Performances

For years, we have written about Mike Zito, and more recently have written about Albert Castiglia, and were impressed with their musicianship and storytelling Blues Rock artisanship. When they teamed up on the Mike Zito – Albert Castiglia – Blood Brothers album we were blown away by the dynamic guitar duo. Little surprise then that the Blood Brothers album released on Mike Zito’s Gulf Coast Records debuted as #1 on Billboard Top US Blues Album. When we saw them perform …

The Rocky Horror Show may be the wildest, wackiest musical we have ever seen. Produced by the Music Theatre of Connecticut in Norwalk, Connecticut, the musical is a campy, retro-science fiction fantasy complete with aliens and catchy rock songs written by Richard O’Brien that is zany and fabulous fun. While many know The Rocky Horror Picture Show as the 1975 cult classic film, the play came first and was first shown in London in 1973. The talented Actor’s Equity Association …

We had the extreme pleasure of seeing Beth Nielsen Chapman perform at The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center affectionately known as "The Kate" in Old Saybrook, Connecticut on Saturday, March 11, 2023. The intimate 285-seat cultural arts center named for Old Saybrook’s beloved actor and resident, Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003), was the perfect venue to experience the music of Beth Nielsen Chapman (BNC) on tour to promote her 15th album entitled, CrazyTown, released in September 2022.

I Hate Hamlet, (actually, we do not) that is the name of playwright Paul Rudnick’s award-winning comedic play. Directed by Kevin Connors, co-founder of the Music Theatre of Connecticut in Norwalk, Connecticut, I Hate Hamlet stars Robert Anthony Jones, Liliane Klein, Dan O’Driscoll, Constantine Pappas, Jo Anne Parady, and Elena Ramos Pascullo, and runs until February 19, 2023. If you need a bit of laughter in your life, go and see I Hate Hamlet. Zany characters and a plot about …

Dance has the power to transcend words in that it speaks its own language, the language of dance, the language of movement and expressionism, that requires no translation, no matter the country where it is performed. Contemporary Dance inspires the imagination, which is much more powerful than mere words. We saw the Vertigo Dance Company, an Israeli Contemporary Dance Company co-founded by Noa Wertheim and Adi Sha’ al perform their dance composition of "Pardes" at The Quick Center for the …

Ever since Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 1843, it has been a beloved part of the holiday tradition for many people. Throughout the years, it has been republished as a book, made into films, and into plays. For his play, A Sherlock Carol, Author and Director Mark Shanahan, brings together two memorable characters to life: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes (published in 1892), and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol’s Ebenezer Scrooge, for a delightful and memorable mishmash …

We went to see the farcical play, Lend Me A Tenor at the Music Theatre of Connecticut in Norwalk on opening night, Saturday, November 5, 2022, and we have not stopped laughing! Written by Ken Ludwig, and directed by Pamela Hill, the play has fast-paced, witty, and absolutely hilarious dialogue, flawlessly delivered by the talented cast of Michael Fasano, Alexandra Fortin, Jeff Gurner, Cynthia Hannah, Frank Mastrone, Jo Anne Parady, Jim Schilling, and Emily Solo. Winner of three Tony Awards …

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band from New Orleans, Louisiana brought their legendary brand of jazz to the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut for an evening of exceptional music and gaiety. Synonymous with the New Orleans music scene, for the past 60 years, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band has captured the unique sound of "The Big Easy" with its intoxicating music.

If you have the opportunity to see multi-Grammy winner Brazilian Jazz pianist, singer, and composer Eliane Elias in concert, you should jump at the chance. We had the pleasure of catching her performance in Manhattan at The Iridium NYC on Friday, October 14, 2022, part of a 4-night gig (October 13 – 16, 2022), to celebrate the launch of her latest album, Quietude, released on the Candid Records label.

We spent a perfect Sunday afternoon at The Cutting Room in New York City for the launch party for Pat Petrillo’s new album, The Pat Petrillo Big Rhythm Band – The Power Station Sessions released on the Autumn Hill Records label. While we had reviewed the album, we had never heard him play live before and thought it was high time that we did. It proved to be an extra special afternoon listening to sensational live instrumental jazz.