Fans of Cape Cod native Lily Mae Harrington won’t be seeing her on “Glee” this fall (she was eliminated from “The Glee Project” competition a couple of hours ago), but local fans can hear her sing the national anthem on Sunday, August 12, 5 to 7 PM, with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra on the … Continue reading
Come Hear the Music Play! A Review of “Cabaret” In his book on musical theater, which contains a fascinating chapter on “Cabaret,” Scott Miller quotes Walter Kerr’s 1966 New York Times review: “Cabaret,” Kerr wrote, “opens the door to a fresh notion of the bizarre, crackling, harsh and the beguiling uses that can be made … Continue reading
The Falmouth Artists Guild 2012 Summer Juried Exhibition is in the main gallery at the Falmouth Art Center through July 29. Award-winning plein air painter Rosalie Nadeau served as juror for the show, selecting 68 works of art by 53 artists out of 189 submissions. She said it was a difficult selection process, given the … Continue reading
Legendary singer/song writer Tom Rush comes to Cape Cod on Thursday, July 19, at 8 PM, with a performance at Cotuit Center for the Arts. Rising to prominence as part of the Cambridge folk music scene in the 1960s, he had a powerful impact on the development of folk music and is credited with discovering … Continue reading
Jon Friedman, Self-Portrait “You must be 150 years old,” interrupted an audience member, as Jon R. Friedman talked about his evolution as an artist at Cotuit Center for the Arts recently. We all laughed, but we, too, were awed by Friedman’s accomplishments—surely it would have taken more than one lifetime to become so expert in … Continue reading
Etching by Joan Tweedell The Falmouth Art Market opens for its sixth season today, Tuesday, June 26, at Town Hall Square, in front of Falmouth Town Hall on Main Street. The art market will offer fine arts and crafts, musical entertainment, and community information from 2 PM until dusk every Tuesday afternoon through August 28. … Continue reading
Turning 60 is no reason to despair, according to “sexygenarian” Melinda Gallant, whose one-woman show, “And Then What Happened? (Or Never Wear Spanx to Fenway Park),” is at Cotuit Center for the Arts’ Black Box Theater through June 24 . “Old is the new new,” she says in her warm and funny guide to life. … Continue reading
Glenn Wall as Lawrence, Jamie Lynne Stuart as Christine, and Alex Valentine as Freddie in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” at Cotuit Center for the Arts. Photo by Daniel Fontneau. “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” is a must-see for musical comedy lovers, especially for those who appreciate zany humor. At Cotuit Center for the Arts through July 1, it … Continue reading
When the Fox television series “Glee,” a musical comedy about a high school glee club, first aired in 2009, Lily Mae Harrington was immediately hooked. “I have to be on this show,” she said. Now, only a couple of years later, her dream is well on the way to coming true. Lily Mae Harrington, an … Continue reading
Sara Daneshpour, Stephen Simon, and Bonnie Ward Simon Pianist Sara Daneshpour will perform with the Simon Sinfonietta tomorrow night (Saturday, June 2, 7:30 PM) at Falmouth Academy. She will play Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K466. Sara, 24, won first prize in the American Beethoven Society Pianists Competition when she was 13. … Continue reading
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