Tag: Strange Fruit

Scott Siegel Presents: Return of the Great American Protest Songs

| January 23, 2017 | 0 Comments
Scott Siegel Presents: Return of the Great American Protest Songs

Historically, protest is a cabaret inspiration, politically, socially and musically.

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Vivian Reed: Standards and More

| April 11, 2016 | 0 Comments
Vivian Reed: Standards and More

The spectacular instrument that is her voice has lost none of its range and power.

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Natalie Douglas: Human Heart

| March 28, 2016 | 0 Comments
Natalie Douglas: Human Heart

A special pleasure in seeing Douglas’ shows over time is to see the increasing strength, sureness and beauty in her performing.

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Oct. 8: Kim David Smith

| October 6, 2015 | 0 Comments
Oct. 8: Kim David Smith

I have run out of adjectives, such as “mesmerizing” or “compelling” or “brilliant.”

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Oct. 8: Kim David Smith

| September 6, 2015 | 0 Comments
Oct. 8: Kim David Smith

I have run out of adjectives, such as “mesmerizing” or “compelling” or “brilliant.”

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Billie Holiday

| August 12, 2015 | 0 Comments
Billie Holiday

September/October 2015 BILLIE HOLIDAY by Melody Breyer-Grell. For all the hardships that she did endure, the thing she must and will be remembered for is her emotional genius.

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Ladies Sing the Blues: A Billie Holiday Centennial Birthday Celebration

| May 30, 2015 | 0 Comments
Ladies Sing the Blues: A Billie Holiday Centennial Birthday Celebration

Producer/director Daryl Nitz brought together a bevy of Chicago’s best jazz divas to salute Lady Day on her hundredth birthday.

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Ron Dabney: What You Need

| April 2, 2015 | 0 Comments
Ron Dabney:  What You Need

Ron Dabney brought his warm, mellow voice, his magnetic stage presence to the Metropolitan Room.

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Chris Limber and Friends: Riffs in a Set of 10

| November 24, 2014 | 0 Comments
Chris Limber and Friends: Riffs in a Set of 10

I first saw veteran St. Louis actor/director Chris Limber’s (pictured) loving and literate tribute to the hipster attitude of the Beat Generation last summer at the St. Lou Fringe Festival.

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