56 stories by "Edward A Kliszus"
Townhouse Diner in Murray Hill
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As a denizen of midtown East, it's been my pleasure to enjoy meals served locally at the Townhouse Diner in the Murray Hill neighborhood. W…
Latham House in Jersey City
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I frequently dine around Manhattan while checking out the latest shows, jazz, and classical music venues. Friends recently reminded me that un…
Pershing Square Café
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I've often enjoyed Pershing Square Café's wonderful breakfast specials and especially their legendary pancakes. After enjoying an early evening of …
Tony Kadleck Big Band at Birdland
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Swinging big band music was hot in Manhattan! From the moment the Tony Kadleck Big Band began their set at the Birdland Jazz Club, we ta…
<em>Organ and Orchestra</em> by the American Symphony Orchestra
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The program opened with Camille Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3 in C minor "Organ" (1886). When…
Field of Mars at NYU Skirball
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Existentialism seemed to dominate undertones dealing with the passage of time, mechanically repeating the practices of our predecessors, and…
Conrad Herwig and The Latin Side All-Stars Residency at The Django
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Trombonist/composer Conrad Herwig and the Latin side all-stars ascended the stage to deliver their firs…
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers' Pow-Wow and Dance Concert
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Raconteur and narrator Louis Mofsie (Hopi/Winnebago) guided us through the majestic proclamations of dances…
Bigmouth Strikes Again: The Smiths Show
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Brine honored the music of The Smiths through an auto-biographical perspective revealing universal human needs like love, friendsh…
Darkness After Night: Ukraine
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This is a sad tale of the tragic nature of Russia's brutal conflagration with Ukraine, as explicated by actor, writer, and director Stephan …
Musica Sacra at Carnegie Hall
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Maestro Kent Tritle and Musica Sacra delivered an elegant, nonpareil performance expressing the radiant afflatus of Handel's artistic and sp…
The Orchestra Now at Symphony Space
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This notable variety of musical works is apposite for The Orchestra Now, an ensemble of young professionals assembling to hone their s…
The Orchestra Now presents Sight and Sound
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Today was a splendid example of the expressive power of visual and auditory art articulated with a fine orchestra, magnificent …
A Tomato Can't Grow in the Bronx
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A Tomato Can't Grow in the Bronx is a heartfelt, sentimental look at old-world family dynamics that many of us saw evaporate after the sh…
Kathryn Farmer at Swing 46
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If the 17-piece Kevin Blanq big band and Kathryn Farmer were not enough to get you in the mood for smooth swinging and dancing, the urbane, bes…
Wendy Moten at Birdland
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Wendy Moten ascended to the Birdland stage with a smile and charm that lit up the room. From her first words and the comfortable swing tempo of he…
Duke Ellington Sacred Concerts
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For the first time in 35 years, Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts returned to the stage. Envisioned initially by Ellington as a "Festival of…
<strong>Radiotheatre presents The Haunting of 85 East 4th Street</strong>Â
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The rich baritone voice of raconteur Frank Zilinyi launched Radiotheatre's delic…
INSOMNIAÂ
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Blake Allen's Insomnia is a cerebral, enigmatic, and mystifying artistic creation chronicling a night of an insomniac narrator. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald'…
<strong>L'Amour `a Passy</strong>
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Benjamin Franklin the man emerged as a frowzy, flawed, and crafty roué, relentlessly attempting to seduce the married Mme B…
The Orchestra Now presents The Lost Generation
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Maestro Botstein and The Orchestra Now demonstrated their capacity to express powerful rich intones, frenetic fugatos, and …
Ben Wendel Quartet at the Village Vanguard
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Wendel's songs are strikingly original, expressive, and extraordinarily inventive. His ideas and improvisations are freely chro…
FUKT at The Tank
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This cast deserves high praise for maintaining the challenging, complex characters and tensions while also charming and engaging viewers who could not re…
The American Classical Orchestra presents REMEMBER
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The performance of Mozart's Requiem, K526, was glorious and ecstatic. The sui generis admixture of rich sounds from sol…
The Bill Charlap Trio at Birdland
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Charlap is a virtuoso with full command of his musical voice on the piano who, with his fellow artists, lifted spirits and touched heart…
