Glass on drums, takes us on a bouncing ride through many tunes, most of which we layfolk won't know by rote. That's what makes this an extraordinary holiday offering. Eventually, we learn the reasons for quite a few song choices in this presentation... from movie musicals and the nostalgia for the TV Christmas specials of the 60s and 70s such as Andy Williams, The Osmonds, Cher. It is an aesthetic that is completely authentic to the artists on the stage, Misters Caruso and Stritch, and Ms. Blackhurst.
Cy Coleman A JAZZMAN'S BROADWAY Available This Week
This week – Friday, April 6th, 2018 Harbinger Records is releasing CY COLEMAN A Jazzman's Broadway (Jamaica, Flower Drum Song, South Pacific) HCD 3401. Harbinger loves composer/jazz pianist Cy Coleman. In fact, they have undertaken an entire series of CDs devoted to his vast musical talents. The first Coleman CD was a companion to the first biography on Cy, You Fascinate Me So (an overview of rare songs by Coleman with as disparate a bunch of lyricists as Carolyn Leigh, Dorothy Fields, Floyd Huddleston, A.E. Hotchner, and even comic Allan Sherman). The CD got rave reviews and opened many musical theatre aficionados to the depth of his composing skills.
Universalist Players to Present Disney's THE ARISTOCRATS KIDS
The intergenerational cast of the Universalist Players is staging the award-winning musical comedy "Disney's The Aristocats KIDS" on Friday, April 1 at 7pm and Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 1:30 pm at the Universalist Church, 433 Fern Street in West Hartford, CT.
Stages St. Louis Sets 2015 Season: ANYTHING GOES, THE FULL MONTY & More
STAGES St. Louis announces its exhilarating 29th season, a celebration of diversity, friendship, and community! The 2015 season launches with the Grammy award-winning sensation SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE, a rousing homage to classic rock 'n' roll, and the celebrated song catalog of Leiber and Stoller. We continue with the tap happy Broadway classic ANYTHING GOES, a chic and sophisticated voyage across the Atlantic featuring the witty and romantic songs of Cole Porter. One of Broadway's recent hits, THE FULL MONTY, caps off the season with its powerful message of family, friendship, and community. The fun begins May 29 and continues through October 4, 2015. In addition, the 2015 season Theatre for Young Audiences production will feature Disney's THE ARISTOCATS, beginning June 17.
Fountain Hills Theater Announces 2014-15 Season
Fountain Hills Theater is proud to present its 2014-15 seasons for its three venues, Mainstage, Mainstage Too! and Youth Theater. For additional information call Patty Torrilhon at 480-837-9661 or email patty@fhtaz.org.
JPAS Theatre Kids! Star in Disney's ARISTOCATS, Kids!
Everybody wants to be a cat in Jefferson Performing Arts Society's Theatre Kids! production of the musical Disney's ARISTOCATS, KIDS! (Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman and Al Rinker and Floyd Huddleston . Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle .
JPAS Theatre Kids! Star in Disney's ARISTOCATS, Kids!
Everybody wants to be a cat in Jefferson Performing Arts Society's Theatre Kids! production of the musical Disney's ARISTOCATS, KIDS! (Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman and Al Rinker and Floyd Huddleston . Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle .
JPAS Theatre Kids! Star in Disney's ARISTOCATS, Kids!
Everybody wants to be a cat in Jefferson Performing Arts Society's Theatre Kids! production of the musical Disney's ARISTOCATS, KIDS! (Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman and Al Rinker and Floyd Huddleston . Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle .