By Marilyn Lester***Be it in a parade or concert hall, there’s nothing more thrilling than a wall of brass sound to jump start a music program. When the big sound of the powerful 20-piece Clayton-Hamilton […]
By Marilyn Lester***Think of Lee Roy Reams, or Nathan Lane or Joel Grey. Now think of them at age 16. There you have Ethan Mathias, a star-in-the-making, who at this tender age has his eye […]
By Marilyn Lester***For a few reasons this piece isn’t a review but a reportage that leads to a huge appreciation of Frank Dain‘s magnificent artistry and his journey to the Don’t Tell Mama stage. The […]
By Marilyn Lester***In the lingo of the day when Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize- winning lyricist and composer, Sheldon Harnick, was starting out, one might say that Jennifer Roberts is one smart cookie—first in recognizing […]
By Marilyn Lester***The New York Pops celebrated its 42nd birthday and music honoree Diane Warren with a gala—capital “G,” bold-face—sailing into the summer hiatus with an explosion of talent in the Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman […]
By Marilyn Lester***The 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival sell-out and subsequent West End hit, The Last Laugh, knows a thing or two about comedy, particularly that it’s hard. “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard,” said actor […]
By Marilyn Lester***Contemplating the astounding Marilyn Maye on her annual birthday residency at 54 Below, two thoughts come immediately to mind: one, that the outworn phrase “timeless” truly applies to her at the remarkable age […]
By Marilyn Lester***Make a list of items consistent and reliable, and without doubt Standard Time, the series helmed by Michael Feinstein, would be on it. In this latest edition at Zankel Hall, the theme was […]
By Marilyn Lester*** Notable composer-conductor Igor Stravinsky had a pretty low opinion of composers of film scores: he wrote in 1946 in the Musical Digest, the work was “namely to feed the composer:” i.e. his […]
By Marilyn Lester*** Two-time Tony Award® winner Norbert Leo Butz brought Girls, Girls, Girls back to 54 Below with perhaps more relevancy now than ever before. Girls, Girls, Girls debuted at the venue in 2013. […]
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