Lee Ranaldo and the Dust Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. October 8, 2013 Review by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Lee Ranaldo and the Dust – with drummer Steve Shelley, thereby essentially half of Sonic Youth – displayed one musical path beyond Sonic Youth in a terrific hour-long set at Club Helsinki Hudson on Tuesday…
Vartn af Godot (Waiting for Godot) by Samuel Beckett New Yiddish Rep and Castillo Theatre September 20, 2013-October 13, 2013 Review by Seth Rogovoy (NEW YORK, N.Y.) – How can a play that one has seen and read numerous times in English translation – a play that is dense with allusions but a…
Review by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y., August 22, 2013) – A friend may have said it best when he turned to me midway through Nick Lowe’s superb solo concert at Club Helsinki Hudson on Wednesday night and asked, “Is this what it would have been like if Buddy Holly had lived?” Probably. Mix in a…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Bobby Previte’s Voodoo Orchestra North made its debut on Monday night at Club Helsinki Hudson with a scintillating musical journey based on Miles Davis’s landmark jazz-funk recording “Bitches Brew.” The group is due back at Helsinki next Monday night, August 26, 2013, and hopefully this series will become a regular gig, bringing…
Chuck Prophet Club Helsinki Hudson Hudson, N.Y. Saturday, August 10, 2013 Review by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – For those who perennially need their faith restored that rock ‘n’ roll music can be intelligent and entertaining, thoughtful and fun, Chuck Prophet comes around at least once a year to demonstrate that it can and does,…
Brian Brooks Moving Company Jacob’s Pillow Dance July 10-14, 2013 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., July 10, 2013) – In a funny way, this weekend’s program in the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow Dance featuring the Brian Brooks Moving Company is almost like a rejoinder to a dance seen on the Ted Shawn stage…
Jewhooing the Sixties by David E. Kaufman Brandeis University Press, 360 pages, $36 Review by Seth Rogovoy The final week of September 1961 proved to be an auspicious one in American Jewish history — or, at least, in the history of Jewish-American celebrities. Within a matter of just a few days, Sandy Koufax set his…
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Jacob’s Pillow Dance July 3-7, 2013 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – New York-based Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet is in residence at Jacob’s Pillow Dance through Sunday, July 7, with a wildly diverse, three-dance program that serves to showcase the brilliance and versatility of the company’s dancers, who can seemingly…
Animal Crackers Williamstown Theatre Festival Through Saturday, July 13, 2013 Review by Seth Rogovoy (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – It turns out the Marx Brothers were Marxists in more than just name only. Their pointed, slapstick humor was really social satire way ahead of its time, as can be seen in the terrific, entertaining production of their…
Singer-songwriter rocks it more like Lou Reed than Joni MitchellSuzanne Vega Club Helsinki Hudson Saturday, June 22, 2013 Review by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Suzanne Vega too often gets tagged with the Joni Mitchell brush, as do almost all post-Joni female, guitar-playing, poetic singer-songwriters. It’s unfair to them all but especially so to Vega,…
