Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

January 1, 2020 / Concert Reviews - Archive

City Recital Hall, December 13 7/10 As ingenious as the lyrics of Cole Porter, Ira Gershiwn, Lorenz Hart and others might be, the secret to a song becoming a standard lies not in the words. It’s the countless jazz instrumental renditions that ultimately raise a song to “standard” status. But…

December 29, 2019 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Eternity Playhouse, December 8 7/10 “Where,” Hayden Tee wondered aloud in the course of his cabaret show, “do the characters end, and you begin?” For many actors this might not be such an issue, but when one hits the stage performing as oneself after bouncing from role to role in…

December 21, 2019 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Annandale Creative Arts Centre, December 7 7/10 Rituals offer connectivity not only to those who participate, but to those who observe. Their familiarity is reassuring, and the shared experience a bond. Of course they are practised within broader cultural traditions, and these only survive because, while they might be rooted…