Crescendo: Iberian & Beyond in Lakeville

Job Salazar Fonesca, Camila Parias, Christine Gevert, Ben Harms, Christa Patton, Hideki Yamaya by Kevin T McEneaney Under the direction of Christine Gevert, Crescendo presented the concert Cantos y Suspiros…

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Chinese New Year Concert at Bard College

Final Bow by Kevin T McEneaney At Sosnoff Theater Conductor Jingdon Cai treated the audience to the fourth Chinese New Year Concert with amazing energy and enthusiasm. This concert surpassed…

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It’s A Wonderful Life at The Center

by Kevin T McEneaney Yes, life, theater, and Christmas can be wonderful! The Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck is producing a stage version of Frank Capra’s 1946 classic film,…

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Smithfield Church Christmas Concert & Tea!

Preview by Kevin T McEneaney What is the best way to enter the Holiday Season with optimism springing in your step? Attend a concert, of course! The seventeenth annual Christmas…

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Sherman Chamber Ensemble Jazz Smorgasbord

Ted Rosenthal, Susan Rotholz, Eliot Bailen, Eddie Barbash,Thomas Kneeland, Chris Parker by Kevin T McEneaney The annual Thanksgiving Jazzing it Up! Program by the Sherman Chamber Ensemble was held at…

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Sherman Chamber Ensemble Novelty Salon

by Kevin T McEneaney At the renowned antique emporium R.T. Facts in Kent, CT, the Sherman Chamber Ensemble entertained with a clever and charming program entitled Suites & Sweets, a…

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Kinky Boots Rocks the House in Rhinebeck

by Kevin T McEneaney The rollicking punk musical Kinky Boots (2012) by Cindy Lauper is a sold-out sensation at The Center for Performing Arts. Based on the 2005 British film…

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Gilded Age Melodies at Smithfield Church

From left: Max Caplan, Dr. Elizabeth Gerbi, Dr. Christopher Brellochs, Ann Marie Adamick Last Sunday at Smithfield Church a quartet under the direction of Dr. Christopher Brellochs played music associated…

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Samuel Beckett: Conor Lovett Towers at Hudson Hall

Samuel Beckett by Kevin T McEneaney The Beckett Trilogy (dramatic monologue excerpts from the novels Molloy, Malone Dies, and the Unnameable) performed by Irish actor Conor Lovett will convince you…

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