The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Cats On The Keys 4 The Short List this week features pianist Bill Charlap as Bob continues his “Cats On the Key Four” series. Bill Charlap has been on the jazz scene for over two …
“City of Angels,” a musical whose book is by Larry Gelbart, creator of “MASH” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” takes place in two eras, present day and the 1940s. The 1940s scenes are staged in black and white. This creates some technical challenges for the directors and crew of …
It’s a first for Tim Hankewich and Orchestra Iowa as they provide a live soundtrack to the classic movie “Casablanca,” one show only, Oct. 27 at the Paramount Theatre. Tim says that this is particularly challenging for the conductor, as he is the only one of the seventy musicians who can see the time codes …
The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Cats On The Keys 4 Listen to the best jazz pianist you have never heard of – Ted Rosenthal. His resume includes performances with trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, saxophonist David Sanborn and trumpeter Art Farmer. …
The Iowa City Community Theatre presents “She Kills Monsters” Oct. 27 through Nov. 5. It’s the tale of a young woman’s journey to deal with tragedy against the backdrop of the role playing game “Dungeons & Dragons.” Director Nate Sullivan, an avowed D&D’er himself, says the play combines stage combat, and special effects that include …
The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Ramsey Lewis had a monster hit in the 1960’s with “The In-Crowd.” It shouldered aside both the Beatles and Barbra Streisand from the charts. The Gospel-Funk groove launched Lewis into a long, successful career that …
“Dead Man’s Cell Phone” is the story of a woman whose life is forever changed by the group of unusual characters she gets involved with after answering someone else’s phone. Theatre Cedar Rapids’ Scenic Director Daniel Kelchen moves into the director’s chair for the first time since college in this dark comedy, which opens Oct. …
Riverside Theatre presents “Circle Mirror Transformation,” a play written by Annie Baker, who earlier this week one of the famous MacArthur Fellowship “genius grants.” The play is about a group of people taking an acting class at a Vermont Community Center, and the unintended emotional directions the experience takes them. Director Angie Toomsen and cast …
