Katia & Marielle Labeque to Perform at Bass Hall, 4/4
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 25, 2014
The French duo consistently dazzles classical music audiences with their charisma and artistic inquisitiveness. Dedicated exponents of new music, but also passionate about music from Baroque to jazz, the Labeques explore music characterized by a sense of intimacy and a lightness of touch.
The Sisters Labeque to Play Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, 19 Oct
by Tyler Peterson
- Oct 16, 2013
Katia and Marielle Labeque are sibling pianists renowned for their ensemble of synchronicity and energy. Their musical ambitions started at an early age when they rose to international fame with their contemporary rendition of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (one of the first gold records in classical music.) and have since developed a stunning career performing worldwide. In a string of hit recordings and international engagements, they've collaborated with a who's-who of famous composers, conductors and orchestras playing music from the baroque to the 21st Century.
Review - Fiorello!
by Michael Dale
- Feb 3, 2013
In musicals like Fiddler On The Roof, She Loves Me and The Apple Tree, the team Jerry Bock (music) and Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) once graced Broadway with scores that found poetry and elegance in the lives of everyday people. But nowhere is that more apparent than in the boisterously fun and heavily New York accented, Fiorello!, a celebration of the early career of Fiorello LaGuardia, the city's enormously popular 99th mayor.
BWW Special Tribute: Marc Shaiman on Robert B. Sherman
by Robert Diamond
- Mar 6, 2012
When the sad news came out this morning that famed Disney songwriter Robert B. Sherman died yesterday, March 5, in London, some of our first thoughts here at BroadwayWorld went out to Tony-winner Marc Shaiman. Shaiman had been a huge proponent of the incredible 'THE BOYS - The Sherman Brothers' Story' documentary and it was his enthusiasm that sent us off to see the fantastic film, and our lives were better off for it. We asked Marc to put together some of his thoughts on Robert Sherman and are proud to present them below.
SOUND OFF: A Round-Up of WEST SIDE STORY
by Robert Diamond
- Apr 15, 2010
This week, continuing our show-by-show analysis of the entire canon of Stephen Sondheim's theatre scores, we are taking a listen to the various cast recordings of that other legendary musical Sondheim helped to create early in his career, a show which is currently wowing them every night in its hit revival at the Broadway Theatre, WEST SIDE STORY.
