Performances

The Greenwich International Film Festival (GIFF) celebrated its sixth anniversary and Luxury Experience was there to help celebrate albeit virtually, with their inaugural Virtual Film Festival, due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Over the course of three days, May 1 – 3, 2020, we watched 25 out of a possible 29 films offered, with lots of popcorn eaten to accompany the screenings. Documentaries, Narrative Films, and Short Films deftly captured our attention and kept us glued to our seats. Luxury …

The A. R. Gurney play, Sylvia, at the Music Theatre of Connecticut located in Norwalk, Connecticut is laugh out loud hilarious! Centering around a husband, his wife, and a dog named "Sylvia" the play looks at the dynamics of dog ownership – including its rewards and tribulations. Directed by Kevin Connors and starring Carole Dell’Aquila, Bethany Fitzgerald, Dennis Holland and Jim Schilling, the play is a must see for dog-lovers or those considering bringing a dog into their lives. The …

The Clarke Peters musical, Five Guys Named Moe at the Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford,New York is an engaging, energetic, foot-stomping, finger-snapping "wow" of a musical based on the music of the legendary American songwriter, singer, musician, and bandleader Louis Jordan. Directed and choreographed by Richard Stafford and starring Napoleon M. Douglas, Quentin Avery Brown, Tyler Johnson-Campion, Douglas Lyons, Tony Perry, and Isaiah Reynolds, Five Guys Named Moe runs until March 1, 2020. If you love musical comedies, run to …

It was an inspired evening of Brazilian music at Jazz Standard in New York City with Vinicius Cantuária’s exciting performance of songs by the legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim & João Gilberto. Together with his band, Helio Alves on piano, Paul Sokolow on bass, Adriano Santos on drums, and Marivaldo dos Santos on percussion, Vinicius Cantuária demonstrated the popularity and longevity of their music, as he is clearly a contemporary master of bossa nova, samba, and Latin jazz.

Watching dancer, choreographer, musician, singer Frédérick Gravel perform his U.S. premiere of his solo contemporary dance work, Fear and Greed at the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut was mesmerizing. The last time we saw this inspired dancer perform was in 2017 as part of his ensemble. For 2019, his solo work was a much more demanding role opening with just Frédérick Gravel on stage. Like moths drawn to a flame, we could not take …

The play Don Juan by Molière, A World Premiere and Translation and Adaptation by Brendan Pelsue and Directed by David Kennedy at the Westport Country Playhouse located in Westport, Connecticut is a modern-day look at the legendary Don Juan. Causing chaos and destruction throughout his life without a care to the future, the play is a riveting portrayal of morality. Throw in outrageous costumes and razor-sharp dialogue, this version of Don Juan will have you talking about it long after …

The play Steel Magnolias directed by Pamela Hill at the Music Theatre of Connecticut located in Norwalk, is a must see production! Featuring a talented ensemble cast of Raissa Katona Bennett, Kristi Carnahan, Andrea Green, Cynthia Hannah, Kala Monroe, and Rachel Rival, the play will have you running the gamut of life’s emotions from laughing out loud to dealing with times of sadness. The play runs until November 24, 2019.

If you love musicals, put on your "dancing shoes" and head over to see the play, An American in Paris at the Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford, New York because it truly is "S’ Wonderful." This lavish production pulls out all the stops with its talented cast of Brandon Haagenson, Deanna Doyle, Erika Amato, Tommaso Antico, Lauren Sprague, Jonathan Young and Ian Knausser in the lead roles, with an outstanding ensemble to support them. The music, dancing, and singing will …

After a full day of outstanding wine, food, beer, and spirits, the Greenwich WINE + FOOD Festival presented by PepsiCo (GW+FF) ended the event with an amazing concert in the evening. For the 2019 Greenwich WINE + FOOD Festival presented by PepsiCo, Michael Franti & Spearhead was the opening band to get the attendees in the mood to party, followed by the GRAMMY, ACM, CMA, and AMA Award-winning band, Little Big Town.

Mlima’s Tale written by Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage and directed by Mark Lamos at the Westport Country Playhouse located in Westport, Connecticut is a spellbinding and breathtakingly intense dramatic play that will have you on the edge of your seats watching it unfold. The play is a shocking social and cultural look at the ivory tusk trade and illegal trafficking told through the eyes of Mlima, a middle-aged elephant in Kenya, that will not only touch you, but will …