Tonight was not just a show; it was an authentic jam session of virtuoso artists guiding their listeners through time and continental travel, gospel, blues, jazz, cool, fusion, bossa, and funk.
Tony DeSare at Birdland introduced each song in an engaging and deeply personal way. His manner and charm in speaking were as crucial as his singing and playing. Audience members sighed when he spoke of his nine-year-old son and the romance and beauty of Paris. They nodded and smiled as he described the provenance of each musical gem.
Kate Baldwin and Aaron Lazar presented a sentimental, delightful journey through the American Songbook of the best of musical theater. Each song and setting was perfectly characterized, rapturously sung, and sparkling.
The Punta Gorda Symphony celebrates the summer months with the Summer Chamber Music Series that begin with a String Quartet.
I continually hear former Northeasterners and Chicagoites asking for recommendations on where to find hot pastrami and rye bread, babka, and blintzes, like those served at the Second Avenue Deli in Manhattan. How about shish ka bob, pizza, pierogis, hand-rolled fresh pasta, bagels, and the like?
The Edison Ford Winter Estates and Museum are jewels of southwest Florida. The museum showcases memorabilia highlighting the successes of two of America’s industrialists, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford.
Jurassic World Dominion’s popularity is likely propelled by a coterie of loyal sci-fi fans of special effects and 3-D movies. The notion of dinosaurs now inhabiting the entire planet is an evocative twist to this chapter in the Jurassic story and initial reports indicate the film has done well financially on its first weekend.
54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits! is a celebration of the American Songbook, performed by fabulous artists at the peak of their powers?
Maytag Virgin gradually, elaborately, and poignantly unfolds in an assiduously crafted literary effusion. It’s a dreamscape in which we sense loss tempered by hope.
The Oratorio for Living Things is a miraculous, thought-provoking celebration of hope, life, and the human spirit, ravishingly expressed through a brilliant fusion of music and theater.
