This weekend's Loser's Lounge salute to Dolly Parton looks promising. Thursday night's line-up includes Ellen Foley and Laura Cantrell. Friday night you can catch Martha Wainwright and Lianne Smith and Michael Cerveris as well as the countrified raunch of Tammy Faye Starlite. And Nick Danger. On Saturday, you can see the return of Wainwright, Smith, Cerveris, and Cantrell. And Nick Danger.
You have been warned.
Here's Tammy Faye Starlite.
Here's a profile of Laura Cantrell.
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And here's Laura Cantrell singing "Bartender's Blues" with Elvis Costello (or vice versa).
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Showing posts with label Michael Cerveris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Cerveris. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Friday, December 21, 2007
CYMBELINE
I'm not sure if Trapezia could stand another day without my blogging about Lincoln Center's respectable production of Cymbeline, so I will break from my bad Blog About Town habit of procrastinating on reviews until a production is just about to close and encourage you, here and now, to consider attending this arguably underrated and certainly worthwhile play, which won't close until next year (January 6, 2008).
Before seeing the play myself, I had imagined that Cymbeline was a Hans Christian Andersen story about a little girl who emerges from a zil, but it turns out that it is actually Shakespeare drama of skulduggery during the reign of the English king Cymbeline. One of the last plays credited to Bacon...er, Shakespeare, Cymbeline has a lot in common with its more popular chronological counterparts The Tempest and, especially, the quirky The Winter's Tale. Directed by Mark Lamos and starring Michael Cerveris and Martha Plimpton, the play kicks off with crystal-clear explication, then gradually meanders along various plot threads, with some comic and grotesque surprises along the way, until reaching a memorable denouement that can make you wonder whether Shakespeare has been pulling your leg all along.
It turns out, in fact, that the character Cymbeline is not even one of the major roles in the play, but I concur with Roma Torre in admiring the versatile John Cullum's performance as the King as well as the widely liked John (Mad About You) Pankow's widely praised supporting turn as Pisanio. Playing Iachimo, Jonathan "Beef" Cake also qualifies as a contender for the Best Supporting Torso Tony of 2008.
Trapezia and I both noticed the eclectic production elements for the play, including some very strong suggestions of Star Trek, of all things. And it turns out we weren't alone, as per the likes of Newsday's Linda Winer, who wasn't won over as much as we were.
I'm not sure if Trapezia could stand another day without my blogging about Lincoln Center's respectable production of Cymbeline, so I will break from my bad Blog About Town habit of procrastinating on reviews until a production is just about to close and encourage you, here and now, to consider attending this arguably underrated and certainly worthwhile play, which won't close until next year (January 6, 2008).Before seeing the play myself, I had imagined that Cymbeline was a Hans Christian Andersen story about a little girl who emerges from a zil, but it turns out that it is actually Shakespeare drama of skulduggery during the reign of the English king Cymbeline. One of the last plays credited to Bacon...er, Shakespeare, Cymbeline has a lot in common with its more popular chronological counterparts The Tempest and, especially, the quirky The Winter's Tale. Directed by Mark Lamos and starring Michael Cerveris and Martha Plimpton, the play kicks off with crystal-clear explication, then gradually meanders along various plot threads, with some comic and grotesque surprises along the way, until reaching a memorable denouement that can make you wonder whether Shakespeare has been pulling your leg all along.
It turns out, in fact, that the character Cymbeline is not even one of the major roles in the play, but I concur with Roma Torre in admiring the versatile John Cullum's performance as the King as well as the widely liked John (Mad About You) Pankow's widely praised supporting turn as Pisanio. Playing Iachimo, Jonathan "Beef" Cake also qualifies as a contender for the Best Supporting Torso Tony of 2008.
Trapezia and I both noticed the eclectic production elements for the play, including some very strong suggestions of Star Trek, of all things. And it turns out we weren't alone, as per the likes of Newsday's Linda Winer, who wasn't won over as much as we were.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
LOSER'S LOUNGE: A VERY SERGE BASTILLE DAYHere, straight from Loser's Lounge Central, is the lineup for the Serge Gainsbourg tribute at Joe's Pub at 7:00 and 9:30 on Saturday.
Michael CerverisAnd here's must-see footage of a performance of Gainsbourg's Comic Strip. Can you identify at least one of the two singers?
Ed Rogers & Amanda Thorpe (Bedsit Poets)
Pierre De Gaillande (Melomane)
Kerry Kennedy
Kristofer Wydholm (Morex Optimo)
Sean Altman & Sue K
Patti Rothberg
Boshra Alsaanti (Looker)
Nick Danger
Joanna Choy
Lianne Smith (7:00 pm only)
Joe Hurley
Stan Harrison
Mike Fornatale
Flaming Fire
Adira Amram (9:30 pm only)
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Illustration: Cliff Mott
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