Quick, name the youngest artist who performed on the main stage at Woodstock in 1969. No, it wasn’t Carlos Santana, Janis Joplin, Richie Havens, Sly Stone, Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix, or any of the members of the Grateful Dead, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, or The Band. It was an 18-year-old singer/guitarist named Henry Gross, who performed with doo-wop vocal ensemble Sha Na Na. … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: ‘Fiddler’ at the Maltz, ‘Chorus Line’ at the Crest, ‘Mame’ at the Wick
Director-choreographer Marcia Milgrom Dodge does not settle for reproducing the work of her Broadway predecessors, as she previously demonstrated with her fresh takes on Hello, Dolly! and The King and I at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Now, as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Fiddler on the Roof, she received special permission to not be tethered to the — admittedly … [Read more...]