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Cabaret Review: NO ONE IS ALONE: MELISSA ERRICO REMEMBERS STEPHEN SONDHEIM (CVRep)
ISN’T IT BLISS? Striding onto the CVRep stage last night, Broadway star Melissa Errico, in a black dress draped in silver sequins, dazzled the eyes looking as if she had just stepped off of the steps of a recent Met Gala in New York. Over the next 90 minutes, she dazzled the ears as well….
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Concert Review: INVOCATIONS (Serj Tankian at The Soraya, Cal State Northridge)
A SURGE OF SERJ Serj Tankian, a world-class musician, peace activist, and frontman of Grammy-winning nu-metal band System of Down, had the mixed crowd — metal T-shirts, ripped jeans, and dress-up — buzzing with excitement. Tankian is also an alumnus of Cal State University, Northridge, the home of The Soraya. The homecoming last Saturday April…
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Cabaret Review: JASON ROBERT BROWN with MIKAL KILGORE (Samueli Hall at Segerstrom in Costa Mesa)
KING OF THE WORLD — AND MUSICAL SONGS Orange County audiences were treated to an all-too-rare occurrence — a cabaret appearance by Jason Robert Brown, one of today’s finest composer-lyricists. Since Jason Robert Brown no longer regularly performs due to his busy schedule, this was an opportunity to see a master of the musical theatre…
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Cabaret Review: TAWANDA IN MANHATTAN (Tawanda celebrates debut album “Smile” at Chelsea Table & Stage)
SMILE, INDEED Tawanda, who just won the 2023 Bistro Award for Jazz Vocalist, celebrated her debut album, Smile, at Chelsea Table & Stage on April 20. The accomplished vocalist is only 26, but she told the audience she “feels like an old soul.” Indeed she began the evening with a sizzling rendition of a Cole…
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Cabaret Review: SURVIVING CABARET (Sharon McNight at Green Room 42 in NYC)
40 YEARS OF STORIED SONGS When a songstress entitles her show Surviving Cabaret, one can expect a lot of sad ballads and weepy blues. Not so with Sharon McNight’s new show at Green Room 42. Yes, there is a bit of nostalgia. McNight opens with Janis Ian’s “I’m Standing Here,” which features lyrics proclaiming, “See…
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Cabaret Recommendation: MUSIC AT THE ODYSSEY (Celebrating Rodgers and Hammerstein and Cole Porter)
IT’S DE-LOVELY As I suspected, this Friday’s Music at the Odyssey show celebrating Rodgers and Hammerstein, George Gershwin and Cole Porter has sold out. And with good reason. The previous show, all Sondheim, was one of the most delightful cabarets I’ve ever seen. The bounteous talent was top-notch, the musicians breezy, and the space intimate. And…
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Recommended Concert: PIANO QUARTET MILANO (The Music Guild, St Alban’s Church, Westwood)
The Music Guild presents Piano Quartet Milano on Monday April 3, 2023 at 8pm. The concert takes place in the beautiful, intimate and sonically sound St Alban’s Church. ========== Program (scroll down for details): Handel/Halvorsen: Passacaglia in G Minor, Op. 20 Faure: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15 Brahms: Piano Quartet No….
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Highly Recommended Concert: RED EYE 2 TOKYO (Boston Court in Pasadena on April 1, 2023)
THEY RISE AGAIN Red Eye 2 Tokyo, founded by composer and multi-instrumentalist Shih-Wei Wu, will return to the stage for the first time after the pandemic shut down to bring you some rocking J-traditional Jazz fusion sound on Saturday April 1, 2023 at 8 at Boston Court in Pasadena (for tickets, visit Boston Court). There…
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Highly Recommended Cabaret: LILLIAS WHITE WITH SETH RUDETSKY (The Wallis in Beverly Hills)
GET YOURSELF SOME HAPPY So, which Lillias White is your favorite? Is it the bluesy, searching, achy soul singer? The sassy sweetheart of standards? The darling diva of Broadway showtunes? The infectious raging gospel optimism? Well, you get all that and more when she appears with SiriusXM Radio star Seth Rudetsky, on Thursday, March 30, 2023,…
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Event Review: HINOTORI – THE WINGS OF PHOENIX (Yamato Drummers of Japan)
HUBBA HUBBA! YAMATO LIGHTS THE STAGE ON FIRE Have you ever attended a performance where you felt like you ran a marathon? Still, all you did was sit on the edge of your seat from the sheer awesomeness on the stage. The Yamato Drummers of Japan’s HINOTORI – THE WINGS OF PHOENIX tour landed in…
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Recommended Cabaret: STRINGS ON FIRE (Marissa Licata & The Ragtag Collection at Chelsea Table + Stage)
A SPECIAL EVENING OF WORLD-FOLK FUSION The New York venue Chelsea Table + Stage will light with eclectic sounds from around the world when violinist MARISSA LICATA returns with her show Strings on Fire for The Ragtag Collection’s debut this Sunday, March 5 at 7pm. Highlighting the versatility of the violin, The Ragtag Collection performs an evening that melts styles and universally familiar melodies…
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Highly Recommended Album and Cabaret: RICKIE LEE JONES (“Pieces of Treasure” at Birdland)
The mood is jazz. The icon is Rickie Lee Jones. The voice just keeps getting better. Rickie Lee Jones’s latest album Pieces of Treasure is a reunion with her lifelong friend, legendary producer Russ Titelman, who co-produced Jones’ star-making albums Rickie Lee Jones and the seminal Pirates. Reminiscent of her iconic POP! POP!, Pieces of Treasure – an album devoted…
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Highly Recommended Cabaret: LARRY OWENS’ SONDHEIMIA (Pasadena Playhouse)
SONDHEIMIA: IT’S A STATE OF MIND In this curated concert, musical theater actor Larry Owens explores time, love, and ambition through the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, with music director Josh Kight on piano. Words are the name of the game with Owens’ spectacular Sondheimia, which recently played Carnegie Hall. The preternaturally gifted performer…
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Highly Recommended NYC Cabaret: ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN! (Jean Louisa Kelly at The Laurie Beechman)
GREAT STORYTELLING, TERRIFIC PLAY WONDERFUL CABARET, TOP ENTERTAINMENT — ALL IN ONE SHOW Jean Louisa Kelly (original Broadway cast of Into the Woods, and the movies Uncle Buck, Mr. Holland’s Opus, The Fantasticks, and Top Gun: Maverick) presents two encore performances of Anything Can Happen! after her sold-out New York concert debut earlier this year. Again accompanied by Grammy Award-winning musical director Paul…
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Highly Recommended NYC Cabaret: JULIE BENKO AND HER BAND EUPHONIC GUMBO (Birdland)
JULIE BENKO BIRDLAND CONCERT SOLD OUT BUT A LIVESTREAM IS AVAILABLE FOR $25 BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB brings back Julie Benko – direct from Broadway’s smash hit revival of Funny Girl – with her band “Euphonic Gumbo” on Monday, February 6 at 7pm (4pm PST). Benko will march her band out to celebrate Mardi Gras with six instrumentalists, including her jazz-pianist spouse Jason…
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Dance Recommendation: BIG FIVE OH! (Pilobolus’s 50th Anniversary Tour)
Pilobolus, the groundbreaking, legendary, international dance sensation, returns to Pepperdine in Malibu on January 25, 2023 (the company’s 15th time there!), the MAC in Chicagoland On Feb. 5 and many more locations as part of the company’s “Big Five Oh!” tour celebrating a half century of radical creativity and boundary pushing. (See below for cities and…
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Concert Review: HOLIDAY GAIETY (SF Symphony)
MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY…ER The San Francisco Symphony has a full holiday season of great music. There’s a youth symphony concert, an evening of chamber music, classics such as Handel’s Messiah, and Peter & The Wolf. Popular entertainers such as Harry Conick Jr. and Seth McFarlane are performing. Ever popular shows are featured such as…
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Concert Recommendation & Interview: A SALUTE TO SONDHEIM (GMCLA, Music Director & Conductor Ernest H. Harrison)
A SALUTE TO STORYTELLERS Stage and Cinema is grateful to GMCLA Music Director & Conductor Ernest H. Harrison for taking time out of rehearsing to chat a bit about A Salute to Sondheim, an awesome new concert from the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles. The season finale concert — which plays this Saturday and Sunday,…
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Theater Review: BROADWAY BY THE YEAR: “FROM ZIEGFELD TO MOULIN ROUGE!” (The Town Hall)
Scott Siegal’s latest installment in his ongoing homage to commercial Broadway, appropriately titled Broadway By The Year, is an entertaining and enjoyable production that starts down memory lane but thrillingly winds its way back to our Broadway present. Featuring solid and familiar Broadway performers, a chorus of synchronized Rockettes and a stunning eighteen-year-old newcomer, Mr….
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Free Events: SUNSET CONCERTS (Skirball Cultural Center)
SUNSET CONCERTS Thursday evenings, July 21–August 25, 2022, at 8:00 pm From beloved Sunset Concerts alumni to up-and-coming international performers, this season offers artistry and storytelling that harnesses music’s unique power to bring communities together, forge cultural bonds, and move hearts and minds. Visit Skirball for more info. Visitors are encouraged to arrive early to…
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