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BRIFT Actors Shine at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
... THE BURT REYNOLDS INSTITUTE FOR FILM AND THEATRE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BRIFT Actors Shine at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Burt Reynolds Master Actors win in two categories Tequesta, Fl: The Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre (BRIFT) announced that two films starring BRIFT actors were among the winners at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. At the awards ceremony held Sunday evening, November 11th, at the Copacabana Supper Club, two students in Burt ...
/news/139-brift-actors-shine-at-fort-lauderdale-international-film-festivalMadcap Musical Virtuosi Igudesman & Joo Bring Serious Fun to Concerts
... turned the inspired lunacy of musicians Igudesman & Joo into an internet and international sensation. Finding inspiration from such classical comedic forefathers as Victor Borge and P.D.Q. Bach, the duo relishes overturning traditional attitudes towards classical music. Like their predecessors, they are serious musicians who have turned the world’s most esteemed concert halls into standing- room only comedy clubs. Think Mozart hijacked by Monty Python and you have some idea of the mayhem ...
/news/145-madcap-musical-virtuosi-igudesman-joo-bring-serious-fun-to-concertsStuart's Lyric Theatre sets $3 million fundraising goal to pay off debt
... ons to pay for bringing more renowned and expensive artists to Stuart. "If we know we have a reserve fund instead of finding sponsors, then we can go ahead and commit those big artists," Loesser said. "We would be able to underwrite that cost to the point that we have affordable ticket prices." Donors are all from Martin County, Loesser said. Philanthropist and retired social worker Elisabeth Lahti pledged $500,000, Loesser said. She donated money to the county's library system in the past a ...
/news/160-stuarts-lyric-theatre-sets-3-million-fundraising-goal-to-pay-off-debtMozart meets Monty Python in Lyric performance
... l mayhem has attracted 30 million YouTube viewers. They're classically trained musicians who have made classical music hip. "They" are Russian-born violinist Aleksy Igudesman and British pianist Hyung-ki Joo, known as Igudesman & Joo. In a recent phone call from their home base in Vienna, Austria, the pair explained the lunacy that has made fans of everyone from Joshua Bell to Billy Joel. "For those slightly more mature, we like to say it's 'Monty Python' meets Mozart," Joo said. "For the yo ...
/news/163-mozart-meets-monty-python-in-lyric-performanceYoung producer bringing quirky off-Broadway shows to Treasure Coast
... d marketing. Nineteen-year-old Jake Sanders, founder of Curtain Call Productions, seems to be managing just fine. Yes, I said 19 years old. I met Jake Sanders on his day off and he apologized for being underdressed. "I usually wear a suit jacket," Sanders said."I figure if I want to be taken seriously, I better dress the part." He is being taken seriously. Sanders just signed a partnership with The Lyric Theatre and is moving his seven-month-old production company from the Kane Center ...
/news/166-young-producer-bringing-quirky-off-broadway-shows-to-treasure-coastNothing held back in 'Zero Hour' at The Lyric Theatre
... "Fiddler on the Roof" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." "Zero Hour," which won New York City's Drama Desk Award for outstanding one-person show in 2010, opens at The Lyric Theatre on Feb. 15. The touring production of "Fiddler" also is coming to the Stuart venue, opening Feb. 26. The first play chronicles a phone interview with an unseen New York Times reporter before Zero Mostel's death in 1977. The comedian discusses, among other things, his indignation at the Activiti ...
/news/172-nothing-held-back-in-zero-hour-at-the-lyric-theatreEsperanza Spalding
... Spalding has swept the nation with her cool, controlled jazz riffs and earthy vocals. The Oregon native is a celebrated prodigy, recognized by her teachers and her audience as a powerful upright bassist in tune with her own rhythm. Esperanza’s music has impressed and inspired listeners all over the world, including President Barack Obama, who chose the young musician as the sole artist to perform in his honor at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. Esperanza Spalding was raised in Portlan ...
/news/193-esperanza-spaldingMeet the cast of Next To Normal!
... itsky in Fools, Lloyd in Noises Off, Ali Hakim in Oklahoma, and Herr Schultz in Cabaret. Karin Leone - Diana Goodman Karin Leone is thrilled to return to hometown of Stuart, after an 8 years of performing nationally in venues in New York, Chicago & Los Angeles. Nominated twice by New York Theater Theatermania critic, Peter Filichia, for Best Actress in a Musical, for her performance as Rita LaPorta in Lucky Stiff and again for the Vagina Monologues. In Los Angeles, Karin was nominated ...
/news/199-meet-the-cast-of-next-to-normalThe Alison Brown Quartet
... s): John R. was first drawn to the piano at the age of 10 when he heard Vince Guaraldi's playing on the Peanut's animated TV specials. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania and raised in northern California, John R. developed an original, lyrical style that taps a variety of blues, gospel and modern jazz influences. In addition to his work with the ABQ, John R. has recorded and toured with Paul McCandless, Michael Manring, Maria Muldaur and Jeff Beal, among others. He is also featured on Windham Hill ...
/news/205-the-alison-brown-quartetEdgar Winter
... Rock & Roll Legend, Edgar Winter, live on The Lyric Stage! From his critically acclaimed debut release, Entrance, he has demonstrated his unique style and ability to cross the genre lines and do the unexpected. Creating the #1 hit “Frankenstein” and the ever popular “Free Ride”, They Only Come Out at Night was released in 1973, peaked at the #3 position on the Billboard Hot 200 and stayed on the charts for an impressive 80 weeks. It was certified gold in April 1973 and double platinum ...
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