ON Stage: TLA offers triple-header bill
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Plain White T’s
Frequently, area venues present twin bills where music fans can “double their pleasure and double their fun” at a concert featuring complementary co-headliners.
On December 11, fans can “triple their pleasure and triple their fun” when Theatre of the Living Arts (334 South Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1011, http://www.lnphilly.com)...
On Stage: Kennett Symphony goes ‘Pop’ for the holidays
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
The Kennett Symphony is one of the area’s musical and cultural treasures. The highly talented orchestra performs several shows in the area each year with highlight concerts being the annual summer program “Symphony Under the Stars” at Longwood Gardens and the annual winter holiday concert, “Pops Goes the Holidays.”
On December 7, the Kennett...
On Stage: Denny Laine reflects on life with Moodys, Wings before City Winery gig
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Denny Laine
Back in the 1960s, every once in a while a single would come out that was so different and so good – so unlike anything else that had come down the pike – that it stopped listeners in their tracks.
It didn’t happen that often but, when it did, it was a memorable event.
Some examples are “Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones, “Sherry”...
On Stage: Main Line the main place for great music this weekend
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Mike Zito
There is a six-mile stretch along Lancaster Avenue on Philadelphia’s Main Line that has been a hotbed for top-flight music clubs for a long time – clubs that regularly present highly acclaimed national acts as well as respected local acts.
The stretch, which runs from Ardmore to Wayne, was previously home to clubs such as the venerable...
On Stage: Holly Miranda at City Winery, Nov. 30
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Holly Miranda
The schedule for music concerts gets a little light over the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s hard for music acts to compete with Thanksgiving dinners, family gatherings and homecoming parties.
Fortunately, there is a great show on tap for November 30 when Holly Miranda headlines a show at City Winery (990 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, citywinery.com/philadelphia/).
Miranda...
On Stage: Local acts in the spotlight this weekend
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
River Drivers
A lot of top-flight local talent will be on display at music venues around the area tonight.
On November 23, the Philadelphia Folksong Society (6156 Avenue, Philadelphia, pfs.org) is hosting a “CD Release Party” by Philadelphia-based Celtic-tinged folk-rock collective River Drivers.
River Drivers is a four-piece band whose unique passion-infused...
On Stage: The Pineapple Thief is livin’ the dream, making U.S. tour debut
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
The Pineapple Thief
Picture a high school boy dreaming for years about having a date with one of the most attractive girls in the school and never having the dream come true – until one day years later, the girl invites him to go on a date.
The Pineapple Thief, a rock band from the south of England, went through a similar experience this year.
The...
On Stage: Violet Bell bring progressive folk to Delaware Valley
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Violet Bell
The Philadelphia area always has the Liberty Bell as a prime attraction.
On November 21, there will be two “bells” for area residents to enjoy – the Liberty Bell in Old City and Violet Bell, which is headlining a show at the Living Room (35 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, https://thelivingroomat35east.com)
Violet Bell is touring in...
On Stage: Downingtown’s Morrissey hitting it big in national tour of ‘Mean Girls’
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Mary Kate Morrissey(Photo: Emilio Madrid-Kuser for Broadway.com)
Just as every young basketball player has dreams of playing in the NBA or WNBA or every young musician envisions a career as a rock star, almost every young girl or boy who acts in local theater – or even in school productions – dreams of someday being in a Broadway musical.
The odds...
On Stage: Female rock pioneers team up
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Cherie Currie and Brie Howard-Darling
In the 1980s, there were many all-female rock bands that wrote music, sang the songs and played their own instruments – acts such as the Bangles, the Go-Go’s, L7 and the Lunachicks.
The groundwork for their success and acceptance was laid a decade earlier by two bands who made huge inroads into the male-donated...
