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Lyric celebrates 90 years with a roast
... March 11, 2016 Shelley Koppel Staff writer skoppel@YourVoiceWeekly.com MARTIN COUNTY — John Loesser, artistic director of the Lyric Theatre, can often be seen holding court at the Osceola Street Café. On the evening of March 3, he moved up to a real red and gold throne, rolled onto the Lyric stage by Kia Fontaine, the Lyric’s executive director. The event was the theater’s 90 birthday and it featured a roast of Loesser by local luminaries, actor Jim Brochu and comedian Steve Solomon, bot ...
/news/2095-lyric-celebrates-90-years-with-a-roastSummer camp an ‘awesome’ experience
... d-the-scenes, so no one feels left out. Lyric's AWESOME! Summer Camp is for 1st to 8th graders and takes place at Flagler Place in downtown Stuart. In addition to working on projects connected to the themes, campers rotate among drama, dance and music each day. In drama, there is acting, creative writing, staging and improvisation. For music, campers learn fundamentals of singing and rhythm. In dance, instructors will introduce campers to music theater, dance jazz, ballet and hip-hop. Since it ...
/news/2140-summer-camp-an-awesome-experienceComedian returns to Lyric
... April 8, 2016 Shelley Koppel Staff writer skoppel@YourVoiceWeekly.com STUART – Paula Poundstone is a Lyric favorite. The comedian, storyteller, radio game show panelist and booster of libraries returns to the theater April 16 for two shows. Poundstone began her career at open mic nights in Boston. She traveled across the country by Greyhound bus, ending up in San Francisco, where she was seen by Robin Williams, who encouraged her to come to Los Angeles. Her career took off and she was the fi ...
/news/2143-comedian-returns-to-lyricReel in the years at Lyric’s ‘Decades Rewind’
... at was last fall and the show has taken off, with bookings in the Straz Center in Tampa, the Van Wezel Center in Sarasota and venues outside the state. Gatti, who plays keyboard during the show, is a native of Pennsylvania who began playing keyboards at 8. His first instrument was an organ, but that changed when he joined bands as a teen and young adult. He spoke recently about the show, which has become more than he ever imagined. “It’s a theater show and a concert experience,” he said ...
/news/2263-reel-in-the-years-at-lyrics-decades-rewindThey’re standup guys!
... ner on Royal Caribbean and at comedy venues including Dangerfield’s in New York City and the Riviera in Las Vegas. He was also featured in HBO’s “Oz” and “Boardwalk Empire.” Norris, who lives on the Jersey Shore, took time to speak by phone about the tour and about why he loves the Lyric. “My first experience was two years ago and it was one of the nicest venues,” he said. “I perform on cruise ships all over the world and the theater is beautiful. The guests are class. They c ...
/news/2293-theyre-standup-guysArt and theater combine
... f a sand mandala at the Arts Council of Martin County, at 80 S.E. Ocean Blvd., in Stuart. Monks from the exiled Drepung Loseling Monastery, home of the Dalai Lama, will perform sacred dance and song from their 2,500-year history at the Lyric on Feb. 10 and 11. Before and after the performances, they will create a traditional sand-painted mandala, which they use as a tool for re-consecrating the earth and its inhabitants, said Kia Fontaine, the theater’s executive director. “It’s painsta ...
/news/2296-art-and-theater-combineKids will adore ‘Flat Stanley’ … and mom & dad might too
... evin Quillinan, an instructor at Riverside Children’s Theatre, is directing the production, which features apprentices who come to the Riverside for a year of theatrical productions. “They’re recent college graduates with degrees in theatre from all over the country,” Quillinan said. “Flat Stanley” follows last season’s successful production of a new musical, “Poodleful,” at the Riverside. It is part of an effort to bring live theater to young audiences and it, too, was also p ...
/news/2299-kids-will-adore-flat-stanley-and-mom-dad-might-tooPink Floyd Spectacular...Far Out!
... ired of it. The music is high energy and the lights are amazing. I’ve been at it 30 years and I’m surprised I’m enjoying it. It’s like a good steak. You could eat it pretty often.” Monistere said that while they have performed in larger venues, the 500-seat Lyric is a great size. “As long as the stage is big enough, which it is at the Lyric, the intimacy of the audience so close is just great,” he said. “It’s like a 2,000-seat theater with everyone up front.” For those who ...
/news/2350-pink-floyd-spectacularfar-out3 Redneck Tenors: Theses good ol’ boys can sing!
... St. Lucie Voice News, February 24, 2017 By Shelley Koppel, Staff Writer Those mullet-wearing, good old boys with the voices of angels are back at the Lyric Theatre. 3 Redneck Tenors, perennial favorites at the theater, return Feb. 24-25 for three shows. If you are not familiar with them, the tenors are a parody of all the oh-so-serious tenor groups that have proliferated over the years. They take their singing seriously, but very little else. Each is operatically- or classically-trained and ha ...
/news/2539-3-redneck-tenors-theses-good-ol-boys-can-singIrish Ayes: Flutist makes ‘Celtic Connection’
... sic. “It’s visually appealing,” he said. “There are lots of things for everyone to enjoy.” Arbuthnot has been in Australia since just before Christmas and he is returning to Las Vegas March 1. He is coming to Florida solely to perform at The Lyric. “The last time, the audience was one of the best I’ve ever had,” he said, “They’re so enthusiastic and appreciative. I jumped at the opportunity to come back. It’s a beautiful theater.” The flutist said that people sometime ...
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