How a gala breathed new life, hope into George Street Playhouse, theater No One Else for Me from George Street Playhouse s premiere of Last Days of Summer
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And he paused. He stood there and as he was starting to sing, he just stopped and said, I need a minute, George Street artistic director David Saint said. And he got very emotional and he said, I didn t realize how much it was going to affect me.
It s no wonder.
Coming more than 14 months after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered performance venues along with the rest of the world, the moment of return, of singing in a theater, on stage, with lights, sound and a baby grand piano topped with a giant bouquet of flowers has a reverence to it.
Barry Mason, lyricist who had worldwide hits with Delilah and The Last Waltz – obituary
He also wrote for Elvis Presley, and his fellow lyricist Tim Rice admired his talent for telling a life story in three minutes
Barry Mason, left, with his collaborator Les Reed in the mid-1960s
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Barry Mason, the songwriter, who has died aged 85, channelled micro-dramas of love and loss in the lyrics to a string of pop hits in the 1960s and 1970s, notably The Last Waltz and Delilah.
With music by his early collaborator Les Reed, The Last Waltz was one of three songs completed on a wet Sunday in 1967 after their golf date was rained off.
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After a year-long shutdown forced by the coronavirus pandemic, Playhouse Stage Company will return to Albany’s Washington Park for a 33rd season.
Producing Artistic Director Owen Smith speaks at a press conference Tuesday.
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As in years past, Producing Artistic Director Owen Smith says the company will split the summer between two musical productions:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ in July, and
Matilda, featuring the students of Park Playhouse, in August. But this summer, crowds will be capped at 200 people.
“We will have 100 paid seats on the ground and our free seats in the amphitheater, Smith explains. Everyone will have to have a reservation in advance and a digital ticket to be able to visit Park Playhouse. They will not be able to drop blankets on the hillside willy-nilly, you’re gonna have to have a reservation so that we can ensure our social distancing map is adhered to, and our attendance cap is adhered to.”