It’s Friday! Put on your red tap shoes, ankle socks and silver jumpsuit with puffy sleeves and join Georgia Engel, Christopher Walken and Gregory Hines for some flashy show dancing: Isn’t that something else? It’s like “Dancing with the Stars” meets circus disco. This weekend, I’m seeing Idle Muse Theatre Company‘s Sherlock Holmes: The Final [...]
LuPone gets her ‘Gun’ this weekend at Ravinia
Before Patti LuPone goes on the verge of a nervous breakdown, she’s gettin’ her gun this weekend at Ravinia. Annie Get Your Gun is one of those musicals that’s overloaded with gems. From “There’s No Business Like Showbusiness,” to “I Got Lost In His Arms” and back to “Anything You Can Do (I Can Do [...]
Dear Ravinia: please don’t call us liars
Not to beat a dead horse, but this just irks me: Several concertgoers claimed that security had forced them to vacate the lawn at the end of the concert, even though it was only about 8:30 p.m. and the tinkle of glasses could be heard from the nearby tent housing the benefit dinner. “Adding to [...]
The stars align for Ravinia’s ‘Sondheim: 80′ concert
On July 31st, those lucky Highland Parkers are in for a real treat. Musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim has turned 80 this year, and to celebrate, Patti LuPone, George Hearn, Audra McDonald and Michael Cerveris — four of Broadway’s very brightest performers — will honor some of his iconic works at the Ravinia festival. This will [...]
LuPone is Annie Oakley at Ravinia in 2010
Chris Jones reports that Patti LuPone will play Annie Oakley in a concert version of Annie Get Your Gun at the Ravinia Festival in 2010. Brian Stokes Mitchell will be her Frank Butler, and Lonnie Price will direct the semi-staged concert. Price directed LuPone in a one-night only concert of AGYG (yay acronyms!) at the [...]
Patti LuPone and Debbie Reynolds
I’m capturing the weekend the only way I know how: grainy camera phone pictures and half-baked commentary. Patti and the CSO presented a very tasteful evening of Kurt Weill songs, featuring his rarely performed “Seven Deadly Sins.” Truthfully, “Sins” was a bit of a snore. Originally a ballet, it’s a terribly modern piece with two [...]
Ravinia Sondheim memories
Next year, Stephen Sondheim’s turning 80, and in celebration, the Ravinia Festival is planning a gala concert, featuring Ravinia Sondheim interpreters Patti LuPone, Micheal Cerveris, Audra McDonald and George Hearn. (Neveryoumind that the cheapest tickets for the event are just shy of a grand. Obscene. However, I’ll weasel my way in somehow. I got connections. [...]
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