On Stage: Coatesville’s Mascherino still rocking with The Color Fred
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
The Color Fred
Here are some bands that might be on your playlists.
Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Long Island, New York. They released their eighth and most recent studio album, “152,” in 2023.
Breaking Pangaea was an American emo pop band from Philadelphia. The band released their debut EP and full-length album on...
On Stage: ‘SMALL’ opens at People’s Light
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Robert Montano in SMALL
“SMALL,” which opens this week at People’s Light (39 Conestoga Road, Malvern, www.peopleslight.org), is a one-man show that look at this man’s life from playground to paddock, from playhouse to publishing…to People’s Light.
“SMALL” is written and performed by stage, film, and television star Robert Montano (“Cats” on...
On Stage: Squirrel Nut Zippers are back and playing Philly
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Squirrel Nut Zippers
There are three meanings for “Squirrel Nut Zippers.”
“Nut Zippers” is a southern term for a variety of old bootleg moonshine. There was a newspaper story about an intoxicated man who climbed a tree and refused to come down even after police arrived. The headline was “Squirrel Nut Zipper.”
Squirrel Nut Zipper is also...
On Stage: Stephen Kellogg revels in working solo
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Stephen Kellogg
Stephen Kellogg has always maintained a dual career – as a solo artist and as a leader of his own band. He spent the first decade of the 2000s recording and touring with his band The Sixers.
On June 4, Kellogg is returning to a venue that was the site of one of his first post-Sixers era shows — the Bryn Mawr Twilight Concert (9...
On Stage: Broussard takes unusual path to comedy
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Matthew Broussard
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the area entertainment scene into a horrible situation.
The almost non-existent availability of live shows in Philadelphia featuring national acts is no laughing matter.
But shows that are on the list of coming attractions are laughing matters – because they are shows at some of the city’s well-respected...
