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...writer and director Sylvia Chang, and she exudes a sigh that's in equal parts admiration and exhaustion. "I think she's a model for all of us women, but she's too busy!" says Liu. "She's a mother, she's a producer, an agent, a star, singer, director, and an actress." Chang politely protests, flashing the sunrise smile that has lit up more than 80 films during her 30-year career: "There's always time for the things you want...
...about 70 seconds you could mistake Franz Ferdinand for the Strokes. Take Me Out, from the group's March 9 self-titled debut, opens with a standard modern-rock guitar riff and studiously disinterested vocals from singer Alex Kapranos. Then the pace shifts, the guitar goes punk, the rhythm section goes disco, and Kapranos goes nuts. He's singing about how he would rather be shot than live without his girl, but Kapranos doesn't get overwrought. He doesn't really sing either--he swings, like Dean Martin on uppers...
...role in Tosca at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House, Anthony, 74, is being celebrated for having sung for 50 consecutive seasons with the Met, a company record. In Tosca he is reaching his 2,882nd performance with the Met, also a record. "Charlie exemplifies what a Met singer is," says the opera's general manager, Joseph Volpe. "You almost can't believe he's been doing it so long. But you always know he'll give a good performance. I'd like 10 more...
Randy Newman, gifted singer and composer, will speak and perform about his life and work. Sixteen-time Academy Award nominee, and 2003 Academy Award winner for Best Original Song, Newman is known for his diverse music compositions ranging from New Orleans jazz and ragtime to movie soundtracks to R&B pop. His stylistic pieces often play and reflect upon American Society and will be hard to forget. Performance is presented by Learning From Performers, dedicated to giving students an opportunity to converse with professional artists. The show will be hosted by Jack Megan. 8 p.m. Tickets $10 General Admission, free...
There are some tickling riffs. The lead single “Hey Now” opens with a single guitar tracing reverberating curlicues around singer Hugo Ferreira’s self-important basso declarations of incomprehension of a friend’s anti-social behavior. Tantric specialize in classic rock vocal harmonies, which they execute with aplomb, if not personality, and After We Go delivers these in spades. Tantric try for ominous, but end up sounding only sulky...