When the Shark Bites
WED SEP 18 • 7PM
$35/30/25
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The creators of Dear Lenny: Bernstein’s Life in Songs and Letters and ’66: Talkin ‘Bout My Generation, come back to the Dakota stage with When the Shark Bites, another multi-media theatrical concert hybrid infused with history, storytelling and sublimely beautiful music. When the Shark Bites tells the story of the brief collaboration between composer Kurt Weill (“Mack the Knife”) and playwright Bertolt Brecht and their largely uncredited co-writer, Elisabeth Hauptmann, which produced the Threepenny Opera, one of the most influential musicals of the 20th century.
Members:
Dan Chouinard (piano)
Diana Grasselli (vocals)
Bradley Greenwald (vocals)
Prudence Johnson (vocals)
Carolyn Boulay (violin)
Tim Sparks (banjo, guitar)
Michael Feinstein
Ambassador of The Great American Songbook
THU + FRI SEP 19 + 20
7PM – $85/75/60
9:30PM – $85/75/60
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Michael Feinstein has built a dazzling career over the last three decades, bringing the music of the Great American songbook to the world. From recordings that have earned him five Grammy Award nominations to his Emmy nominated PBS-TV special, along with his acclaimed NPR series, and concerts and appearances that span the globe, Feinstein’s work as an educator and archivist define him as one of the most important musical forces of our time.
An Evening Inspired by “Crowns” The Gospel Musical
TUE OCT 15 • 7PM
$25/20/15
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Crowns by Regina Taylor tells the story of six African-American women through the hats they wear to church. This coming
of-age story about Yolanda, a self destructive African American teen whose mother sends her away from Brooklyn to live
with Grand Mother Shaw down South.
After the violent death of her brother, Yolanda is ushered through pain, baptized by love, compassion and fortitude of the sisterhood of “Hat Queens.” Each hat carries memory and history of life, death, religion, racism, identity, unity, pride, trials and triumphs.
These stories are told through ancient oral and spiritual traditions, which originated in Africa and the field songs, blues, jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop and the Gospel of the American Black Church.
’66: Talkin’ Bout My Generation
MON NOV 11 • 7PM
$35/30/25
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Remember 1966 in this rocking throwback concert of music and history. Chronofon Productions reflects on this turbulent time and the impact it has had on our cultural perceptions and social fabrics of the day, then and now.
Brought to you from “the studios of radio station WDAK,” our four “radio personalities” bring you news, commentary, advice for the modern woman, a call-in trivia show, and of course lots of music. Songs include “Summer in the City,” “Ain’t That Peculiar,” “Monday, Monday,” “Sounds of Silence,” “Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag” and many more.
Pianist Dan Chouinard and singers Bradley Greenwald, Diana Grasselli, and Prudence Johnson (together known as Chronofon) bring to the Dakota stage something more than a concert, a hybrid art form at home in the theater as well as the nightclub, weaving together stories, songs and pictures with their trademark musical virtuosity.