At 78, more-than-capable Valli delivers a great show
Back in the 1960s, when he and his Four Seasons vocal group were churning out hit after hit, Frankie Valli would amaze people with the high notes he could hit.
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City must heed the call to fund arts
Last year, if you were tuned in at all to the issues that preoccupy Western New Yorkers, you might have noticed that the regional cultural community of Western New York mounted a full-scale offensive against the government of Erie County.
Yanni provides a night to remember
He has played the Taj Mahal, he has played in China’s Forbidden City and, of course, he has played the Acropolis. Friday night, Yanni played Shea’s.
‘Scandal’ is full of guilty pleasures
“Scandal,” on my scorecard, was the best new broadcast network show of the past season.
‘Talent’ validates Stern’s claim to be ‘King of All Media’
It used to be a joke that Howard Stern was “King of All Media.”
The Buzz
OffBroadway There was a time when Lottie Pikuzinski, the “L” in the R&L Lounge, was shy. On a YouTube video of her in her tavern—located on Mill Street by the Broadway Market—she looks meek as a butter lamb. Flanked by “Airborne” Eddy Dobosiewicz and a picture of the Sacred Heart, she demonstrates making pierogi. However... that was 2010. Now, repeated exposure in The News, on TV and video have made Pikuzinski into, well, Lottie Gaga. It’s the truth! People are calling her that! Recently, Lotti told a Forgotten Buffalo tour: “Do you know the difference between me and Lady Gaga? Lady Gaga wears dresses made out of meat. I wear jewelry made out of pierogi!” She pointed to her tiny pierogi earrings. Meanwhile, her newest video is: “I Told You Not to Give Me That Wine.” Stand back, Lady Gaga. Lottie’ll show you how it’s done.
‘Shadows’ never finds its tone
“Dark Shadows” (PG-13): While there’s not much here that’s inappropriate for them, highschoolers may lose interest in this slow-moving vampire comedy well before it’s over. The film’s sexual content may be a little too much for middle-schoolers. Johnny Depp is very funny in his pal Tim Burton’s riff on the 1960s daytime horror soap opera, “Dark Shadows.” Alas, the movie around him never finds its tone, which fluctuates between outright spoofery and the TV show’s more somber style. When Depp is on camera as gentleman vampire Barnabas Collins, awakened in the year 1972 after 200 years in a coffin, the film is fun —at least at first. When the focus leaves him, it becomes campy and tedious. After a while, Depp can’t even save it. He is droll, though, in his long nails and cutaway coat, shocked at all things modern and apologizing before drinking people’s blood and killing them. Barnabas returns to his family’s mansion near fictional Collinsport, Maine. He’s determined to help his descendants restore the family business, a fish cannery, and stop their arch rival, Angelique (Eva Green), who is in fact the sorceress who turned him into a vampire. The lady of the house (Michelle Pfeiffer), her friend the sozzled psychiatrist Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), her sullen daughter (Chloe Grace Moretz), and her quiet nephew (Gully McGrath) are invigorated by their gallant undead relative.
Collaborations benefit everyone
Earlier this year, the Acting Up Stage Company, a small and ambitious outfit based in Toronto, paired up with the city’s Obsidian Theatre Company to create a stunning production of Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s musical “Caroline, Or Change.”
Time for networks to trot out new shows, kill the duds
My daughter and I were browsing toy stores when I was last in Los Angeles. It’s one of the more delightful things that life encourages grandfathers to do.
Success of smartly written ‘Avengers’ is a good thing
$207.4 million is a lot of money. We can all agree on that.
Entertainment Calendar
Best bets:
- Wed 5/23: Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit
- Thu 5/24: North Sea Gas
- Fri 5/25: An Evening of Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake and Serenade
- Sat 5/26: Rich Little
- Sat 5/26: Mariachi El Bronx
- Sat 5/26: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra: Pops Showstoppers
- Sat 5/26: Rich Little
- Sun 5/27: The B-52s
- Wed 5/30: Heybale
- Fri 6/1: WYRK Taste of Country
- Fri 6/1: Alan Doyle
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