The thing is, most of these guys still sound pretty good for “legacy” acts. Damn good.
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Alter Bridge | Sevendust | Mammoth WVH Announce Summer Tour
I’d go just for Wolf Van Halen. Look like they’e hitting a lot of medium markets, not just big cities. Tickets within from their websites.
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RATT’s Stephen Pearcy Signs Deal – New Music Coming+Tour
Even though I went in and out of my Metal phase, like so many of us who got old- I never stopped loving RATT.
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Theatre Review: ‘Loveland’ at Arena Stage
By Kyle Osborne The last person in the world you’d want seated next to you on a plane from LA to Ohio is Frannie Potts. She’s the kind of overly-familiar chatterbox who makes time stand still. But don’t mistake her sensible sneakers and child-like demeanor for stupidity—there are deep, meleancholy…
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Theatre Review: ‘Mamma Mia!’ at The National Theatre. The Corniest Musical You’ll Ever Love
By Kyle Osborne It’s broader than the side of a barn and more over-the-top than a Liberace and Dolly Parton pairing in Vegas. The choreography is clumsy and the actors stiffly recite their lines like Soap Opera characters in a high school play. It’s shamelessly corny and includes pratfalls and…
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Theatre Review: ‘Gypsy’ at Signature Theatre
By Kyle Osborne If ‘Gypsy’ truly is ‘The Greatest American Musical’, as many critics have agreed since its Broadway debut in 1959, then the role of ‘Momma Rose’ is surely among the most coveted and remembered among actresses. Ethel Merman’s original is remembered decades later, Broadway veterans from Bernadette Peters…
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Theatre Review: ‘Maurice Hines Is Tappin Thru Life’ at Arena Stage
In “Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life,” the great hoofer distills all of the best elements of old fashion “showbiz” into a delightfully entertaining ninety minute time capsule. Ostensibly set up as a tribute to his late brother and dancing partner since childhood, Gregory Hines, the show is one big…
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Theatre Review: ‘The Velocity Of Autumn’ at Arena Stage
By Kyle Osborne If The Velocity Of Autumn ends up on Broadway (and that is the hope) there is one major tweak that will need to happen before it gets there—more pauses between the uproarious laughter. That’s a great ‘problem’ to have, right? Laughter so loud and sustained that the…
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Theatre Review: ‘Miss Saigon’ at Signature Theatre- Now Extended Again Through Oct. 6th
Note: The run of Miss Saigon has been extended for a second time–now running through October 6th. Ticket details follow the review By Kyle Osborne Melodramatic by design and operatic in its execution (indeed, it’s loosely based on the Puccini Opera “Madame Butterfly”) ‘Miss Saigon’ lands on the stage at…
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