Posts by Edward A. Kliszus

Sam Fazio sings My Broadway at 54 Below in NYC. Courtesy 54Below.org
Cabaret
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Sam Fazio: My Broadway at 54 Below

Warm-voiced, funny, and unashamedly sentimental, Sam Fazio’s My Broadway turns a supper club into a communal memory palace, one show tune at a time. Anchored by Chris White’s luminous piano and John Sutton’s buoyant bass, this is cabaret at its most generous — intimate, swinging, deeply humane, theater history sung by a man who has clearly lived every lyric. Watch for Fazio’s next 54 Below engagement, bring tissues for the ballads and your fullest voice for the choruses, and leave humming, quietly grateful.

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May Scheider as Zerbinetta in "Ariadne auf Naxos"
FEATURE STORY
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

The Zerbinetta Aria: Gruberová Conquers Strauss’s Everest

Edita Gruberová sings Zerbinetta’s “Großmächtige Prinzessin” from Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, among the most punishing coloratura solos ever composed. Strauss wrote it for Frieda Hempel, but she had decamped to the Metropolitan Opera, and Margarethe Siems created the role at Stuttgart on October 25, 1912. The premiere drew luminaries and an orchestra of borrowed Italian strings. Molière’s framing play made the evening unwieldy; by 1916 a Prologue replaced it, and the aria was mercifully shortened.

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Aladdin
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Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Aladdin

Aladdin Currently On Sale Through June 27 2027 New Amsterdam Theatre More Info Tickets From

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Starstuff
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Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Starstuff

Starstuff Produced by: No.11 Productions Dates: October 28 – November 14 Season: Fall Theater: First

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