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TELL-TALE TONIGHT!
SOMETHING THAT’S THRILLING SOMETHING THAT’S CHILLING SOMETHING TO STILL YOUR HEART A MUSICABRE TONIGHT! 8:15PM EST – ON-LINE SCREENING OF THE TELL-TALE HEART – A MUSICABRE FOLLOWED BY A Q&A WITH YOURS TRULY! HOSTED BY ART IS ALIVE FILM FESTIVAL … Continue reading
AH, PARIS!
The EIFFEL TOWER, as seen from many different Paris neighborhoods, constitutes the official kick off to a whole lot of Paris infused blog posts (even if it is actually the third of such blog posts – I’ll just call those first … Continue reading
LIGHT ENTERS THE HOME – with a “light”hearted music quiz
I’ll have a picture with my puzzle, please Longtime visitors to my site will have noticed that I love sharing photos, under the “Two-fisted Touristing” rubric, of scenic vistas from around the world or places and events in New … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged Adam Guettel, Adam Lambert, Annie Lennox, Bernadette Peters, Billy Joel, Charlie Chaplin, City Lights, climate change, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crystal Bowersox, Dance into the Light, Dim All the Lights, Donna Summer, Downtown Lights, Florence and the Machine, Ian McKellen, illumination, Kelli O'Hara, light, Light in the Loafers, light play, Long as I Can See the Light, Madonna, Mandy Patinkin, Mary Rodgers, Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway), No Light No Light, paw paw, Ray of Light, refraction, Richard Rodgers, Rothko, Scissor Sisters, Shadow and Light, shadow play, Shining Light, Sondheim, Speakeasy, sun tea, Sunday in the Park with George, The Blue Nile, The Light, The Light in the Piazza, Vincent Price, When Pigs Fly
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Highlights from ART NY 2017
Another year, another visit to the ART NY expo. Here are pictures of some of the works that intrigued me this year (last year’s can be seen here). Some famous names are included here among the up and comers, like … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On
Tagged Amarist, Andy Warhol, Armando Marino, ART NY, Balint Zsako, Banksy, Bjorn Skaarup, Carole Feuerman, Casper Faassen, Christian Vincent, Claudia Alvarez, Claudio Alvarez, Corvengi Mikaelian, Damien Hirst, Dashi, Elizabeth McGrath, Eran Shakine, Eric Zener, Evfrosina Lavrukhina, Fernando Botero, Fidia Falashetti, Frederico Uribe, Gil Bruvel, J. K. Rowling, Jack Tsai, Jeff Koons, Jessica Potenza, Jorge Marin, José Cabo, Julian Voss-Andreae, Justin Bower, Kaï, Kwang Ito Shin, Lady Gaga, Liechennay, Ma Dan, Marck, Metis Atash, Michael Glancy, modern art, Montse Valdes, Moto Waganari, Naoya, Nemo Jantzen, Orit Hofshi, Pablo Picasso, Peter Combe, Polles, Rivero-Cintra, Roberto Fabelo, Roy Lichtenstein, Samuel Salcedo, Sondheim, Tobias Møhl, Toledo del Rio, Tomoko Konno, Toots Zinsky, WhisBe, Zorikto Dorzhiev
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SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH JAKE – Will it Lead to Sunday in the Cinema with Jake?
When you see a theater production of a piece you know well and love well, after having seen wonderful and celebrated productions of the piece many times before, including the original Broadway production, and watched the dvd of that production … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On
Tagged Annaleigh Ashford, Bernadette Peters, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, Cary Fukunaga, Cyndi Lauper, Finishing the Hat, George Seurat, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kinky Boots, Lapine, Mandy Patinkin, Masters of Sex, movie, musical, NineStories, Riva Marker, Robert Sean Leonard, Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George
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Impressions from ART NEW YORK (with “artsy” musical accompaniment)
Art New York was a huge showcase of artists at Manhattan’s Pier 55 this past weekend. Here are some photographic impressions from my visit (with the artist name given above their artwork). And to add a little musical fun, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Anke Eilergerhard, art, art garfunkel, Blue and Joy, Byung Jin Kim, Chul Hyan Ahm, Eline de Jonge, Enrique Gomez de Molina, Evita, Hanns Kotter, Isabelle van Zeijl, Jeff Robb, John Baldessari, Kate Bush, Kim Simonsson, Lady Gaga, Liechennay, Livia Marin, Mary Poppins, New York, Norah Jones, Peter Anton, Roberto Fabel, Rolling Stones, salvador dali, Seo Young-Deok, Seungmo Park, Sondheim, Streisand, Viola Frey, Wang Xiosong, Yuina Wad
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ANTHONY TOMMASINI RATTLES ME – On the Importance of Music in a Musical
Today the New York Times published an excellent dialog between its classical music critic and avowed musical theater enthusiast Anthony Tommasini and its pop music critic Joe Caramanica about the musical Hamilton. The exchange included this from Tommasini, which has … Continue reading
Posted in Live! On Stage, Notes in the News
Tagged Anthony Tommasini, collaboration, Hamilton, Joe Caramanica, lyrics, melody, Miranda, music, musical, musical theater, Sondheim, Tommasini, words, words and music
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