Letter from the Rhythm of the Yuletide Dance Executive Director DEC 17, 2019 | 4pm & 7pm

What happened to Endless Summers…? With all of the fun, learning and entertainment at The Lyric, summer ended all too quickly. The Lyric’s AWESOME! Summer Campers focused on the importance of our environment, recycling over 300 gallons of plastic, created a donation drive of gently used clothing for reuse by Caring Children Clothing Children and repurposed household items into set and prop pieces for their Sharing (page 46). Almost Kia Fontaine 3,000 people came to downtown to attend the Free Movie Summer and we had some cool shows providing relief from the scorching, humid temperatures. Contents Now, it’s time for Fall and we are bringing a little noise, a little funk, and a little something for everyone in the family - from Blues to Reggae, Rock to Swing, Tenors 3 Letter from the Executive Director to Brass and lots of Holiday themes. We have added many shows to the upcoming 4 Board of Directors & Staff, schedule, so be sure to check out the Season Lineup (page 26). Season Sponsors

As we enter the 2019-20 Season, The Lyric is Going Green! As stewards of a historic 6 Rhythm, Blues & Big Bad Voodoo building that has been preserved for our use today, we must think of our impact on 8 Historical Timeline the earth and environment for tomorrow. Like our AWESOME! Summer Campers, we are making our best efforts to reduce our footprint and conserve natural resources. The Lyric 10 Be a Lyric Star will now be using “eco-friendly” products. From the meals and snacks served backstage 12 WIN TIX Contest to beverages from the bar, our cups, straws, plates and utensils are compostable or 16 Family Fun Series made from sustainable products. All of the paper goods and trashcan liners are made from recycled, sustainable products. 26 2019-20 Season Lineup 28 2019-20 Director’s Circle Play your role today to ensure The Lyric’s role tomorrow in the Lyric Legacy Society. & Contributors Several very special patrons have chosen to include The Lyric in their planned giving, creating a Society to preserve the arts while ensuring the continued excellence and 33 Lyric Legacy: A Society for longevity of our 93-year old beautiful theatre for future generations to enjoy. You too are the Preservation of the Arts invited to be a Founding Member and it won’t cost you a penny to join today (page 33). 36 Seating & General Information

Wholeheartedly, THANK YOU to our incredible members and donors, volunteers and 40 Discovery Series for Young Audiences patrons, sponsors and business partners, schools and area not-for-profits and our 41 Volunteer Bartenders & Ushers own amazing Staff and Board of Directors! Your endless and continued support has empowered and equipped The Lyric to educate and inspire our youth, expand and 44 Spotlight on ADDED Lyric Shows diversify our programming, preserve our historic landmark and ensure the future of 46 Arts & Education The Lyric for many, many generations to come. 48 Patron Privilege Perks Humbly and Gratefully,

On the cover: The Lyric’s Family Fun Series presents Cirque Mei, non-stop action by performers who seem to defy the Kia Fontaine laws of physics with The Lyric Theatre’s Mission acrobatics, contortion tricks, juggling acts and “To provide the community with a home for the performing balancing feats. arts that entertains, November 1, 2019 3 7:00pm. Executive Director 2019-20 Kia Fontaine Board of Directors Season Sponsors President Todd Laycock 1st Vice President The Friends of the Lyric, Inc. would like to thank Paul Shirley 2nd Vice President these sponsors who have generously helped to underwrite Frank Tidikis the costs of our 2019-20 Season. Treasurer Harold Walsh Secretary Priscilla Baldwin Directors Frank M. Byers, Jr. Mary Laub Cowan Patty Downing Stephen Fry Sharon Holt Diane M. Lawrence Joan McGowan Eileen D. Morris Olene Stuart Michael Tenzyk Linda Weiksnar Artistic Director Emeritus John Loesser President Emerita Ethel Christin Advisory Board Daisy Carter Marianne Hartnett Elisabeth Lahti Natalie MacDonald Pat Pendergast May Smyth Lyric Theatre Staff Controller Monica Soricelli Director of Development Linda Prange Membership Director & Volunteer Coordinator Heather Long Director of Operations Mike Barton Technical Director Chip Vaughan Box Office Manager Meagan Ebright Arts & Education Coordinator Sue Nauss Art Director Michael Renfro Accounting & Lyric Magazine Sales Kellie Jocoy Box Office Services Sheila DeRigo, Wendy Lucas, Sharon Horton and Michael Soricelli House Managers Camille Bowers, Linda Lambrecht, Dayna Miller, Fran Rago and Phyl Weaver Digital Media Coordinator Moises Miguel Security Tom Wiegerink Copywriter & Creative Services Shelley Koppel Legal Advisors Terence P. McCarthy and Owen Schultz The LYRIC Magazine publishes four times a year. Written and produced by The Lyric Theatre. To advertise, go to lyrictheatre.com/advertise or contact [email protected]. 4 The Friends of the Lyric, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization 5 Rhythm of the Yuletide Dance experiences. “I write and sing what I know,” he said. DEC 17, 2019 | 4pm & 7pm Selwyn Birchwood Gary Hoey (October 25, 2019 “This album has a broad reach. It’s for young, old (October 5, 2019 7:00pm) Selwyn Birchwood 7:00pm) Whether Hoey is playing scorching original and everyone in between.” picked up a guitar when he was 13, just like a lot of pieces or new takes on classic rock covers, his teens. One day, he heard the music of Jimi Hendrix solos are thrilling and reminiscent of Clapton and Bruce Iglauer, president of Alligator Records, signed and it set his creative juices flowing. “I was so Stevie Ray Vaughan. One thing that remains the Birchwood to the label shortly after the Blues blown away by his creativity and had to know what same is Hoey’s command of the guitar. He attacks Challenge win. He knows both the hard-driving, high would possess someone to write like that,” he said. it with intensity and then plays something soft octane blues musician and the thoughtful, reflective “When you look back at his influences, there were and achingly beautiful. This ability to mix feeling, songwriter. “Selwyn writes, smart, infectious, lots of blues guys like Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy. phrasing, technique and tone is the true mark of fresh songs and delivers them with a warm, Once I heard that, I found the sound and it set me the master guitarist. conversational style and a fun-loving attitude,” he off to play that way.” said. “He’s a killer guitarist, switching between a When Gary Hoey was 14, he hung around the regular six-string and lap steel. Live, he’s a ball of Birchwood, son of a father from Tobago and a prestigious Berklee College of Music, near his energy, interacting with the audience like they were British mother, grew up in Orlando. That was to hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts. He made in his living room.” prove important for Birchwood, because Buddy Guy friends with students and graduates and offered to was appearing at the House of Jazz in Orlando and pay them for lessons. It was the only way he could Birchwood went to hear him. “It seems like the very afford them. “I learned how to read and write music same week I hear about him, he came to play at through the back door,” he said in a 2007 interview. the House of Jazz. I had no idea what I was in for. “It gave me some background in jazz and some I knew that whatever it was that I was witnessing, I theory, which helped me with my rock. It gave me wanted to do.” things to focus on and more to practice. That was kind of how I learned.” As the young man’s proficiency grew, he learned about a nearby blues guitarist and band. Gary Hoey Hoey dropped out of high school and began playing OCT 25, 2019 The guitarist turned out to be legend 7pm local clubs. In the late 1980s, he auditioned art blues artist Sonny Rhodes, who for Ozzy Osbourne. It was am experience was impressed with the 19-year- that changed his life. “Ozzy came to old. Within a month, Rhodes asked Boston and was on the radio, talking Birchwood to join him on the road. about looking for a guitar player,” he The transformational experience went said. “I sent a demo and I got a call a long way to shaping his view of about a week later, saying they really liked music and his career. it and that they’d be flying me to California. I flew out there and got to play with Ozzy. (Black) “It was kind of cool to have someone Sabbath was one of my main influences, so it was a show me the ropes and what it was to be dream come true.” a touring musician and bandleader,” he said. “I’m forever grateful. Sonny always said, ‘Play Hoey was on the short list for the job, but although what’s in your heart.’ I’ve never lost sight of that.” he didn’t get it, he took Osbourne’s advice and moved to the West Coast. He drove cross-country Birchwood had promised his parents he would go with a rental truck and within five years, had back to school and he returned to earn an MBA a major label record deal and a manager. He from the University of Tampa. In 2010, he created went on to record more than 20 albums and his own eponymous band and in 2013, they won is considered among the top 100 guitarists. the prestigious International Blues Challenge. His 2013 album, Deja Blues, brought him Rhythm, Blues Birchwood took home the Albert King Guitarist of back to his bluesy roots and his latest work, the Year Award. The wins gave a big boost to his “Neon Highway Blues,” continues the journey. young band. The 2014 release of the album, Don’t It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Blues Call No Ambulance took the band from playing Albums chart. small clubs to headlining international festivals. & Big Bad Voodoo The album received the Blues Music Award and the Joe Satriani, himself a guitar hero, admires Hoey’s Living Blues Critics’ Award for Best Debut Album latest work. “It’s great to hear Gary sing and play of 2014, and Birchwood won the 2015 Blues the blues with his trademark intensity, feel and The Lyric’s Fall Season is bringing a little noise, a little funk, Blast Rising Star Award. He wrote and produced authenticity,” he said, “And the guitar tones are both all 13 songs on his most recent album, Pick vintage and modern at the same time.” and a little something for every one in the family. Your Poison, and said that they reflect his life

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Christmas in Rockefeller Center and the Super Bowl you walk away smiling. We’re excellent in front of Chinese acrobatics has a long and proud history Webb died in 1998 and Carmichael revamped the Big Bad Voodoo The Lyric’s Family Fun Series presents XXXIII Halftime Show. audiences; we work well in front of people. This going back some 4,000 years. It developed from Cirque Mei band, bringing in Gilderdale and White. Their album Daddy (October 30, 2019 7:00pm) The band has that showmanship and musicality.” people’s everyday lives, using instruments used in NOV 1, 2019 | 7pm AArt was released in 2001 and was nominated for a swing/jazz band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy was given For trumpet player Glen Marhevka, the show daily life like tables, chairs, jars, plates and bowls. Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album. In 2011, the its name by a musical legend. When co-founder is intended for an audience “from 8 to 80.” He After 25 years together, 11 records, more than 2800 Wushu, which is traditional group gymnastics, and band celebrated its 30th anniversary with Roseland, Scotty Morris went to a concert given by blues giant explained why swing is so important to a group of live shows and countless appearances on film and the Lion Dance come from folk sport and games. which reached No. 6 on the jazz albums chart, and Albert Collins, he asked for an autograph. Collins musicians who didn’t know it the first time around. television, audiences and listeners agree. Big Bad Like so much of folk lore, Chinese acrobatics is 2018’s 33 1/3 cracked the Top Ten of Billboards’ Jazz wrote, “To the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy” and Morris “It’s a style of music we all love,” he said. “We all Voodoo Daddy will cast a spell. the art of working people and was not considered albums chart. The band had been recognized in a picked up the name for the band he was forming grew up listening to it and parents and teachers theater-worthy. That has changed as skillful variety of genres, doing exactly what they had set out in the 1990s. Now, more than 25 years later, the influenced us. We found each other and started performers amazed audiences and led to a to do. Throughout its creative life, the band has defied show still has its original core line-up of Morris on playing. It’s a passion of ours.” resurgence of interest in the national arts in China. categorization. In an interview, Carmichael described lead vocals and guitar, Kurt Sodergren on drums, The Lyric’s Family Fun Series presents why the name Acoustic Alchemy fit the band. Dirk Shumaker on double bass and vocals, Andy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has promoted and (November 1, 2019 The Lion Dance evolved from an old folk dance Rowley on baritone sax and vocals, Glen “The Kid” Cirque Mei revitalized swing music as more than just a tribute 7:00pm) Chinese circus is a feast for the eyes, with in China. In the dance, there are two types of “It’s a good name,” he said. “It says we’re acoustic, Marhevka on trumpet, Karl Hunter on sax and to the genre. They have taken inspiration from non-stop action and brightly colored costumes on lion, the large, played by two acrobats, and the although we’re not strictly now because you couldn’t clarinet and Joshua Levy on piano. the creator of the uniquely American art form and performers who seem to defy the laws of physics small, portrayed by one. They perform traditional be heard. In essence, though, the identity is two created original, horn-infused music. The band’s with acrobatics, contortion tricks, juggling acts movements of lions like rolling and jumping and acoustic guitars. Acoustic Alchemy is not about a The band, which was at the forefront of a swing high energy shows introduce the music to a new and balancing feats. Cirque Mei comes directly portray the lion’s strength and agility as well as the as one of the most exciting live bands around. Their person, it’s about a band. Alchemy means a blend, a revival, easily blended together the classic American and younger generation while remaining respectful from Hebei Province in the People’s Republic of playful side of the King of Beasts. mission? Reaching the broadest audience by taking combination of lots of different styles. Alchemy suits sounds of jazz, swing and Dixieland. They hit the big of the music’s rich legacy. China, bringing with it a company of 40 elite circus the potential of instrumental music as far as they can. us. It implies a magical blend.” time in 1996 with the indie film Swingers, which activists and acrobats performing many of the most Hoop Diving developed from the “Swallow Dance” of introduced the band to an audience beyond their Marhevka said audiences should expect that high popular Chinese circus routines, including Hoop some 2,000 years ago where the acrobats imitated For the last decade or so, the band lineup has been This “G Force” of Greg Carmichael, Gilderdale, Los Angeles base. The band’s music has appeared energy. “Our shows are energetic,” he said. “We Diving, Lion Dance, Collective Bicycle Skills, Flying the flying movement of swallows as they leapt made up of Greg Carmichael in nylon guitar, Miles Grainger, Grainger (and White) has been defying in films and television shows including Despicable feature five horns and everyone runs around playing Meteors, Foot Juggling with Umbrellas, Female through the rings. Gilderdale on steel string acoustic and electric gravity for years. Come along for the ride. Me, Ally McBeal and Phineas & Ferb and they have solos non-top from the second we hit the stage. Contortion and the Ladder Balancing Act. guitars, Fred White on keyboards and a powerful appeared live on Dancing with the Stars, NBC’s It’s uplifting. Even if it’s your first time hearing us, In Flying Meteors, the performer swings glass bowls that rhythm section featuring Greg Grainger on drums move like meteors in the sky. Using rope and two glass and his brother Gary on bass. bowls filled with water, the performer does forward rolls JJ Grey (November 9, 2019 7:00pm) and backward somersaults without spilling any water. Acoustic Alchemy began in London in 1981 by He has been called the north Florida sage and soul- guitarist Nick Webb and nylon guitarist Simon bent swamp rocker, and he still lives on his family’s This spectacular performance is a colorful and lively James. Webb had studied jazz at Leeds College of north Florida land, a former chicken farm. Now it Big Bad Voodoo Daddy celebration of the Chinese circus arts and a delight Music in England. When the two parted ways, Webb has a recording studio, a warehouse that doubles OCT 30, 2019 | 7pm for the entire family. Proudly sponsored by The joined with Greg Carmichael, a classically trained as his gym, an open-air barn and some 50 pecan Bauman Family Foundation. guitarist, and the duo found work with Virgin Airlines, trees from which he removes moss, suspended 50 providing in-flight music on trans-Atlantic flights. feet above land. He is JJ Grey, and while he now They sent a demo to MCA and six weeks later were headlines major festivals instead of local juke joints, signed to a contract. Their first album, Red Dust he has not lost a blue-collar spirit and love for the Acoustic Alchemy and Spanish Lace, was released in 1987 and they land, the swamps of his youth and the Louisiana (November 2, 2019 7:00pm) Acoustic Alchemy has went on to release several more albums with MCA. swamp-blues tradition. never accepted a place in one genre. The boundary- In 1990, the duo signed with jazz label GRP and pushing instrumental group has been challenging the album, Reference Point, earned them their first Grey was drawn early-on, to country-rockers like audiences for nearly four decades with its blend of Grammy nod for Best New Age Performance for Jerry Lee Lewis, Otis Redding and other Memphis jazz, classical, flamenco and other world music, rock the track “Caravan of Dreams.” Five more albums soul icons and he listened to Run-DMC as well. and New Age. The group has received three Grammy followed, including 1996’s Arcanum, which garnered Merging those traditions, Grey began touring as nominations, but also has developed a reputation an Emmy nod for Best New Age Album. continued on page 14

Spring of 1913 1917 1930 1936 1978 Construction for The The “first” Lyric was abandoned Newly equipped The Hancocks fell on hard times The Lyric was purchased “first” Lyric began on and moved to a little wooden with a RCA during the Great Depression and by the New Life in Christ Osceola Avenue near structure on Osceola Avenue. Photophone, sold The Lyric to the bank. Church and used for Belle Flora and opened Danger Lights weekly worship services. for its first performance June 1925 Judge JC Hancock began construction was screened as a year later. of the new Lyric Theatre. the first “talkie.” 1936-1978 The Lyric was rented out to community 1926 groups and was used to present The Lyric opened with the feature traveling vaudeville shows, news picture Skinner’s Dress Suit. Cost of weeklies, movies and eventually, construction was $100,000 and was a Performing Arts Auditorium. HISTORICALYRIC the largest building in Martin County. 8 A Brief History 9

1988 1989 1993 1996 1999 2001 2005 2014 Friends of Friends of the The Lyric Theatre was New Orchestra seating Vacant lot to The balcony of The Lyric expansion was completed, A Capital Campaign resulted in substantial the Lyric Lyric became listed on the National was installed and the north of the theater was enlarging the stage 14 feet and renovations to the lobby and box office, new purchased a 501(c)(3) Register of Historic administrative offices The Lyric was remodeled for the adding a backstage equipped with a exterior and interior entrances, new orchestra the historic not-for-profit Places. constructed. purchased installation of new restroom and office/storage areas. seating, new sound system and architectural theatre. organization. for a future balcony seating, elements added to the walls and columns. 1987 1991-1995 expansion. an elevator was installed and 2015-16 With talk of razing the theater, Friends With grant funding from the State of Florida, National refurbishment of The Lyric, a group of concerned Endowment for the Arts and local community funding The Lyric’s proscenium was ornamented in an Art of the lobby and Nouveau style. The elegant design, artistry and citizens, banded together to save and support, The Lyric underwent needed stabilization restrooms. the historic structure. and repair: new roof and air-conditioning systems, craftsmanship of the trompe l’oeil art technique were ADA Compliance alterations, Box Office construction, added throughout The Lyric including the balcony marquee improvements and remodeling of the lobby, parapet, doorway transoms and interior theatre walls. restrooms and dressing room. SEWALL’S POINT celebrates an anniversary

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12 The Friends of the Lyric, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization continued from page 9 The Wizards of progressive rock holiday group that stands firmly on more than 80 million units with hits like “Private its own, while paying homage to its roots. Eyes,” “I Can’t Go for That,” and “She’s Gone.” They Winter (November 16, 2019 7:00pm) have scored 10 number one records, more than 20 The Wizards of Winter NOV 16, 2019 | 7pm The Wizards of Winter is the perfect band to usher in Get some holiday magic with the Wizards of Winter. Top 40 hits and were involved in the original “Live the holiday season. It was formed in 2009 by Scott Aid” concert and the “We are the World” charity and Sharon Kelly and Steve Ratchen in the depths recording. of the recession to help their local food pantry. Long fans of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Scott Kelly told John Oates with the The album Arkansas was released in 2018 and was an interviewer that he was inspired by lyrics from originally inspired by the music and legacy of the

the band’s song, “Old City Bar.” Good Road Band legendary Mississippi John Hurt, Oates’ musical idol. (November 23, 2019 7:00pm) John Oates It expanded to encompass other artists and styles introduces his life this way in his autobiography, “The line ‘By helping a neighbor or even a stranger, that represent the dawn of American popular music Change of Seasons: “Thursday, April 7, 1948 - Al and to know who needs help, you need only just from the early 1920s and 1930s. Oates assembled Jolson was voted most popular singer in America by ask,’ always inspired me,” he said. We started a band of all-star Nashville musicians to shine a Variety magazine and Columbia records introduced reaching out to others who were interested in doing light on American music long before the birth of the new 33 1/3 long-playing record album. At 1 this and for the right reason.” The plan was to give rock ‘n roll. There are new interpretations of the a.m. that morning, I was introduced to the world at the money away, and they put together a group that Emmett Miller classic “Anytime” from 1924, as well Bellevue Hospital in New York City, starring as the felt as they did. The musicians and singers did Trans- as the Jimmie Rodgers tune, “Miss the Mississippi first child born to Anna and Alfred Oates.” Siberian Orchestra covers and got a great response and You” from 1932. The album reimagines to their vision of taking the music to smaller venues, traditional Delta, country blues and ragtime. Oates Mofro in the late 1990s. His debut album in 2001, all part of one great mystery; it’s a blues record Miranda to Celia Cruz, Tito Puente to Gloria It was an auspicious beginning to an auspicious back to where it began. They realized that they has contributed several tracks: Blackwater, emphasized his love of roots-rock and with one foot in the church; it’s a Memphis soul Estefan, and Desi Arnaz to Carlos Santana, An career. John Oates went on to become half of the could help charities and still make a living and in the title song, “Arkansas,” he was soon playing beyond America and the UK at record that takes place in the country.” Evening at the Copacabana is a night of sultry best-selling duo of all time, Hall & Oates, as well as the beginning, they did everything themselves, from and “Dig Back Deep.” They larger and larger clubs and the biggest festivals. singers and dancers, blazing choreography and the lighting to the sound checks. They began writing a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the It’s JJ Grey in all his glory. Don’t miss it. electrifying percussion. their own Christmas rock opera, Tales Beneath a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1999, Oates went continued on page 22 On his latest album, Ol’ Glory, Grey spent more Northern Star, and released several albums with solo and has recorded six solo albums, the most time than ever on new material. He says that he An Evening at the Copacabana feature stars who winter and holiday themes. Throughout their tours, recent Arkansas. He has teamed with a group of “draws blood” making all his albums and he takes have performed internationally with Cirque du they continued supporting a variety of charities accomplished Americana musicians, known as The no shortcuts. While he is known as a hip-shooting, An Evening at the Soleil and onboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. including the Choroideremia Research Foundation, Good Road Band, to pay homage to the off-the-cuff performer whose first vocal take is Copacabana: An Daniel and Claudio Ponce follow in the tradition donating tens of thousands of dollars to research state’s beauty and underscore Oates’ often his favorite, he took more time constructing of great masters of Argentinian folklore, and into ending a disease that caused blindness in a interest in early American music. the lyrics and vocal lines for this album. “I would American and Latin their energetic dancing, drums and boleadoras young fan. They have also donated to the Wounded visit it often in my mind, visit it more often on the ExtravaganzaSpring of 1913 (November 1917make every performance unique. The show also Warrior Project. 1930 John Oates met Daryl Hall 1936 1978 guitar in my house,” he said. “I like an album to 15, 2019Construction 7:00pm) The for names The of the clubs Thestars “first” Alessandra Lyric was Torres abandoned and the artists of Luna Newly equippedat Temple University in The Hancocks fell on hard times The Lyric was purchased “first” Lyric began on and moved to a little wooden with a RCA during the Great Depression and by the New Life in Christ have balance, like a novel or like a film. A triumph, make youOsceola think of Avenue energy andnear sophistication: structureCafé, a Flamencoon Osceola performance Avenue. group from The group has toured with five original members Photophone,Philadelphia. Both were sold The Lyric to the bank. Church and used for Belle Flora and opened Danger Lights weekly worship services. a dark brooding moment or a moment or peace- The Coconutfor its Grove,first performance the Tropicana, and, of course Venezuela. Latin ballroom champions IgorJune and 1925 of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and several former devotees of earlier soul Judge JC Hancock began construction was screened as a year later. that’s the only ring I consistently try to achieve The Copacabana. An Evening at The Copacabana Anastasia Puzhevitch fromof Belarus the new are Lyric featured, Theatre. members have joined the group including long-timethe first greats“talkie.” and they began 1936-1978 with a record.” recreates the energy and excitement of a night on with performances of tradition tango and the TSO drummer John Reilly. They were also joined by performing together in The Lyric was rented out to community 1926 groups and was used to present the town with a combination of sultry Latin dance street dances of the samba and salsa. Taking you Greg Smith, long-time bassist for Ted Nugent. TheThey Lyric openedthe early with 1970s. the Theyfeature traveling vaudeville shows, news Grey has several treasured possessions, including rhythms from Argentina to Cuba, Madrid to Miami. through this dazzling evening is Cuban vocalist are back in the studio, working on a new albumpicture for Skinner’swent on Dress to record Suit. Cost of weeklies, movies and eventually, Otis Redding’s In Person at the Whisky a Go Go, Mimi J, who has toured internationally in Rent and construction21 was albums, $100,000 selling and was a Performing Arts Auditorium. HISTORICALYRIC 2019-2020. the largest building in Martin County. and Jerry Reed’s greatest hits. He has said that The showA features Brief an History international cast of fiery Latin Grease and has performed with Gloria Estefan and he grew up “wanting to be Jerry Reed, but with ballroom champions, elegant and sophisticated Bobby McFerrin. And what of the name of the group? It, too,

less of a country and more of a soul thing.” As one showgirls, percussive Argentinian gauchos, bilingual hearkens back to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. It’s JJ Grey commentator said of Ol Glory, “Grey does his idols Cuban vocalists and authentic Flamenco dance For one night only, The Lyric becomes The Copa. a take-off on the group’s “Wizards in Winter.” The NOV 9, 2019 7pm proud. It’s a country record where the stories are artists. With the music of Latin artists from Carmen Come enjoy the show. group started as a TSO tribute band and is now a

1988 1989 1993 1996 1999 2001 2005 2014 Friends of Friends of the The Lyric Theatre was New Orchestra seating Vacant lot to The balcony of The Lyric expansion was completed, A Capital Campaign resulted in substantial the Lyric Lyric became listed on the National was installed and the north of the theater was enlarging the stage 14 feet and renovations to the lobby and box office, new purchased a 501(c)(3) Register of Historic administrative offices The Lyric was remodeled for the adding a backstage equipped with a exterior and interior entrances, new orchestra the historic not-for-profit Places. constructed. purchased installation of new restroom and office/storage areas. seating, new sound system and architectural theatre. organization. for a future balcony seating, elements added to the walls and columns. 1987 1991-1995 expansion. an elevator was installed and 2015-16 With talk of razing the theater, Friends With grant funding from the State of Florida, National refurbishment of The Lyric, a group of concerned Endowment for the Arts and local community funding The Lyric’s proscenium was ornamented in an Art of the lobby and Nouveau style. The elegant design, artistry and citizens, banded together to save and support, The Lyric underwent needed stabilization restrooms. the historic structure. and repair: new roof and air-conditioning systems, craftsmanship of the trompe l’oeil art technique were ADA Compliance alterations, Box Office construction, added throughout The Lyric including the balcony marquee improvements and remodeling of the lobby, parapet, doorway transoms and interior theatre walls. 14 restrooms and dressing room. 15 FamilyFamily FUNFUN Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, step right up to the The Lyric’s Family FUN Series! Get ready to experience the magic of live Historical Waterfront performances, igniting a passion for art and culture that will last a lifetime! Restaurant & Bar featuring panoramic Waterfront views and a Unique & original menu! 1401 Indian River Drive Jensen Beach, FL NOV 1 • 7pm DEC 17 • 4pm & 7pm JAN 14 • 7pm 772.781.5136 www.dolphinbar.com OPEN 7 DAYS/WEEK FOR LUNCH & DINNER! JOIN US FOR BRUNCH ON SUNDAYS!

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blend with the traditional roots material to make The talented singers who bring this wonderful music European Union Contest at Spoleto, and performed Canadian Brass the recording a retrospective of American popular to life have impressive biographies. Alessandro in that same year at the Universal Expo in China as DEC 12, 2019 | 7pm song in an earlier era. Asked to describe, the album, D’Acrissa graduated with honors in opera singing at a representative of Italian excellence. Oates said “It’s like Dixieland, dipped in bluegrass the Conservatory of Cosenza. He has performed in and salted with Delta blues.” operas throughout Italy and in 2013, he performed This is a wonderful opportunity to hear this the role of Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale at wonderful music, sung by gifted performers making Others had praise for the work. No Depression: The the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. He was selected by their first tour of the United States. Years from now, Journal of Roots Music, said that “Arkansas may be the Pavarotti Foundation to take part in the show, you’ll be able to say you saw them when… Oates’ very best album, simply because the music Belcanto: The Pavarotti Heritage. is so much a part of him that he can deliver it with a simple intensity that evokes a range of feelings in Federico Serra won his first pop music competition the listeners.” at 11 and his family enrolled him in singing Canadian Brass (December lessons. At 17, he enrolled at the Liceo Musicale of 12, 2019 7:00pm) Strike up the band! That’s Varese, specializing in opera singing and piano. In Canadian Brass, one of the most popular brass 2014, he made his debut at the Donizetti Theater ensembles performing today. The group has spent The Four Italian in Bergamo, and in 2015 he performed with the more than four decades bringing the sound and to the forefront and created an ensemble that can opportunities as well as digital applications with He started on the acoustic and then bought his Verona Philharmonic in concert. span centuries of music in a single concert. phones. They truly are universal and appeal to first electric guitar as a teen and studied Hendrix, (December 3, 2019 4:00pm & excitement of brass music to audiences around Tenors audiences of all ages with an exciting show that will Clapton and Jimmy Page. His electric career came to 7:00pm) What’s better than four Italian tenors? Four the world with the hallmarks of entertainment, Federico Parisi began studying voice at 14. In 2011, The musicians of Canadian Brass include founding make you tap your feet and sing along while being a sudden end when his brother, Danny, accidentally Italian tenors honoring four Italian tenors who came virtuosity, spontaneity and, most of all, fun. he won “The Youngest Tenor of Italy” award and in member Chuck Daellenbach on tuba, Christopher taken on a musical journey that spans centuries. started a fire that destroyed the guitar. White returned before them: Caruso, Lanza, Pavarotti and Bocelli. The 2012, he was awarded the Citta di Taormina Prize. Colletti and Caleb Hudson on trumpet, Achilles This is not your grandmother’s chamber music, but to the acoustic guitar and never looked back. He Four Italian Tenors: Alessandro D’Acrissa, Federico Canadian Brass began in 1970, when friends Chuck He performed concerts throughout southern Italy and Liarmakopoulos on trombone and Jeff Nelson on bring her along. She’ll love the show, too. loved early Fleetwood Mac and was introduced to Serra, Federico Parisi and Roberto Cresca are making Daellenbach and Gene Watts came together to in 2014, he broadened his horizons from classical horn. They have sold more than 2 million albums jazz by a friend. His ability to play multiple styles their United States debut in a program of the greatest form a brass quintet in a chamber music setting. music, opening for Italian pop music artists. worldwide, and their album Stars and Stripes: caught singer/songwriter Al Stewart’s attention, first tenor arias and songs, all done in arrangements They quickly filled the three remaining chairs and Canadian Brass Salute America, spent eight weeks as a pianist and then as a guitarist. White played on created especially for their began presenting a full range of music form their Roberto Cresca began his voice studies at the in the top 25 on the Billboard Classical Chart. A Peter White Stewart’s Top 10 album, The Year of the Cat, in 1976 U.S. tour. trademark Baroque and Dixieland tunes to new Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome. In compositions and arrangements created especially They have performed in the United States, Canada, Christmas with Euge and co-wrote “Time Passages,” the hit title track on 2004, he made his operatic debut Japan, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, the the next album. He spent 20 years as a sideman for The tenors will bring to for them. Masters of concert presentations, they and in 2006, he sang at the Soviet Union and South America, and were the first Groove, Vincent Stewart and others, but in 1990, he set off on his life arias from Rigoletto, have developed a unique and engaging stage Palais de la Bourse in Paris. In brass ensemble from the West to perform in the Ingala and Lindsey own. His 1996 Caravan of Dreams sold more than La Boheme, and I presence and rapport with audiences that allows 2008, he made his debut as People’s Republic of China. They have made several 300,000 copies and he learned that jazz aficionados Pagliacci, as well as them to move from formal classical presentations Webster (December 13, 2019 6:00pm Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca appearances there, including one on Hunan TV appreciated his musicianship. “I never thought beloved Italian to music served up with a lively & 8:30pm) Every year, Stuart has a White Christmas, and he has performed at opera for the Chinese New Year. They were the first brass I’d be in a position of having a career playing my songs such as dialogue and theatrical effects. or at least A Peter White Christmas as the guitarist, houses throughout Italy. In 2010, group to take the main stage at Carnegie Hall in instrumental music,” he noted. “When I started out, “Volare,” “O Their repertoire features singer and songwriter comes to town with several of he won the 64th New York and have often been asked by Canadian that road wasn’t opened to me. Then it worked.” Sole Mio,” and brass standards and original his closest friends. This year, Peter White will bring officials to play for visiting heads of state as musical “Granada.” arrangements of Renaissance along Euge Groove, Vincent Ingala and Lindsey ambassadors. They are noted for their Holiday Lyric favorite Euge Groove returns with his magic They will sing the and Baroque masters, Webster to put their own special take on the music Concerts at Christmas time. saxophone artistry. Groove, whose real name is Steve aria that is guaranteed marches, holiday favorites, of the season. It’s a rockin’ good time and the very Grove, began playing the piano in the second grade. to bring tears to my eyes, ragtime, Dixieland, Latin, best way to get the holiday season underway. For Education is an important part of the Canadian He turned to the sax when he was a pre-teen and “Nessun Dorma,” from jazz, big band, Broadway White, who has been coming to The Lyric for years, Brass mission. As they tour the world, they he received a classical education in the instrument. Puccini’s Turandot. and Christian music, as well the Christmas show is personal. “When I was a as popular songs and often work with students, young audience and kid, Christmas was a big part of my life,” he said, At the University of Miami, he discovered jazz. After professional musicians. They recently completed a graduation, he played with Tower of Power, and as standards. They have “My father taught me the recorder and we played four-year residency at the University of Toronto and a session or back-up musician for Joe Cocker, Huey created their own Christmas music he arranged going door-to-door.” musical world by were Chamber Quartet-in-Residence at the Music Lewis & the News, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt and transcribing, Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. White did his first Christmas tour in 1995 and it Aaron Neville. At the end of the 1990s, he developed arranging and They also created an innovative brass summer was so popular that it became an annual event with the persona of Euge Grove and recorded a demo. A commissioning course at the Eastman School of Music and have White and his friends. recoding contract with Warner Brothers followed and more than 600 also worked with El Sistema, the acclaimed global he has continued recording with other labels. works. In the process they music education program founded in Venezuela. The musician who would become synonymous have brought brass instruments with jazz and Christmas grew, up in Luton, north Twenty-something and with matinee idol good looks, Canadian Brass enjoys interacting with an of London. As a child, he played several musical Vincent Ingala has already been at the top of the international audience with videos, DVDs and instruments, including the clarinet, trombone, violin Billboard Contemporary Jazz charts, garnering him A Peter White Christmas with Euge Groove, Vincent Ingala and Lindsey Webster cutting edge technology including multimedia and piano. With the Beatles and Rolling Stones four Billboard #1s and nine top 10 hits. He is a DEC 13, 2019 | 6pm & 8:30pm airplay, downloads, YouTube videos and streaming dominating the music world, he turned to the guitar. wizard instrumentally, playing everything from tenor continued on page 34 22 The Lyric Theatre Box Office (772) 286-7827 www.LyricTheatre.com 23 UPCOMING EVENTS:

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26 The Friends of the Lyric, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization The Lyric Theatre Box Office (772) 286-7827 www.LyricTheatre.com 27 2019-20 Contributors Vianne Nichols Jim & Joanne Ritchie Phylis Harrison Thank you to all those generous contributors who have donated $100 or more to The Lyric Theatre as of August 31, 2019 Diamond Patron Mrs. Pat Pendergast John & Charlene Roberts Family Phil Henley ($5,000 & Up) If we have inadvertently overlooked your name in this listing, please accept our sincere apology and notify our Gene & Rilla Pfotenhauer Foundation, Inc. Robin G. Henn Development Director, Linda Prange, at 772.220.1942, extension 209. 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sax to piano, drums, guitar, bass and lead vocals. He of Culture gave the show a special award. In 2015, Jewish, and I’m in Therapy, and then built an act was handpicked to open for Dave Koz when he was Rhythm of the Dance played at the closing ceremony around the title while perfecting it on a cruise 16 and has collaborated with or opened for Chris of the European Games in Azerbaijan. ship. The show went on to an award-winning stint Presents Botti, Jonathan Butler and Kim Waters. He is known on Broadway. Now Solomon has trained several for his consummate musicianship, fun-loving stage Rhythm of the Dance has already entertained more people to do the show and it is performed around presence and energized and inspired performances. than seven million people in its 20 years and with the world. He followed that show with My Mother’s the updated format and latest production values, Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m Home for the Lindsey Webster, a sultry and soulful young singer the goal is to entertain seven million more. You may Holidays, which takes family togetherness to a new and composer, has already scored two Billboard think you’ve seen Irish dancing, but you haven’t level when everyone gets together for the holidays. #1s on the Contemporary Jazz Chart, making her seen Rhythm of the Dance. Proudly sponsored by the first vocalist to garner that position since Sade. The Bauman Family Foundation. Solomon said that the play is successful around Webster holds her own in a largely male-dominated the world because families are the same around genre made up of artists often twice her age, and the world and that family is the best source for she has quickly become a favorite on the charts and material. “You don’t have to be Jewish or Italian,” international touring circuit. he said. “You just have to be able to leave a family dinner with heartburn and a headache. There are 32 people at the dinner and one bathroom and one plunger. When you grow up in a big family, as I did, The Lyric’s Family Fun Series presents you grow and change. You tolerate things as a kid Rhythm of the because you didn’t know any better. When you come back, one uncle has dementia and the other has (December Yuletide Dance terminal gas.” 17, 2019 4:00pm & 7:00pm) It’s flailing feet and fiddles, futuristic dances and homages to Lest you think Solomon’s family members might take history, sensational sound effects, luminous lighting offence at his good-natured barbs, he said that they and colorful costumes. It’s Rhythm of the Dance, are among his biggest fans. “They love knowing they’re celebrating 20 years of entertaining audiences in 50 in it and they love coming to see it,” he said. “My countries from Siberia to Spain. Stupid Cousin Kenny comes, but he gets annoyed. Of course, he thinks that Hamburger Helper comes Rhythm of the Dance began as a show put together with somebody to help. I impersonate my Sister the Jan 27, 2020 • 7pm • $38 Feb 18, 2020 • 7pm • $38 for a three-week tour of the United States. While Smoker so well that my family thinks it’s her.” the world and Irish champion dancers, traditional musicians and singers have never stopped, Steve Solomon: Also at the party are Uncle Willie, Stuttering Cousin producer Kieran Cavanagh has strived to breathe My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m Home for the Holidays Bob, Steve’s new therapist, Cousin Sal and his fresh air into the traditionally rooted, authentic DEC 27, 2019 | 7pm parole officer and a variety of characters every one production. To that end, the show combines of us knows from our own families. traditional dance and music with the most up-to- Steve Solomon: date stage technology. The two-hour dance and While the show is scripted, there is room for music extravaganza takes the audience on an My Mother’s Italian, improvisation. “On any given night, there will be 10- exhilarating and exciting energy-packed time trip My Father’s Jewish 20 percent off-script,” he said. “If I get a good laugh, through the ages. More than 2000 years of dance and I’m Home for the stage manager writes it into the script. You can’t and culture, from pre-Celtic times to the present day (December 27, ignore a cell phone. I ask for the phone and say, ‘It’s are all covered. the Holidays 2019 7:00pm) Steve Solomon spent a good chunk my mother.’ If someone is late, I stop and say, ‘Sit of his professional life as a physics teacher and high down, can I get you a watch?’ I lean over and tell The show is fast-paced, with dancers having only school administrator in Brooklyn. He took a chance him, ‘Here’s what you missed.’” Solomon said that he seconds to make 25 costume changes during the and left the stability of a steady paycheck to follow can only see two or three rows off stage and it’s the show. Backing them are top-flight musicians who his heart into comedy. The newly-minted comic found “grumpies” who are always looking at him. “In South play a vast array of instruments from the traditional he was competing against comedians 25 years Florida, you get a lot of grumpy old people,” he said. uilleann pipes, Irish bodhrán, fiddles, flutes, younger, and while he could hold his own, he couldn’t accordions, banjos and whistles. Dance and music make a living. Comic Pat Cooper heard his repertoire You’ve been given fair warning. If you’re late, have are universal languages, and the show has been a hit of some hundred voices, dialects and sound effects a ringing cell phone, or are grumpy, you may well in China, where it was presented on the Earth Dome and told him to take his act to Florida. become part of the show. It won’t bother Steve stage before an audience of 50,000 and beamed to Solomon at all. Proudly Sponsored by Louis & Nellie television audiences of 750 million. In Greece, the It was a good move. Solomon came up with the Sieg Fund. group performed at the 2500 year old Acropolis and name for a show, My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Mar 24, 2020 • 7pm • $38 Apr 23, 2020 • 7pm • $38 In Russia, at the Kremlin Palace Theatre, the Ministry

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38 The Friends of the Lyric, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization The Lyric Theatre Box Office (772) 286-7827 www.LyricTheatre.com 39 2019-20 THE LYRIC THEATRE’S 2019-20 FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES Lyric Volunteers bartenders Bob Cameron Barbara Connell Kathy Grant Larisa Pisano Barbara Thommes Judy Cialone Leslie Cuatt Kevin Grant Carole Power Pat Westbrook Polly Chisholm Penny Gehring Maribeth Konz Nicholas Thomas Reva Zemke ushers

Inspiring Young Minds through the ARTS Brenda Aiken Joan Clark Kathy Finn Paul Johnson Jay Martin Norma Rumbaugh Mary Pat Anderson Karen Clark Bobbie Forman Beth Jurgaitis Patti McFadden Barbara Scharlau Get ready for wild An annual tradition, our Ella Ashwell Aleta Crabtree Dana Forman Tammy Klein Joanne McNeill John Soehnlein adventure in this original friends at Florida Arts Barbara Assalone Ellie Dee Ranelle Furniss Gayle Kochan Marty Miller-Leveillee Marion Stahle conservation comedy about & Dance Company and Jean Aukerman Dorothy DeFino Mary Ann Galletta Debbie Kofel Diane Mills Karin Stocker protecting the environment. Russian Ballet Orlando Nancy Beckwith Bobbi Demers Marcie & Randy Gordon Kathy Koivula Virginia Moore Lisa Stott The Florida Everglades are returns with The Nutcracker. Michele Belonzi Linnea Desmond Leslie Haines Sheryl Konen Ronald Nelson Marilyn Summers in danger and it’s up to The quintessential Michael Bennett Marie-Jeanne Despres Howard Hall Edna Kulla Lois Oliveri Martha Terrenzi goofy young Flown Ranger Christmas ballet, set to Dudley R. Spoonbill to Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Linda Bonsignore Jan Edwards Betty Hanneman Rusty Landgren Pat Pendergast Marie Trovato save his bird friends from music, is based on the Tracy Booth Joan Elliott Barbara Hatfield Pat Lawler Carole Power Pauline Voeller danger as they migrate story “The Nutcracker and Patricia Bushman Judy Endresen-Worthy Sally Haveran Paul Leary Nancy Prince Karen Wallace south for the winter. Dudley the King of Mice” by E.T.A. Margo Caldy Christine Ernst Lois Heimbach Sharon Leary Lisa Rapp April Welker must use Florida’s natural Hoffman. This sparking Michelle Carr Janet Faccone Renee Hill Cheryl Long Marcy Roeder Sandie Wennerberg resources and landmarks fairy tale, with such beloved Corky Clark Jerry Felton Bobby Johansen Deb Marko Claire Ronan Joanne Wu to guide the flock. There’s scenes as “Dance of the just one problem: the Three Sugar Plum Fairy,” has Carol Rowan Little Pigs are tearing down delighted children for the Everglades as fast as generations. they can! All ages Ecology, Imagination, Literacy Incentive, Creative Writing • Grades Pre-K-5 Creativity, Imagination, Dance • All Ages Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 I 10:15am & 11:45am Friday, December 6th, 2019 I 10:15am & 11:45am

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During the second session, “Why We Tell the Story,” campers learned to MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18 5:30–8:00pm use the past to guide their future. This session, LASC teamed up with Tykes and Teens, an incredible local organization that has provided mental health Joy to the Girls Cocktail Party services to over 35,000 children. With the help of a guest speaker from Tykes and Teens, therapist Emily Whitehouse, campers were able to learn that their $45 through November 12th; $55 at door individual experiences play a big role in shaping who they will become.

To take things one step further, campers lent a helping hand to the Martin WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 3:00–5:30pm County community through LASC’s participation in the Caring Children Clothing Children organization. Campers donated gently used clothing to this Afternoon Champagne Tea remarkable organization to help provide free clothing to their fellow students $45 through November 12th; $55 at door in need. This served as an important lesson on how they could help their community and their planet by giving their gently used items a second life. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 6:00–8:30pm KidTix provides FREE tickets to non- All this combined with lessons in dance, music, drama, technical theater, profit organizations that serve low- classic fun in the sun activities - iconic of summer camp - and two “A Not So Silent Night” Strolling Supper, income and/or at-risk youth. Providing unforgettable “Sharing” shows to help spread their message, this summer’s Cocktail Party and Live Auction, $125 access to arts and culture is essential LASC has truly gone beyond the four walls of the historic theatre in downtown to strengthening the power of change, Stuart to show our community what good character looks like, onstage and off. making our community a better SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23 8:30 -10:30am place to live, work and play. It is well To all of our campers, have a great school year! We’ll see you next summer! documented that arts and cultural programs offer enrichment, inspiration, Want to learn more about Tykes and Teens or Caring Children Clothing Children? Breakfast and Photos with Santa education and entertainment to Their websites can be found at: individuals and communities. Children Tykes and Teens: http://www.tykesandteens.org/ involved in the arts are usually more Caring Children Clothing Children: http://www.4cmartin.org/ Tickets and more information available at successful in school, more confident, knowledgeable and well-rounded. www.tykesandteens.org by emailing KidTix are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information [email protected] about KidTix and The Lyric’s Arts & Education programs, please or by calling 772.220.3439 contact Sue Nauss, Arts & Education Coordinator at 772-220-1942 x205 or [email protected] 46 47 Enjoy the BECOME A MEMBER!

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