Performance

Excellent from start to finish, do go to see the play Intimate Apparel at Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. The play by the Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage is directed by Mary B. Robinson and features the talented cast of Leighton Bryan, Isaiah Johnson, Aleta Mitchell, Tommy Schrider, Heather Alicia Simms, and Nikki E. Walker, and runs until November 1, 2014. The play is the finale of the 2014 Westport Country Playhouse season and is one definitely worth seeing.

Dana Fuchs, the sultry siren of Blues Rock gave an outstanding performance at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne in Fairfield, Connecticut. Back in Connecticut for a 2-night gig at StageOne before heading back out on the road on her European tour, Dana Fuchs played to sold-out shows.

Detroit native Virtuoso Jazz violinist Regina Carter gave a rousing performance at Jazz Standard in New York City with her band, Marvin Swell on guitar, Will Holshouser on accordion, Chris Lightcap on bass, and Alvester Garnett on drums, playing select cuts off her latest release entitled, Southern Comfort.

The British are here! Be ready for an evening of witty repartee and laughter with Alan Ayckbourn’s romantic comedy Things We Do For Love at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. The play directed by Tony Award nominee John Tillinger, stars Geneva Carr, Matthew Greer, Sarah Manton, and Michael Mastro and runs until September 7, 2014.

Director David Kennedy deftly puts his mark on the adult content play, Nora; Ingmar Bergman’s Adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, translated by Frederick J. Marker and Lise-Lone Marker, at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. The play runs until August 2, 2014.

Wayne Barker, Mark Lamos, and Deborah Grace Winer hit it out of the ballpark on opening night with their original musical, Sing For Your Shakespeare performed at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. The play features Karen Akers, Britney Coleman, Darius de Haas, Stephen DeRosa, Constantine Germanacos, and Laurie Wells and runs until June 28, 2014. While many theatre companies perform Shakespearean plays during the summer, make no mistake, you have never seen Shakespeare performed quite like this, baby! …

We attended the opening night of the Noël Coward play, A Song at Twilight at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. The play directed by Mark Lamos, starring Broadway Veterans Mia Dillon, Brian Murray, and Gordana Rashovich, with Yale School of Drama Graduate Nicholas Carrière runs until May 17, 2014. The 2014 season, which marks the 84th season of performances at the Westport Country Playhouse, looks to be another stellar season of solid line-ups with plays A Song at …

Alejandro Escovedo and The Sensitive Boys rocked the Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne  in  Fairfield, Connecticut to a most appreciative audience. The first time that we heard Alejandro Escovedo was several years ago on WFUV radio 90.7 FM  out of New York City, and we remembered thinking what a cool name he has, that it just rolled off the tongue, and thought wow, not only a cool name, but that guy can play. When we finally had the opportunity to hear him play live at StageOne, …

It was a memorable evening at the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut of World Blues featuring Taj Mahal (Folk Blues), Vusi Mahlasela (South African Soulful Blues), and Deva Mahal and Steph Brown of Fredericks Brown a New Zealand based band (Rock & Roll perspective Blues).