Tag Archives: Mark Edelman
Jazztown: Happy Birthday Pat Metheny
This week marks KC guitar genius Pat Metheny’s 55th. Out touring with this most recent foray into six stringed sonics, Pat would probably recommend that you all celebrate by going out and listening to some live jazz in his honor. Here are some options, neighborhood by neighborhood:
PLAZA: Continue reading
Edelman: Jazztown, What a Wonderful World this week in KC Jazz
This week’s big birthday guy, Louie Armstrong, may not have had our burg in mind when he crooned “and I say to myself, what a wonderful world,” but Continue reading
Edelman: Try Toddling Town for Theater, Too
KC Confidentially, Chicago is the place to be this (or any) summer. The weather’s nice, the Continue reading
Edelman: New Karrin Allyson CD hits hometown home run
With all of the bad news from out at the ballpark (any of em), it’s nice to know that Tom Watson ain’t the only player making us hometown proud. Karrin Allyson’s new greatest hits CD proves once again that we’ve got some of the finest Continue reading
Edelman: ‘Anything Goes’ goes great at Starlight!
Back in the day, Starlight knew how to do it…
Hire a talented Broadway star, surround her with top imported and local talent, put alot of musicians in the pit, get some glamorous costumes and a great big set and put on one of the chestnuts that makes the great American musical our grandest contribution to the performing arts (okay, maybe second to jazz).
But in the Swope Park theater’s rush to be more “relevant” and get touring Broadway shows, everything got sort of smaller and less glamorous. And the local connection went away; along with an orchestra pit with more than three synths, a horn and reed player and percussion. The titles may have been hipper, but the work just wasn’t as grand.
So I’m pleased to report that the Starlight production of ANYTHING GOES (now through Sunday, July 19) brings back the good old days. This first outing for Continue reading
Edelman: Manners Matter, Even to Sneezing Aetheists
Is it possible to feel more Continue reading
Edelman: Summer Camp Comes to the Crossroads
It’s summer camp time in the always hip Crossroads Arts District. Now, before you put on your Continue reading
Edelman: Eating Out in the Hood (119th & Roe, Mutha)
I’m as happy as the next guy to jump into the car and head down to the Crossroads or Power & Light District and grab a bite. Continue reading
Edelman: Hot Fun in the Summertime with Bawdy Bard
I think Sly Stone said it best: “Boop Boop Bah Boop Boop when I want to.”
That’s what summer is all about. Shouldn’t be anything stuffy or high-brow about it. Rage on. Lay back. Whatever.
And that’s just the Continue reading
Edelman: Give Your Regards to Broadway; Must See Summer Shows
New York City bound? I know I can’t wait til Southwest starts flying into LaGuardia in July. 
I can count on 1) dependably happy-go-lucky flight attendants, 2) sitting where I want to and 3) my bags showing up in one piece. Continue reading
