Ken Fallin’s Broadway: A Tribute To Ahmad Jamal

Dolenz then started a correct tribute for his Situs Slot Gacor fallen bandmates; Davy, Peter and Michael. Exhibiting prime clips from the Monkees TV present; and several other uncommon assemblages from their particular person audition tapes and Dolenz’s personal home-movies, it was bittersweet and stirring. Although the followers have seen these clips dozens of occasions beforehand, the adulation that Dolenz hooked up to them -as properly as the non-public stories- is terrific.

Notably transferring for this author have been the transient glimpses of Good Instances-producer, the late Adam Schlesinger. For those who don’t know or don’t notice, Schlesinger was the right producer selection for that album – only a sensational combine. I at all times puzzled a few Dolenz-solo effort produced by Schlesinger; sadly we’ll by no means see it realized now.

To me, seeing all these movies and tapes is each bittersweet in addition to a real testomony to their mixed abilities. Certain, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider created all this, however with out the abilities of the 4, magic wouldn’t have been made.

Act 2 started with a stunningly good “Porpoise Track” that led into “Nice Valley Sunday,” “Valleri” and “Goin’ Down” whereby Dolenz does a faucet dance throughout the stage that’s spot-on. A Broadway veteran for positive, he’s simply superb – note-for-note, step-by-step.

On the Huntington present have been Dolenz-pr-man David Salidor, Markos Papadatos from Digital Journal and Vance Brescia, the author of “That Was Then, This Is Now” which was proudly carried out. At Ridgefield, Q1043’s Jim Kerr and WOR’s Tom Cuddy, spouse Lisa and daughter Danielle attended as properly.

Ridgefield Playhouse soundman extraordinaire Blake Joblin did a implausible job mixing the live performance audio.

The whole present is a dignified and becoming tribute. The true icing on the cake. A terrific effort throughout; top-of-the-line I’ve but seen this yr.

COLIN’S PENGUIN — (Through Deadline) The primary picture and photographs from Matt Reeves’ Batman spinoff Max collection The Penguin was revealed Wednesday popping out of the Warner Bros Discovery presser for the streaming service. No premiere date was introduced at present; hopefully we’ll be seeing this one make a splash at San Diego Comedian-Con this summer time.

Colin Farrell reprises his Batman villain on this eight-episode DC Studios drama collection that continues The Batman epic crime saga that filmmaker Reeves started with Warner Bros. Photos’ $771 million-grossing international blockbuster final yr. As we instructed you final week, The Batman, which repped Warner Bros’ return to full theatrical releases popping out of the pandemic final yr, netted a revenue of $177M.

The primary footage of the collection, which is in manufacturing per Casey Bloys, has the look of a darkish Sopranos, with Farrell enjoying a full-on crime boss. We see him swooning a brunette over dinner, limping and climbing subway stairs and boldly taking pictures somebody from his smoking chair (“You step out of line even as soon as, I’ll intestine you want a goddamn fish,” exclaims Penguin).

“You ask your self, what sort of life do I would like?” says the Penguin in a voice-over. “The world isn’t constructed for guys like us; that’s why we now have to take what’s ours.”

New DC bosses Peter Safran and James Gunn have made it clear that Reeves’ Batman is a part of their else-verse, which isn’t a part of their part one “Gods and Monsters” DC universe. Reeves’ function sequel, Batman II, is hitting cinemas on October 3, 2025. Safran and Gunn have their very own Batman within the works, The Courageous and the Daring, which follows Bruce Wayne and the spitfire, renegade son he didn’t know he had: Damien Wayne, who takes on the alias of Robin.

The beforehand introduced forged consists of Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Deirdre O’Connell, with Clancy Brown and Michael Zegen recurring.

By now you’ve most likely learn or heard that HBO Max has been re-branded as Max; out of your pleasant Warner Brothers. Spectrum, NYC’s main cable outlet was referred to as Time Warner, so each few months I suppose we’ll need to get used to a brand new identify. And, sure, David Zaslav – aka Zaz The Butcher– is accountable for it.

SHORT TAKES –— The Gamers Membership and Mascot Label Group are proud to announce the brand new studio album from Toto legend, Steve Lukather. His ninth solo album, Bridges, couldn’t be extra precisely titled. Bridges presents deep roots and branches from Toto’s household tree, with previous and current members contributing on each the writing and efficiency facet. Luke shares, “I see it as a bridge between my solo music and Toto music. The truth that Joseph Williams, David Paich and I wrote many of the report, and the very fact I invited lots of the previous Toto gang to come back and play, co-writers like Randy Goodrum and Stan Lynch brings all this collectively. It additionally proves that almost all of my previous buddies and I are nonetheless nice associates, and I needed to do a report ‘within the fashion of,’ as Toto won’t ever report one other studio album. That is as shut as we’ll get” …

And,  Jeremy Renner, strolling with a  cane, for the premiere of his Disney + present Rennervations.  Simply superb. He was interviewed by a number of information shops and acquitted himself terrifically. Bravo Jeremy!