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Progress & Innovation - Breathing Vision, Passion into Performances from Behind the Curtain
... atre. By 13, he had started an apprenticeship with a producer in New York and, by 16, was assisting on Broadway musicals, including “Mame.” While in his 20s, Loesser won awards as a California record producer. Then, he discovered summer stock, small towns and historical non-for-profit theaters. “In small towns it [theater] meant something,” Loesser said. “We moved around from place to place but finally my wife said ‘I don’t care where you are going, I’m going to the beach,’ ...
/news/88-progress-innovation-breathing-vision-passion-into-performances-from-behind-the-curtainBurt Reynolds to share memories of 'Deliverance' after Aug. 16 screening at Lyric
... or Film and Theatre in Jupiter, home of The Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum, is moving out of its current location on U.S. 1 and Indiantown Road. The Palm Beach County Commission voted unanimously to lease one acre of land in Burt Reynolds Park to the museum, but a new permanent location has yet to be determined.) A: I was very good friends with all the guys from the crew and I said, "Can I buy the canoe?" And they said, "We'll sneak it out of here at night." Q: You have a close relationship ...
/news/91-burt-reynolds-to-share-memories-of-deliverance-after-aug-16-screening-at-lyric40 years later, Burt Reynolds remembers ‘Deliverance’
... ne during one of his films. But when Burt Reynolds saw that happening during Deliverance, he was confident that the scene had made an impact. And yeah…it’s exactly the scene you’re thinking about. “I think it challenged a lot of men’s minds about their own manhood, about friendship, and about rape, as far as throwing that word around,” Jupiter’s favorite son said about the pivotal scene in the now 40-year-old John Boorman film where hapless canoer Ned Beatty is sodomized by dem ...
/news/94-40-years-later-burt-reynolds-remembers-deliveranceLyric's new season includes 50 events, national stars
... s Howie Mandel and Paula Poundstone, R&B vocal group Boyz II Men and Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding. Also among the headliners for the 50-event 2012-13 season are Paraguayan harpist Marcos Vega and The Duprees, a doo-wop group whose hit "You Belong to Me" brought them international fame more than 50 years ago. "We try and bring a very big cross section of shows for different tastes," said John Loesser, the theater's executive director. "There are well-known classic artists, like (flutist ...
/news/103-lyrics-new-season-includes-50-events-national-starsBoyz II Men concert at the Lyric has wide appeal
... heir three-part harmony sound like a hundred parts and the attendees I spoke to say the group succeeds. "Last year, everyone was standing in the aisles, from Glee club age students to 70- to 80-year-old patrons," said Kia Hamill, assistant executive director of The Lyric Theatre. Hamill said Wanya Morris, Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman all love the smaller venue because they can see the audience. "They feel reconnected to their supporters here," Hamill said. Stuart resident Mike Braid, 6 ...
/news/106-boyz-ii-men-concert-at-the-lyric-has-wide-appealBlues guitarist Ana Popovic coming to The Lyric Theatre
... lues is a very bold genre that stands the test of time," Popovic said. "It's a genre that requires someone well aware of what they know. It means less is more." Popovic left her native country, now Serbia, when she was a teenager to study music in Amsterdam. She lives in Memphis when she's not touring the U.S. and the rest of the globe, stopping in places most people would not picture as blues hubs. She recently played in India and Indonesia, where her concert was delayed by hours because the ...
/news/109-blues-guitarist-ana-popovic-coming-to-the-lyric-theatreGloria Steinem to speak at The Lyric Theatre, Blake Library Oct. 24
... tics, women's issues and the presidential race during her Oct. 24 Stuart visit to The Lyric Theatre and Blake Library. Steinem, the award-winning journalist who founded Ms. Magazine and grew in the '70s as a prominent figure of the feminist movement, will have a conversation with the audience, answering questions and providing feedback. "I love the fact that she — such an iconic spokesperson for women's rights and voting issues — will be here," said John Loesser, executive director of Th ...
/news/112-gloria-steinem-to-speak-at-the-lyric-theatre-blake-library-oct-24Diehard fans keep returning to see Boyz II Men at The Lyric Theatre
... do for their next gig Wednesday at Epcot. "I've been a fan since I was probably twelve," she said. Margaret Laycock also has seen all the group's Lyric performances. "They blew us away the first time so we're back," Laycock said. She admitted to still having photos on her phone from previous Boyz II Men concerts. She won't be the only one using her phone to brag about her weekend. As the trio took the stage, cellphones popped up everywhere, and an entire row of women captured video wi ...
/news/115-diehard-fans-keep-returning-to-see-boyz-ii-men-at-the-lyric-theatreHistorical Vignettes: Stuart's three Lyric Theatres have offered entertainment since 1914
... ral part of the social scene in Stuart for more than eight decades was not the first theater in town. In fact, two other Lyric Theatres preceded it, all built by the Hancock family. John C. Hancock came to Stuart in 1902, erected a large family home on Atlantic Avenue, grew pineapples, was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1903 and in 1905 opened an insurance agency. In 1909 the Hancocks, J. C. and Mamie, moved to a larger town, Jacksonville, where they owned and operated two theaters, while s ...
/news/118-historical-vignettes-stuarts-three-lyric-theatres-have-offered-entertainment-since-1914Singer-songwriter returns to Lyric
... est thing ever. Even as a little kid, when I'd dream about being a rock star, it was Elvis." Sam Cooke was another influence. "I had an uncle I idolized who was really into country and was huge fan of Sam Cooke," he said. "He wrote all these songs. I found myself nuts over his voice, but when I found out he wrote, that planted the seed." Mr. Marx has worked with so many artists that he finds it difficult to single one out as the best. There were only a few he didn't enjoy, and while mo ...
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