LA Phil To Host Rhapsody in Blue: Opening Night Concert and Gala 9/27
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Sep 28, 2011
The Los Angeles Philharmonic opened its 2011/12 season with Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock with an all-Gershwin concert and evening of vintage glamour, Tuesday, September 27, at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
SOUND OFF: GLEE's ABCDs
by Pat Cerasaro
- Sep 27, 2011
One of the central joys of GLEE for theatre fans is the constant stream of top-tier triple-threat talent on display, oftentimes the very best and brightest stars on Broadway - and the epic return of Idina Menzel on GLEE last night was certainly a cause celebre of the highest order on that accord. While Idina's WICKED co-star Kristin Chenoweth has certainly made more appearances over the seasons - and racked up Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her splendid work, as well; as recently as in the Season 2 finale and the "Rumours" Fleetwood Mac tribute episode - it is Menzel who has a pivotal role in the story of the show in a way perhaps no other guest star does: she plays Rachel Berry's estranged mother, Shelby. While the physical similarities in the appearance of Menzel and Lea Michele are easy to see (and, in some ways, hear) - although they bare no actual relation - it is in their masterful musical marriage that some of the best moments of GLEE arise and have arisen in the past - many the most heart-breaking and heart-warming among them. "Poker Face" is the gold standard by which every other duet is held up to since Season One and their take on the LES MIZ (and Susan Boyle) classic "I Dreamed A Dream" fulfilled the promise of its title for every Broadway baby - and even Idina's "Funny Girl" left a little footprint on our hearts. Yet, what about these two titanic Broadway leading ladies taking on one of the most well-known and best-loved musical theatre songs of all time - from one of the greatest musicals ever written, no less - "Somewhere" from WEST SIDE STORY? Furthermore, what about Chris Colfer essaying yet another grand dame show-stopping number, this time in the form of FUNNY GIRL'S "I'm The Greatest Star"? And, most of all, how did the hotly anticipated performance by Darren Criss of the WEST SIDE STORY staple "Something's Coming" come off - a song that had its audio world premiere in this very column this weekend - and did it ultimately pan out onscreen on GLEE as stupendously as it sounded it would? To find out all about how last night on GLEE the divas dominated, Criss catapulted to the top of the gleek heap and Colfer channeled Barbra Streisand herself - as well as all the other McKinley High-related drama and overall epic entertainment value that the show offers every week - read on.
11 Year Old Jackie Evancho Makes Solo Debut With ASO, 8/5
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 5, 2011
Jackie Evancho, an 11-year-old singer most noted for her appearance on 'America's Got Talent,' will make her solo debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Friday, August 5, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center. Guest conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos will lead Ms. Evancho and the Orchestra.
11 Year Old Jackie Evancho Makes Solo Debut With ASO, 8/5
by Meghan Schuler
- Jul 11, 2011
Jackie Evancho, an 11-year-old singer most noted for her appearance on 'America's Got Talent,' will make her solo debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Friday, August 5, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center. Guest conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos will lead Ms. Evancho and the Orchestra.
High School Students Selected For 7th ANNUAL GRAMMY CAMP
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Jun 23, 2011
The GRAMMY Foundation® announced today that 111 talented high school students from 93 cities and 34 states across the United States have been selected as participants in the seventh annual GRAMMY Camp®.
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