Stage Left brings you CD reviews, news and interviews from the worlds of stage, screen and cabaret. Aside from the distinction of being the least-known veteran broadcaster in St. Louis (20 years and counting), your host Chuck Lavazzi, has been active in theater in St. Louis, Houston, and Terre Haute for 30 years or thereabouts. He's been mostly an actor and sound designer, with the occasional foray into directing. Chuck has also been writing theater and classical music criticism for nearly as long, and is currently the principal performing arts critic at KDHX-FM, as well as the producer of the KDHX Arts Calendar.
April 12th, 2005 - Actor, writer and Firesign Theatre member Peter Bergman on the founding of America's premier (and only) surrealist audio theatre group, the Heartbreak of Radio, his TV soap opera doppelgänger, and other topics. Part 2 of 2.
Originally broadcast on April 12th, 2005 - Actor, writer and Firesign Theatre member Peter Bergman talks about the founding of America's premier (and only) surrealist audio theatre group, the Heartbreak of Radio, his TV soap opera doppelgänger, and other topics.Part 1 of 2
Reviewed: The new Broadway cast recording of Grease, two new recordings of music from West Side Story, and discs of film music by Maurice Jarre and Hans Zimmer.
Reviewed: The national tour of The Drowsy Chaperone, which plays the Fox Theatre in St. Louis October 30th thorugh November 11th, 2007 . You can hear a podcast version of it here. A shorter version was broadcast on KDHX-FM in St. Louis. Those of you in St. Louis can order tickets by calling 314-534-1111. For information on other cities where the tour is playing, check out the Drowsy Chaperone web site.
Reviewed: Cabaret legend Marilyn Maye's appearance at The Cabaret at Savor, October 17 - 21, 2007. Read the complete reivew at my blog.
Interviewed: Cabaret, musical theatre and film star Anne Kerry Ford, about her upcoming appearance November 1st through 4th, 2007, at The Cabaret at Savor in St. Louis, her love of a good lyric, and why TV and film acting might not be as much fun as you think. Those of you in St. Louis can order tickets for the Savor show by calling 314-531-0220 or going to licketytix.com.
Interviewed: Cabaret star Barbara Brussell, about her upcoming appearance May 10th through 13th, 2007, at The Cabaret at Savor in St. Louis, her eclectic musical tastes, and why you should write Jewish and act English. Or something like that. Those of you in St. Louis can order tickets for the Savor show by calling 314-531-0220 or going to licketytix.com.
Interviewed: Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano about their upcoming appearance April 26th through 29th, 2007, at The Cabaret at Savor in St. Louis, their musical and romantic partnership, and the significance of Cecil B. DeMille. Those of you in St. Louis can order tickets for the Savor show by calling 314-531-0220 or going to licketytix.com.
Interviewed: Jazz and cabaret artist Paula West, about her upcoming appearance April 19th through 22nd, 2007, at The Cabaret at Savor in St. Louis, her music, and her CDs. Those of you in St. Louis can order tickets for the Savor show by calling 314-531-0220 or going to licketytix.com.
Explained: Why there hasn't been a new episode in over three months. Short explanation: the show was on hiatus while Your Goodly Host appeared in three shows in rapid succession: Orpheus Descending at HotCity Theatre, Amahl and the Night Visitors at Midwest Lyric Opera, and My Fair Lady at Stray Dog Theatre. Whew! Reviewed: Spencer Day's cabaret show, complete with musical examples.