Percussionist’s Outsize Extraplanetary Homage to Keith Emerson at Boulton Recalls ELP Heyday Reviewers should be prohibited from assessing the value of artists who contemporaneously ascend to prominence as the reviewer comes of age. But watching … Read More»
Alan Cumming Overcomes Bravado and Brio of Celebrity, Shines at Landmark
Alan Cumming, much heralded actor, singer, author, brought a portfolio of sprite-song to Landmark – to a sold-out gallery of wildly satisfied fans. “I loved him as Eli Gold in The Good Wife.” “He was great as Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men … Read More»
Al Stewart Covers the Sikes-Picot Agreement
Scott Anderson penned Lawrence of Arabia, and in May 2016 NPR interviewed him about Sikes-Picot, a post World War I agreement that, as NPR puts it, was "a secret pact signed among allied nations that shaped the geography of the Middle East." Not … Read More»
Tommy Tune Taps into Legacy at Landmark
Actor, Director, Choreographer – and Dancer – Tommy Tune Trucked “Taps, Tunes and Tall Tales” to the Landmark The song and dance man that is Tommy James Tune had never tapped into the deep reserve of affection that Long Island had been saving for … Read More»
The Sparkling Coming-Out of Esperanza Spalding’s Alter Ego
Creativity crackled unchecked on the Tilles Center stage when Esperanza Spalding’s troupe performed an alter ego’s theatrical coming-out. In a show performed at the Tilles Center, the jazz / funk / prog-rock phenom that is Esperanza Spalding … Read More»