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WCP Opens with Entertaining Christie Mystery Black Coffee Page 20 Thursday, October 18, 2018 The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION Caroline, with the rolling of her eyes and giving her unfiltered opinion, like NJFO’s Made in America! people of a certain age do. Ms. Correll earns her laughs with impeccable tim- ing and endearing gestures. Is Resounding Success Barbara Amory (Paige Matt) mourns the death of her uncle for about three seconds. Then, with her sparkling outfit, and the actor’s match- ing glittering personality, she’s on to hunting the cute Captain Hastings, who is a sucker for her sweet talk. A mystery wouldn’t be complete with- out a foreign spy figure. Dr. Carelli (played marvelously by John Schweska) is an Italian who just might be looking for the formula. We are led through a maze of clues to take us down the wrong path. That surprise ending is what makes a good mystery. Photo credit: Tanya Pulver The actors playing Edith Raynor ENCORE!...The New Jersey Festival Orchestra opened its 2018-2019 season last (Tracey Lincoln), Dr. Graham (Howard weekend at the United Methodist Church in Westfield. Slovak-American violin Fischer) and Sir Claud Amory (Steve virtuoso Filip Pogády, stands left, and David Wroe conducts. Lemenille) all deserve an extra bow for their outstanding performances. The By CAROLINE MCNAMARA featured a marvelous violin solo of three-act play sports an impressive set, Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times Summertime, by Concert Mistress designed by Bill McMeekan and décor WESTFIELD— The New Jersey Deborah Wong that fit seamlessly into by JoAnne Lemenille and Jean Lioy. Festival Orchestra (NJFO) opened its the piece. The costumes by Ed Bontempo are 2018-2019 season with a resounding The second piece, Violin Concerto picture perfect for the period. success, numerous standing ovations, No.1 in G minor, Op. 26, was com- It’s great to have the dynamic duo and it set the framework for what’s to posed by Max Bruch and featured re- back of veteran director John Correll come this season. nowned soloist Filip Pogády. Born in and his wife Linda Correll as actress The performance entitled Made in Austria, Mr. Pogády’s performance was and producer of this production. Their America! on Saturday, October 13, a delight for attendees. The piece trav- collaborative work is seamless. was conducted by David Wroe, NJFO’s eled through three movements, Vorspiel: Take a break from volatile politics, music director, at the First United Allegro moderato, Adagio and Finale: an erratic stock market and hurricane Methodist Church of Westfield. Mr. Allegro energico. The piece relied disaster, and go see live theater at its Wroe is also the principal conductor at heavily on a call-and-response aspect best at Westfield Community Play- Phoenicia International Festival of the between Mr. Pogády, Mr. Wroe and the ers’ production. Voice in New York, and regularly con- orchestra. The piece was the type of Susan Myrill Dougherty for The Westfield Leader and The Times Tickets are $22, active military ducts for L’Ensemble de Region music that’s meant to be heard, the kind WHO DONE IT?...In Agatha Christie’s 1930’s play Black Coffee, Hercule Poirot (Jack Cibrian), pictured center, deduces personnel and students, $10. For tick- Normandie in France. In his note to of music that makes one stop and listen the murderer of Sir Claud Amory (Steve Lemenille), seated. Helping him solve the mystery at the Westfield Community ets, visit Friends of the NJFO family, he stated, to seek where the sound is emitting Players production is Captain Arthur Hastings (Timothy McGovern), at right. Family members of Sir Claud, pictured, from www.westfieldcommunityplayers.org, “This season is about people who came from. Through Mr. Wroe’s direction, left, Lucia Amory (Rachel DeLeonardis) and Richard Amory (Eric Branda) and Miss Caroline Amory (Linda Correll) are included in the suspects in the three-act play that runs weekends through October 27. or call the box office (24-hour Ticket here and were changed by all that the orchestra’s notes crescendoed and Tape) at (908) 232-1221. Black Cof- embodies the American experience.” swelled like the taming of an ocean. Mr. fee is showing through October 27. The Church provided a religious Pogády and the orchestra received a With performances on October 20, mood that pushed the audience to lis- long-standing ovation. He performed a 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. and a 2 p.m. ten and feel beyond the music. The moving encore of Johann Sebastian WCP Opens With Entertaining matinee on Sunday, October 21. atmosphere and acoustics gave the Bach’s Adagio in G minor prior to the WCP’s 2018-2019 season also in- event an overall ethereal ambiance. As intermission. cludes The Foreigner in January, On the notes rose to the heavens, the arched The third and final piece of the Borrowed Time in March, and Follies ceiling caused the notes to cascade performance was Sergei Christie Mystery Black Coffee in May. upon one another, blending and coa- Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances By SUSAN MYRILL DOUGHERTY scription with abandon and makes solve the mystery of the murder and lescing into a symphonic symbiosis. Op. 45. More exotic and ethnic than Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times Detective Poirot likeable with his find the missing formula that is worth The performance began with an in- the other pieces, Mr. Rachmaninoff’s WESTFIELD — Agatha Christie’s flourished use of pince-nez, his a fortune. Add to the mix an assort- A Few Good Men vigorating rendition of Porgy and Bess Symphonic Dances encompassed the first play Black Coffee never made it heavily waxed jet-black moustache ment of Sir Claud’s greedy relatives Fantasy of George Gershwin’s famed boiling melting pot that is America from London’s West End to the New and dapper gray suit, set off with red who live on the premises, and the plot Opens Friday folk opera and arranged by Iain today. The Non allegro portrayed a York stage, but it is currently opening suspenders. Mr. Cibrian takes the fic- thickens. With the death of Sir Claud CRANFORD -- Cranford Dramatic Farrington. It provided the foundation conversation between the higher and the season of the Westfield Commu- tional Belgium detective out of the comes freedom for some family mem- Club Theatre in Cranford opens its for the rest of the performance with its lower instruments; a to-and-fro sway nity Players (WCP). What a delight- stereotype with a vocal cadence that bers and the promise of money for 100th season with A Few Good Men. lively, upbeat and energetic fanfare. of a falling leaf and an overall climb ful production it is. In every good is refreshing and an authentic-sound- others. Aaron Sorkin’s groundbreaking de- Porgy and Bess was based off Dorothy from trifle to triumph. The Andante mystery, there needs to be a murder. ing soft French accent. Sir Claud’s son Richard Amory (Eric but tells the story of a group of mili- and DuBose Heyward’s play, Porgy, articulated Mr. Wroe’s conducting And with a murder comes the requi- The story, in short, centers around, Branda) has brought home his beauti- tary lawyers assigned to defend two which took place in the slums of Charles- style and expressiveness as he brought site detective. Enter Hercule Poirot Sir Claud Amory, (Steve Lemenille), ful new bride Lucia (Rachel Marines in Guantanamo Bay. The ton, S.C. in the early 20th century. The forth a pronouncement of sound from who appears in 33 novels, this one an accomplished physicist who has DeLeonardis) who he met in Italy and production will run from Friday, Oc- play and opera were widely known for the strings and horns. The finale, the play and more than 50 short stories. concocted a formula for the atom married in a flash. They really don’t tober 19, through Sunday, October their ability to showcase an understand- Lento assai, emphasized the busy- Ms. Christie, called Poirot a “de- bomb. The formula is stolen, there’s a know each other well. (Start the omi- 27. Active military and veterans will ing for human nature and the plight of ness of every day American life, a testable, bombastic, tiresome, ego- murder, and Hercule Poirot, with the nous music). be eligible for a special $15 ticket at African-Americans that spanned the race to the finish, a growing intrigue centric little creep,” in her autobiog- help of his side kick Captain Hastings Sir Claud’s sister, Ms. Caroline the door with an ID. Additional infor- nation. While Gershwin’s pieces are of anticipation, and ending in an all raphy published in 1960. Enter actor (Timothy McGovern) and Inspector Amory (Linda Correll) is a gray-haired mation and tickets can be found at commonly known for their piano and resounding bang and a standing ova- Jack Cibrian who dispels that de- Japp (Josh Jancourtz), is called in to spinster. Ms. Correll makes us love www.cdctheatre.org. clarinet solos, this arrangement also tion much deserved. Real Estate • Mortgage • Insurance • Closing Services Sales Associate of the Month Peter Lisciotto COLONIAL SPLIT LEVEL BERKELEY HEIGHTS $698,000 Top Lister BERKELEY HEIGHTS $699,000 5 Bedroom, 3.5 Baths Colonial. FLR, FDR, FR with fplc, large EIK with slider 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Split in a highly desirable Countryside neighborhood on leading to deck and private backyard, 2 car attached garage. a sprawling park-like property with so much to offer. 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