Elias’ own warmth, smile, and gentle narratives of her homeland drew anticipation for the music we were about to experience. As she introduced each song, she frequently connected interesting anecdotes about the song’s setting, rhythm, composer, and lyrics. She inexorably drew the audience into the virtual world of each song, inspiring sentimental musings about the dance, beauty, charm, and romance of Brazil.
The broad selection of musical works provided marvelous musical moments; artistry, vocal command, drama, and sheer choric beauty abounded.
Americano The Musical introduces the audience to the actual life story of Tony Valdovinos who came to the United States with his parents when he was two.
Mr. Saturday Night is the story of Buddy Young, Jr. (Billy Crystal), an aging comedian whose career has long waned. He’s forced to play the retirement homes and is lucky to get a laugh when the audience is breathing. During an Emmy award show broadcast on television, it’s announced that Buddy Young Jr. has passed away, giving rise to his second career chance.
Birdland Jazz Club was filled on with patrons eager to see Amanda McBroom in her one night show entitled Crimes of the Heart
It is not a happy birthday. No full life savored and enjoyed or marked with celebration. Birthday Candles is traumatic and not for those that wear their emotions on their sleeve or recently have participated in life.
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.
Dr. Morgan eloquently articulate his keen insights into the search for the purpose of life, the human psyche, and perhaps even the ecclesiastical soul as Pastor Wilmont might argue.
Curry transformed herself into a litany of characters in Queens Girl in the World, projecting the mannerisms of people who influenced her.
Everything is gray in David Byrne’s `Utopia. The suits, the instruments played Byrne’s hair, and even the gray subject matter he ponders – the brain. Byrne’s cynicism is transparent. From Utopia upside down to discussing his motivation for including songs.
