I finally got around to posting some new music files on my website. These are from earlier this year, when I sang with Regina quartet Livingston Square in the all-Gerswhin concert “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Gershwin!” at Government House. The other three members of the quartet were Evan Purchase, Dianne Burrows and Carolyn Speirs; …
Tag: performances
Two shows down, three to go
Well, we (Regina Lyric Light Opera, that is) have two performances of Oklahoma! under our belts (or suspenders, actually, for the most part) and it’s going really well. Good houses both opening night and last night, and standing ovations both nights. I’m enjoying playing Jud. We’ve humanized him quite a bit from some productions, so …
Creepy, and possibly psycopathic…that’s me!
Well, that’s me as Jud Fry in Regina Lyric Light Opera’s production of Oklahoma!, which hits the boards at the University Theatre, Riddell Centre, University of Regina this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., with additional performances Thursday at 7:30, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Even though I’ve done one or …
Laura, the complete story
I’ve started writing some entertainment stories for the Regina Leader Post on a freelance basis. My first one ran today, but unfortunately was curtailed rather drastically, so that it ended extremely abruptly. So here’s the complete story, as it read in a perfect world where newspapers have unlimited space and brilliant copy is never edited: …
Belated Photo of the Weekend: "How Can Love Survive?"
Joan Miller and I ask the musical question “How Can Love Survive?” during the final run-through for Regina Lyric Light Opera‘s musical fundraising brunch, With a Song in My Heart…the Music of Richard Rodgers, at the Hotel Saskatchewan Radisson Plaza Sunday morning. In the program I also perform two solos: “Some Enchanted Evening” and (ahem) …
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Still too busy to blog much, but here’s an interesting article on applause. Who invented it…and why? (To which the answers appear to be “Nobody knows” and “Because,” but it’s still an interesting article.)
Why we’re not going to see Sandra Shamas
In the past few years, Sandra Shamas has made a point of bringing her current work-in-progress to the Globe Theatre to workshop in front of a live audience. Shamas is an internationally acclaimed comedian, and she is, indeed, very, very funny. My wife and I had a blast the first time we went, and made …
Theatrical lighting that adjusts itself…
…to the mood of the performers and the audience. Sounds like a bad idea to me. If the show stunk, the mood of the audience would give you a black-out on stage and full lights in the house, the better to illuminate the exits. And as for letting the mood of the performers alter the …
"I want to be a prima donna, donna, donna…"
Not all prima donnas are women, you know.
Photo of the Day: Backstage
Specifically, backstage at what is officially known as the Conexus Arts Centre, but most of us around here refuse to call anything other than the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts. (Conexus is a credit union, if you’re not from around here.) My darling daughter Alice appeared on stage tonight as one of the five-year-old ballerinas …
My latest live walk and vlog
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