Next Stage Thrills with “Taming of the Shrew”
Claire Kennedy as Katherine & Jason Bobb as Petruchio - photo by Joe Geinert
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by Sherri Rase
On August 3, Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County (GAAMC) presented its annual evening of Shakespeare. For more than 10 years, GAAMC has hosted the Next Stage Ensemble of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. This year, Next Stage brought us the classic “Taming of the Shrew” Read more
Passions Run High in “The Temperamentals”
Thomas Ray Ryan as Harry Hay & Michael Urie as Rudi Gernreich - photo courtesy of www.thetemperamentals.com
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by Sherri Rase
Harry Hay is a Temperamental. You may be a Temperamental, and I certainly am a Temperamental. My sister is, my mother is not and most of my friends are-but today we call ourselves Lesbian and Gay. Read more
A Conversation with Jenn Colella
Jenn Colella - photo courtesy of www.jenncolella.com
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by Sherri Rase
Recently, Broadway actor Jenn Colella took five with Q on Stage.com. Our conversation ranged from the first experience Read more
“The Wild Party” in Full Effect
Cast - photo by Tom Schopper
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by Sherri Rase
The Jazz Age is nearly always depicted as a time of extremes-extreme innocence, extreme decadence-and Michael LaChiusa’s “The Wild Party” is all of that and more. Read more
Uptown Goes Downtown to Metropolitan Room
Uptown Express - photo courtesy of Big Apple Performing Arts
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by Sherri Rase
Uptown Express got down-downtown, that is, to the Metropolitan Room. The quartet also got down to business right away with their program “Brand New Day,” which was led by Music Director and pianist James Followell. Read more
Graham & Orpheus Introduce Diverse Rorem Cycle of “Songs for Susan”
Susan Graham photo by Dario Acosta
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
A featured work of the peerless and conductor-less Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s May 11 concert at Carnegie Hall was the world premiere of national treasure Ned Rorem’s diverse “11 Songs for Susan,” commissioned by Orpheus and sung with gusto by virtuoso mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. Read more
Garanca, Brownlee & Relyea Make Bel Canto Marks in Winning Met “Cenerentola”
Lawrence Brownlee & Elina Garanca - photo by Ken Howard
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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert
May 2, 2009 – Gioachino Rossini’s romantic fairy tale comedy “La Cenerentola” (Cinderella, 1817), which did not reach the Metropolitan Opera stage until 1997 and is performed in Alberto Zedda’s edition, returning to Rossini’s original and removing later ‘traditional’ changes that corrupted it, was revived on May Day in a winning rendition featuring some newcomers and some recreating their roles. Read more
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