The jazz hands come out 8 just seconds into the show as Alisabeth Von Presley and Jen Boettger describe Follies 2019, “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.” The Follies is the only show of its kind in the nation, with a multi-generational cast of over 100 singers, dancers, and actors, performing an original show that will feature …
Orchestra Iowa’s Tim Hankewich joins Dennis for “String Theory,” the next concert that features, wait for it… Strings. A shocker, we know. But as the Orchestra gives the brass the night off, they welcome classical guitarist Ana Vidovic, who will perform Rodrigo’s famous Concierto de Aranjuez, famous from the movies and a well-known Miles Davis …
John Rapson of the UI School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program brings his powerful multi-media show “Hot Tamale Louie” to Cedar Rapids for the very first time on March 23, 7:30 at Coe’s Sinclair Auditorium. John tells Dennis that the story was inspired by a 2016 New Yorker article about Zarif Khan, an Afghan immigrant …
Revival Theatre Company presents “9 to 5,” the musical based on the movie starring Dolly Parton, who wrote all the music for the show. Director Brian Glick says while most people think of Dolly as a country musician, the score for the show runs the musical gamut; and also contains all the funny scenes that …
The Eastern Iowa Brass Band is a part of a musical tradition that goes back to British mines and factories in the 19th Century. Steve Schomburg tells Dennis about one characteristic unique to Brass Bands that requires a little extra work from tubas and other low brass. The band will perform a concert entitled “Horizons” …
Dawn Jones from the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) is in to run down the list of upcoming events for the weekend. If cabin fever is striking, there’s loads of theatre, music, and dance events to keep you and the family entertained. Find out more at www.culturalcorridor.org
Tiffany Johnson from Pyramid Theatre in Des Moines is the guest director for “How I Learned What I Learned” at Riverside Theatre. From the late August Wilson, one of America’s greatest playwrights and creator of the Pulitzer-Prize winning Fences and The Piano Lesson, How I Learned… is the autobiographical story of Wilson’s journey as a struggling …
Three composers, including Cedar Rapids native Robert Lindsay-Nassif, were given rare access to Grant Wood works by the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art as they worked on a commission for the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre. To aid them in creating the works that would become “Strokes of Genius,” the composers were able to view works …
