Friday, February 25, 2011
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Christine Ebersole to perform music from the Great American Songbook at The Mayo Center
Christine Ebersole has enchanted audiences throughout her performing career, from the Broadway stage to television series and specials, films, concert appearances, and recordings. Christine just received unanimous praise for her starring role as "Margo Channing" in the City Center's Encores production of Applause, the highest grossing Encore's production of its 15 year history.
Prior to Encores, Christine received virtually every Off Broadway Award and her second Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Musical for her "dual role of a lifetime" as "Edie Beale and "Little Edie Beale" in Grey Gardens. Acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, the show was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and its CD was nominated for a Grammy Award. Other memorable New York stage
performances include her Tony Award winning performance as "Dorothy Brock" in the smash hit revival 42nd Street, Steel Magnolia's, On the Twentieth Century, Oklahoma, Dinner at Eight (Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations) and The Best Man opposite Chris Noth and Charles Durning.
She has starred in five Encores productions, at City Center, including "A Connecticut Yankee", stopping the show every night performing “To Keep My Love Alive." In concert, Ms. Ebersole has appeared in The American Songbook series at Lincoln Center and in concert halls across the country. After making her debut with The Boston Pops two years ago, Christine returns to Boston Symphony Hall and Tanglewood starring as Desiree Armfeldt in a concert version of A Little Night Music with The Boston Pops, June and July, 2008.
The Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit performing arts organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2010-2011season is made possible in part by a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State. The Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert on Broadway on PBS March 2-3
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| Photo be Nicole Rivelli |
Twenty years after dazzling audiences in his first solo Broadway concert early in his career, three-time Grammy Award-winner Harry Connick, Jr. returned to the Main Stem in a roster of favorites, performed in his trademark New Orleans style. Taped in July of 2010 at New York’s Neil Simon Theater, Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert on Broadway features Connick’s big band and a 12-piece string section, with the star on both a Steinway grand and upright honky-tonk piano.
Variety raved, “Connick, in concert, packs such dynamite that those ‘Jersey Boys’ across the street seem positively sedate.” The program will air Wednesday, March 2 at 9:30 p.m. ET on Great Performances, which is a production of THIRTEEN for WNET, one of America’s most prolific and respected public media partners.
Connick is no stranger to Great Performances. In 1990, the series produced and presented Connick’s first primetime solo special Harry Connick Jr. and His Orchestra: Swinging Out With Harry, followed by 2004’s Only You which garnered an Emmy. Backed by a cadre of top-flight musicians, including trombonist Lucien Barbarin, Connick performs an infectious mix of evergreen standards, original compositions, and New Orleans street music, all arranged and orchestrated by Connick.
Stephen Holden in The New York Times enthused about the “joyful noise that had the audience stomping and cheering. It was the next best thing to Mardi Gras…” Song List Act 1 We Are in Love The Way You Look Tonight Bésame Mucho The Other Hours (from “Thou Shalt Not”) Nowhere in Love How Insensitive Come by Me Medley: My Time of Day / I’ve Never Been in Love Before All the Way Act 2 Bayou Maharajah Hear Me in the Harmony Light the Way (from “Thou Shalt Not”) St. James Infirmary Blues Take Her to the Mardi Gras (from “Thou Shalt Not”) Bourbon Street Parade Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Harry Connick Jr.’s career has been studded with awards and recognition, including several multi-platinum and gold albums, an Emmy Award, and a starring role in a Tony-winning Broadway musical. His albums, which have sold more than 25 million, giving him vast success on the jazz charts and great crossover success on the pop charts, include the soundtrack to “When Harry Met Sally…” “We Are in Love,” “Come by Me,” “Harry for the Holidays,” “Only You,” and “Your Songs.” As an actor, his movie and TV roles include acclaimed performances in “Memphis Belle” (his debut), “Little Man Tate,” “Copycat,” “Independence Day,” “My Dog Skip” (voiceover), “South Pacific,” “P.S. I Love You,” and “New in Town.”
He also had a recurring role on “Will & Grace.” In 2001, he made his debut as composer/arranger and lyricist for the Broadway musical, “Thou Shalt Not” (Tony nomination) and in 2006 starred in the acclaimed revival of “The Pajama Game” for which he received Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League nominations. A production of Cinemusica and Fogolabs for Conn-X Productions, the telecast was produced and directed for television by Pierre & Francois Lamoureux, with Ann Marie Wilkins, James L. Nederlander, Beth Williams, Thomas B. McGrath, and John Gore as executive producers. Bill O’Donnell is series producer; David Horn is executive producer.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Tommy Dorsey's great recording of "Marie"
Marie
Marie, the dawn is breaking
Marie, (ooh, Marie) you'll soon be waking
To find you heart is aching
And tears (and tears) will fall (will fall) as you recall
The moon in all its splendor
A kiss (ooh, a kiss) so very tender
The words, "Will you surrender
To me, (Marie), Marie, (Marie-ee)?"
Marie, you'll soon be waking
To find you heart is aching
And tears (and tears) will fall (will fall) as you recall
The moon in all its splendor
A kiss (ooh, a kiss) so very tender
The words, "Will you surrender
To me, (Marie), Marie, (Marie) Marie (Marie-ee-ee)?"
HERE IS TOMMY DORSEY AND HIS BAND WITH "MARIE." (BOB EBERLY, JANET BLAIR). THIS IS A CLIP FROM THE MOVIE "THE FABULOUS DORSEYS"
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Guitarist Jack Wilkins plays Van Heusen's "Here's That Rainy Day"
Guitarist Jack Wilkins plays Jimmy Van Heusen's great American songbook classic "Here's That Rainy Day."
Centenary Stage Company will present a special Valentine’s Day treat when guitarist Jack Wilkins performs with his Trio in the new Edith Bolte Kutz Theater of the David and Carol Lackland Center on the campus of Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey, Sunday, Feb 13 at 2 PM.
A legend amongst jazz guitar fans, Wilkins’ career spans several decades, performing with everyone from Sarah Vaughan to Mel Torme, Phil Woods , Bob Brookmeyer and Charles Mingus to the Brecker Brothers. He is known for a flawless technique and imaginative chordal approach.
Wilkins is one of the most accomplished guitarists around, playing with such angularity as to stay on the edge, as well as creating fluid lines that seem to flow from a horn rather than a stringed instrument. Wilkins has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts for his work and contribution to the guitar.
The Centenary Stage Sunday performance will feature special guest Tony Signa on flute, with Steve LaSpina on bass and Jeff Hirshfield on drums. Signa has been on the jazz scene in and around N.Y.C. for over 30 years, and in addition to performing at places such as the Blue Note, the "new" Birdland, and the "old" Village Gate, he has been a featured performer on live broadcasts on WNEW and WBGO Radio.
LaSpina has toured and recorded with Phil Woods, Stan Getz, Clark Terry and Chet Baker, and traveled the world with legendary guitarist Jim Hall. Hirshfield, who is said to “dance on the drums” [ Boston Globe], has performed with the Woody Herman Orchestra, and enjoyed extensive touring throughout the U.S., Europe, and the world, performing in many of the major jazz and music festivals around the world.
Centenary Stage Company will present a special Valentine’s Day treat when guitarist Jack Wilkins performs with his Trio in the new Edith Bolte Kutz Theater of the David and Carol Lackland Center on the campus of Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey, Sunday, Feb 13 at 2 PM.
A legend amongst jazz guitar fans, Wilkins’ career spans several decades, performing with everyone from Sarah Vaughan to Mel Torme, Phil Woods , Bob Brookmeyer and Charles Mingus to the Brecker Brothers. He is known for a flawless technique and imaginative chordal approach.
Wilkins is one of the most accomplished guitarists around, playing with such angularity as to stay on the edge, as well as creating fluid lines that seem to flow from a horn rather than a stringed instrument. Wilkins has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts for his work and contribution to the guitar.
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LaSpina has toured and recorded with Phil Woods, Stan Getz, Clark Terry and Chet Baker, and traveled the world with legendary guitarist Jim Hall. Hirshfield, who is said to “dance on the drums” [ Boston Globe], has performed with the Woody Herman Orchestra, and enjoyed extensive touring throughout the U.S., Europe, and the world, performing in many of the major jazz and music festivals around the world.
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