Much local talent and a great deal of thought and energy went into the production of “Quilters,” a piece of musical theatre intended to evoke the fabric of frontier life as experienced by women of all ages. The 1982 drama written by Barbara Damashek and Molly Newman takes the form of a series of tableaux [...]
Stage Door, the story of a group of actresses trying to make their way on Broadway during the Depression, opened October 22, 1936 at the Music Box Theatre on 45th street and became hugely popular, in spite of its anti-Hollywood overtones. The anti-Hollywood overtones were naturally eliminated in the film version that appeared the next [...]
Ouch, you missed it! It played October 5-9, 2011 at the Alys Stephans Center’s Sirote Theater, a great venue and what a fine performance from UAB’s Theater Department students! Elliot Cleverdon performed and sang both the Singer and Azdak wonderfully, and Rebecca Harper played a sweet Grusha with a very sweet and pure singing voice. [...]
These guys are great! They appeared last night (July 16) at the DanielDayGallery/Dream Mecca Studio in Lakeview. Directions are here for a magical place to hear music. The Legendary Pineapple Skinners play Hot New Orleans Jazz, including many grand old chestnuts that sound young and new: Bourbon Street Parade, Basin Street Blues, Hi Dee Hi, [...]
This is Part III of “the END of a minor Epoch, An eXperiment of eXperience,” scheduled for Sunday, July 17, from 5:00 – 9:30 p.m. at Rojo, 2921 Highland Avenue South at Rushton Park. Hunter Bell has this to say: “AS some kinks are worked out, others arise. . .Sometimes it seems I cannot win. [...]
Thank you, Playing for Change, for this story and music!
Maestro Justin Brown conducts the Alabama Symphony Orchestra playing Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 – tonight at 8 p.m. at the Alys Stephens Center. I have already read rave reviews of the performance, from Michael Huebner , for one. It is no ordinary Mahler performance! There were said to be close to 100 performers on stage [...]
Be sure to come and hear LaDonna and Tena this Sunday at the Museum! Playing the Jazz Brunch at the Birmingham Museum of Art this Sunday, March 20 from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. is GRAND TIMES: LaDonna Smith and Tena Wilson play and sing some wonderful classic jazz, together with Rich Sarris, awesome drummer, [...]
Homewood City Code Officials recently put a stop to the painting of You Are Beautiful on the side wall of a Homewood business – Monarch Cleaners at 903 Broadway, although the owner of the business had already given his permission. The Special Interests Committee wants all 11 members of the City Council to vote on [...]
A play that has been threatened with closure, censored and even banned, Wedekind’s “Spring Awakening” was written in 1890-91, but not staged until Max Reinhardt took on the challenge in 1906. Even on the English-speaking stage it was banned and infrequently performed. Wedekind wrote it at the age of 26 during an era in German [...]
They are appearing in amazing places, such as the retaining wall across the road from Vulcan — where the traffic is usually so unpredictable you would have to be extremely careful if you were out with a paintbrush. Then there’s another one on the roof of the First United Methodist Church on 19th street downtown. [...]
The Chenault Organ duo from Atlanta perform at the Cathedral Church of the Advent Sunday, February 13. Charles Kennedy has the following announcement: Sunday, February 13 · 4:00pm – 5:00pm Location: Cathedral Church of The Advent Episcopal 2017 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, AL By Charles Kennedy On Sunday, February 13th at 4:00 p.m., Raymond and [...]