Subject: eBuzz - May 10, 2023 Spotlight on The Stage

May 10 - 16, 2023

TOP PICKS

THIRTEEN MOONS: SEASONS & LIFEWAYS OF THE MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT


THURS MAY 11, 6PM

The Greenwich Historical Society

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"SHADOWS REVEALED" EXHIBIT

DALE NAJARIAN & TOMIRA WILCOX


THURS MAY 11, 6-8PM

sono1420 American Craft Distillers, Norwalk

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WILLIAM ATTWOOD MEMORIAL LECTURE:

MARIE YOVANOVITCH, FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE


THURS MAY 11, 6:30-8PM

New Canaan Library

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SPRING FIELD DAY FESTIVAL


SAT MAY 13, 12-3PM

Greenwich Historical Society

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ARTIST TALK WITH ANN CHERNOW

"COLLABORATION 2020 ENCORE"


TUES MAY 16, 12:30PM

Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk

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SPECIAL: GALAS

NEW PARADIGM THEATRE GREASE-THEMED GALA HONORING BWAY'S CAROLE DEMAS


SAT MAY 13, 4-8PM

Emmanuel Church, Weston

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SUMMER THEATRE OF NEW CANAAN

20TH ANNIVERSARY GALA


SAT MAY 13, 6-9PM

The Country Club of New Canaan

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SPOTLIGHT ON THE STAGE

MUSIC AT MOCA:

AMEEN MOKDAD'S 'THE CURVE' WITH CUATRO PUNTOS


FRI MAY 12, 7-9PM

MoCA Westport

Ameen Mokdad is an Iraqi composer and multi-instrumentalist who was trapped in hiding under the brutality of ISIS for two years in Mosul. During that time he survived and told his story by writing an extraordinary repertoire of music… in secret. The 19 songs of ‘The Curve’ form a soundscape that transverses a range of emotions: fear, defeat, hope, and rebirth.

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FAIRFIELD CENTER STAGE

"GUYS & DOLLS"


FRI MAY 12, 7:30PM

SAT MAY 13, 7PM; SUN MAY 14, 5PM

First Church Congregational, Fairfield

Featuring a cast of 30 local performers and a live onstage band of seven musicians, this epic musical tells the story of Nathan Detroit, a gambler who tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town. The show ran for 1,200 performances on Broadway in 1950 and received a bevy of awards including Tonys, Drama Desks, and Oliviers.

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EAST COAST CONTEMPORARY BALLET "CAN YOU SEE THE MUSIC?"


FRI MAY 12 & SAT MAY 13, 7:30PM

Darien Arts Center

Do not miss the next performance by East Coast Contemporary Ballet at The Darien Arts Center. Can You See the Music? is an all-new varied program featuring the music of Joel A. Martin, Beethoven, Trentmøller and Wevel in a medley of brand-new works by Claire Mazza, David Fernandez and Alejandro Ulloa.

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THE GYNOKID


FRI MAY 12 & SAT MAY 13, 8PM

SUN MAY 14, 2PM

Powerhouse Theatre, New Canaan

As the child of small-town gynecologists, comedy writer Claire Ayoub (Empire Waist, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls) experienced an untraditional and often mortifying adolescence destined to end in therapy—and comedy. Join her for a delightfully cringeworthy walk down memory lane and learn what being a GynoKid is all about.

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FAIRFIELD COUNTY CHILDREN'S CHOIR PRESENTS "SONGS OF SPRING AND SUMMER"


SAT MAY 13, 7PM

The Klein Auditorium, Bridgeport

Come and enjoy this Annual Spring Concert showcasing nearly 300 children, the concert, from the opening selection, Circus Band by Charles Ives, through Schubert’s Maying Song, and to the closing Walking on Sunshine, features music that lifts the spirit and welcomes the sweetest months of the year.

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FAIRFIELD COUNTY CHORALE PRESENTS TWO NEOCLASSICAL MASTERWORKS


SAT MAY 13, 7:30PM

Norwalk Concert Hall

Under the direction of Maestro David Rosenmeyer, this performance features two neoclassical masterworks: Kodály's Missa Brevis and Poulenc's Gloria, featuring soloists Inna Dukash, Malena Dayen, Pedro Sequera, and Christopher Lau.

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THE BAR CAR BAND'S SONGS & STORIES OF LAUREL CANYON


SAT MAY 13, 8-10PM

Voices Cafe, Westport

Welcome The Bar Car Band as they share their unique “Songs & Stories of Laurel Canyonm” featuring the music of iconic artists whose roots stem from Laurel Canyon, including Carole King, Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and Neil Young. Benefitting the Green Village Initiative.

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CASSATT STRING QUARTET


SUN MAY 14, 4PM

The Carriage Barn, New Canaan

Enjoy a performance by the New York-based Cassatt String Quartet, with Magdalena Baczewska on the piano. The program includes: Mozart’s String Quartet in F Major, K. 590, Dorothy Rudd Moore’s “Modes for string quartet,” and Amy Beach, Piano Quintet in F Sharp Minor, Op. 67

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CITIZEN COPE


SUN MAY 14, 8PM

The Warehouse, Fairfield

This new tour is an intimate solo acoustic experience that is meant to lift all spirits in a world that can look so divided. Come and connect through the power of music. You’ll hear favorite songs from all the old records and some new ones from the upcoming LP, The Victory March.

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ARI AXELROD IN "A PLACE FOR US: A CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BROADWAY"


MON MAY 15, 7-9PM

Westport Country Playhouse

This internationally-acclaimed and award-winning concert honors the songs, stories, and contributions to American musical theater by Jewish composers, such as Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Schwartz, and Carole King. The program will launch the new ‘Mic In Hand’ series, a spin-off of the Playhouse’s popular Script in Hand series.

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DON'T FORGET...

JAZZ GUITARIST MIKE JACKSON WITH ACCLAIMED MUSICIANS JEFF SIEGAL AND BRIAN CHARETTE


WED MAY 10, 6:30PM

La Zingara Restaurant, Bethel


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RGOA 13TH ANNUAL MEMBER JURIED SHOW OPENING RECEPTION


FRI MAY 12, 4-6PM

Ridgefield Guild of Artists


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AMERICA'S GOT TALENT WINNER:

PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON


WED MAY 17, 7:30PM

The Ridgefield Playhouse


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IN THE WINGS

MAY 18

The Norwalk Art Space

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The Ridgefield Playhouse

MAY 19

Wilton Historical Society

Ridgefield Playhouse

MAY 20

Norwalk City Hall

MAY 21

art/place gallery

The MAC, Milford

Stepping Stones Museum for Children

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