“North By Northwest meets The Holy Grail” is how Erin Mills and Jaret Morlan describe “The 39 Steps,” a riotous comedy based on the Alfred Hitchcock movie.
But to say the script takes liberties with the source material is just where things start. Most of the four cast members play multiple parts, with quick changes, goofy accents, and oh, so many hats the rule of the day.
Nov. 8-10 and 15-17 at the James Theater in Iowa City. Tickets and more info at www.iowacitycommunitytheatre.org.
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Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Benny Moten, Art Hodes, Hampton Hawes, George Cables and Ellis Marsalis, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Willie Cook, trombonist Helen Jones Woods, singers Jo Stafford, Ernestine Anderson and Mose Allison, bassists Sam Jones and Neil Swainsson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Red Garland Quintet’s “Soul Junction” (1957), Donald Byrd “At the Half Note Café” (1960), Tommy Flanagan’s “Confirmation” (1977), Joe Henderson’s “The State of the Tenor” (1985), Karrin Allyson’s “Azure-Te” (1994), Bebo Valdes & Javier Colina “Live at the Village Vanguard” (2005) and many others Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
Already hailed by NPR’s “Youngbloods” series as a star in the making, alto saxophonist Sarah Hanahan has put her name on the map by performing and touring with renowned musicians including Peter Martin, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joe Farnsworth, Steve Davis, and the Grammy Award-winning Mingus Big Band. Now with the release of her debut album, “Among Giants,” Hanahan shares her own voice as a young star revolutionizing the genre, working with all-stars Marc Cary on piano, Nat Reeves on bass and Jeff “Tain” Watts on drums.
