NYFOS’ Blier & Barrett & Caramoor’s Rising Stars Give Grand & Varied Tour of “Spanish Gold” in Song

Michael Barrett & Steven Blier - photo by Dario Acosta
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Brilliant Artistic Director Steven Blier and Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett, cofounders of the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS), with members of Caramoor’s 2011 Vocal Rising Stars, a most promising quartet from the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Read more
“According to Goldman” at Alliance Rep

''According to Goldman,''photo by Howard Fischer
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By Sherri Rase
A black and white film is showing when the lights come up on Alliance Repertory’s production of Bruce Graham’s “According to Goldman.” Gavin Miller (Kevin Gilmartin) looks like a kindly next-door-neighbor type from Central Casting. At present, he’s a college instructor teaching film writing to a group of greenhorns. When he begins with the statement, “I can teach you how to write a good script, or one that will sell,” you know to fasten your seatbelts … the ride will indeed be bumpy.
Gavin’s wife Melanie (Angela Della Ventura) does her best to get her crun-chewy luftmensch to commit to their home. She’s the local welcome wagon and a motherly type, though she and Gavin don’t have children. She’s hopeful they will finally put down roots somewhere that won’t poison her husband’s soul. Read more
1st National Touring Company of “Wicked” Performs Jazz Cabaret, “Our Wicked Romance,” in Orlando

a scene from ''Wicked'' - photo provided by Denise Dell Harbin
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By Denise Dell Harbin
It was Monday night, March 14 and the wildly popular “Wicked,” playing at the Bob Carr Center for Performing Arts in Orlando, FL through March 27, was dark for this one night of the week. And the cast donated their time and talents to put on Jazz Cabaret “Our Wicked Romance” to raise money Read more
Excelsior MC Will Hold 36th Anniversary ‘Lust for Life’ Leather Weekend in Grove in May

Excelsior MC Lust for Life run 2010, poolside scene at Belvedere, & Mr. Fire Island Leather 2010 contest at the Grove Hotel, MC Ariel Sinclair, Messrs. FI Leather 2007 Diego Vargas, 2001 Bruce-Michael Gelbert, 2010 Rob Ferri, & 2008 & MC Isaac, photos provided by Bruce-Michael Gelbert and by Conrad
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
The New York City-based Excelsior Motorcycle Club (www.excelsiormc.org) will hold its 36th anniversary, Atlantic Motorcycle Club Community (AMCC)-sanctioned “Lust for Life” leather weekend, billed as “The Good, the Bad and the HORny,” in Cherry Grove from May 20 to 22. Read more
Fire Island Black Out Announces Plans for August Multi-Cultural Weekend

FIBO 2010 tents on the beach - photo by Bruce-Michael Gelbert
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Fire Island Black Out (FIBO, www.fireislandblackout.com) recently disclosed some of its plans for its eagerly-anticipated ninth annual sojourn to the beach, Read more
The GREAT Judy Garland

Steven Reineke with Ruth Henderson, Heather Headley with Ashley Brown, Lorna Luft and Steven Reineke with Karen Olivo - photos by Sherri Rase
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by Sherri Rase
The white and gold interior of Carnegie Hall was softly illuminated, on March 11, for the end of an amazing season for the New York Pops Orchestra. It was the commemoration of literally one of the landmark events of the last century, Judy Garland’s sold-out concert in 1961 at Carnegie Hall. Read more
Met Offers Formidable Tchaikovsky “Queen,” Starring Zajick, Mattila & Galouzine

Dolora Zajick & Vladimir Galouzine by Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
Gay ancestor Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Pikovaya Dama” (The Queen of Spades, 1890), with libretto by his brother Modest, after Alexander Pushkin’s short story, is enjoying a mostly lustrous Metropolitan Opera revival this month, Read more
