Livia Genise Productions presents:
“I WON'T DANCE! A Tribute to the Life and Music of Fred Astaire”
“I WON'T DANCE! A Tribute to the Life and Music of Fred Astaire”
Fred Astaire’s dancing was so spectacular that we tend to forget that he was also an Oscar winning actor and one of the best singers of all time. He was George Gershwin’s favorite singer. Also Jerome Kern’s and Irving Berlin’s.
From his start as a six year old song and dance kid in vaudeville, through stardom on Broadway and the London stage, and into the movies and television, his career spanned 76 glorious years.
As a singer, Fred introduced over 150 songs to the American songbook, more than anyone else. Join us as we celebrate his legacy with songs like “Fascinating Rhythm,” “A Foggy Day in London Town,” “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” “A Fine Romance,” “Night and Day,” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
Of course we remember him with Ginger Rodgers, but Fred also made musicals with 17 other partners. And he made nine non-musical movies and more than a dozen TV shows. We are setting aside Fred's dancing to focus on his under appreciated singing. Come and help us to remember Fred Astaire, Singer, an American treasure.
“A Tribute to the Life and Music of Fred Astaire” stars David King-Gabriel & Rebecca K. Campbell on vocals and narration. They are backed up by Brent Olstad on Keyboard, Steve Fain on Bass, Michael Vannice on Sax, Clarinet & Flute, and Steve Sutfin on Drums. Sound Design is by Tom Frederick of Cabin Fever Sound. Livia Genise directs the show, with musical arrangements and musical direction by Brent Olstad and a script by Charles Cherry.
Sponsored by Louis and Pat Franks, “A Tribute to the Life and Music of Fred Astaire” plays Fridays and Saturdays, February 14, 15, 21 & 22 @ 8 PM and Sundays, February 16 & 23 @ 2 PM. All performances are at the Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Rd. (at Siskiyou Blvd.) in Ashland. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by check or cash at Paddington Station in Ashland and online at LiviaGeniseProductions.org. Tickets are also available, space permitting, at the door. Oregon Trail Cards will be honored at the door, cash or check only.
BRIEF
What: “A Tribute to the Life and Music of Fred Astaire”
When: Fridays and Saturdays, February 14, 15, 21 & 22 @ 8 PM and Sundays, February 16 & 23 @ 2 PM. Where: Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Rd. (at Siskiyou Blvd.) in Ashland
Outlet: Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by check or cash at Paddington Station. Tickets are also available, space permitting, at the door. Oregon Trail Cards will also be honored at the door, cash or check only
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!
From his start as a six year old song and dance kid in vaudeville, through stardom on Broadway and the London stage, and into the movies and television, his career spanned 76 glorious years.
As a singer, Fred introduced over 150 songs to the American songbook, more than anyone else. Join us as we celebrate his legacy with songs like “Fascinating Rhythm,” “A Foggy Day in London Town,” “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” “A Fine Romance,” “Night and Day,” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It”
Of course we remember him with Ginger Rodgers, but Fred also made musicals with 17 other partners. And he made nine non-musical movies and more than a dozen TV shows. We are setting aside Fred's dancing to focus on his under appreciated singing. Come and help us to remember Fred Astaire, Singer, an American treasure.
“A Tribute to the Life and Music of Fred Astaire” stars David King-Gabriel & Rebecca K. Campbell on vocals and narration. They are backed up by Brent Olstad on Keyboard, Steve Fain on Bass, Michael Vannice on Sax, Clarinet & Flute, and Steve Sutfin on Drums. Sound Design is by Tom Frederick of Cabin Fever Sound. Livia Genise directs the show, with musical arrangements and musical direction by Brent Olstad and a script by Charles Cherry.
Sponsored by Louis and Pat Franks, “A Tribute to the Life and Music of Fred Astaire” plays Fridays and Saturdays, February 14, 15, 21 & 22 @ 8 PM and Sundays, February 16 & 23 @ 2 PM. All performances are at the Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Rd. (at Siskiyou Blvd.) in Ashland. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by check or cash at Paddington Station in Ashland and online at LiviaGeniseProductions.org. Tickets are also available, space permitting, at the door. Oregon Trail Cards will be honored at the door, cash or check only.
BRIEF
What: “A Tribute to the Life and Music of Fred Astaire”
When: Fridays and Saturdays, February 14, 15, 21 & 22 @ 8 PM and Sundays, February 16 & 23 @ 2 PM. Where: Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Rd. (at Siskiyou Blvd.) in Ashland
Outlet: Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by check or cash at Paddington Station. Tickets are also available, space permitting, at the door. Oregon Trail Cards will also be honored at the door, cash or check only
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!
I Won't Dance: A Tribute to the Life & Music of Fred Astaire.
$20.00
Fred Astaire’s dancing was so spectacular that we tend to forget that he was also an Oscar winning actor and one of the best singers of all time. We are setting aside Fred's dancing to focus on his under appreciated singing. He was George Gershwin’s favorite singer. Also Jerome Kern’s and Irving Berlin’s.
From his start as a six year old song and dance kid in vaudeville, through stardom on Broadway and the London stage, and into the movies and television, his career spanned 76 glorious years.
REBECCA K. CAMPBELL
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The former Education Director and Artistic Associate at Camelot Theatre, Rebecca K. Campbell teaches Language Arts and Social Studies at the Crater School of Business, Innovation and Science, and holds a B.A. in Vocal Performance and History from Pacific University, and a Master of Arts in Teaching from SOU. Campbell’s work at Camelot included such roles as Nicki in “Sweet Charity, King Herod in “Jesus Christ Superstar,” the title role in “Evita,” “Maggie in “42nd Street,” “Spotlight on Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme,” Betty in “White Christmas,” Anne in “Shenandoah” and “Spotlight on Judy Garland.” At CTC, Campbell has directed and/or choreographed such shows as “La Cage Aux Folle,” “Oklahoma,” “42nd Street,” “The Sound of Music,” “Gypsy,” “The Secret Garden,” “Into the Woods,” “White Christmas,” “Rags,” “Shenandoah,” “Promises, Promises,” “Meet Me In St. Louis,” “A Little Night Music,” “Children of Eden,” “Camelot” and “Zorba.”
DAVID KING-GABRIEL
David King-Gabriel’s just appeared at CTP as Tito Morelli in “Lend Me a Tenor, the Musical.” Roles at CTC include Albin in “La Cage Aux Folles,” Vittorio Vidale and Daddy Brubeck in “Sweet Charity,” Judas Iscariot in “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Jean Val Jean in “Les Misérables,” Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” Max Bialystock in “The Producers” and Spotlights on Billy Joel, Musical Theatre, Simon and Garfunkel, Dean Martin and Tony Bennett, among others. For Livia Genise Productions, King-Gabriel appeared as Freddie Trumper in “Chess,” in a variety of roles as Actor One in “God’s Country,” the Frank Sinatra vocals in “Tribute to the Life and Music of Frank Sinatra” and both narrator and on back-ups and duets in its "Tribute to the Life & Music of Patsy Cline."
COMING IN JULY:
FINKS by Joe Gilford
On the verge of TV stardom, comic Mickey Dobbs meets actress and activist Natalie Meltzer, and their romance blossoms—as does the risk that they'll be blacklisted for their political activities. In the face of the House Un-American Activities Committee, tasked with exposing communist subversion in New York's entertainment world, Mickey and Natalie endure the absurd and tragic process that victimized entertainers and turned friends and colleagues against each other. For some, the blacklist will mean a decade without work. For others, it will spell the end of their careers. And those who willingly testify—naming others to the committee—will be branded as "finks". In Finks, Joe Gilford documents the struggle his parents, entertainers Jack Gilford and Madeline Lee Gilford, endured when they were called to testify.
"Joe Gilford's impassioned, autobiographical FINKS…is a testament to the parents who managed to maintain their indomitable spirit throughout the ordeal." —Huffington Post. "…a bracing play about McCarthyism." —NY Times. "Forget blue jokes; the humor in Finks, Joe Gilford's farsighted yet tender tribute to his blacklisted parents, is distinctly red. But it's part of what makes this play…as Gilford tries to understand why some of the accused betrayed friends to keep their livelihoods, he demonstrates a pluck similar to that of his parents." —Time Out NY.
July 24, 25, 26 & July 31, August 1 & 2
at the Bellview Grange
FINKS by Joe Gilford
On the verge of TV stardom, comic Mickey Dobbs meets actress and activist Natalie Meltzer, and their romance blossoms—as does the risk that they'll be blacklisted for their political activities. In the face of the House Un-American Activities Committee, tasked with exposing communist subversion in New York's entertainment world, Mickey and Natalie endure the absurd and tragic process that victimized entertainers and turned friends and colleagues against each other. For some, the blacklist will mean a decade without work. For others, it will spell the end of their careers. And those who willingly testify—naming others to the committee—will be branded as "finks". In Finks, Joe Gilford documents the struggle his parents, entertainers Jack Gilford and Madeline Lee Gilford, endured when they were called to testify.
"Joe Gilford's impassioned, autobiographical FINKS…is a testament to the parents who managed to maintain their indomitable spirit throughout the ordeal." —Huffington Post. "…a bracing play about McCarthyism." —NY Times. "Forget blue jokes; the humor in Finks, Joe Gilford's farsighted yet tender tribute to his blacklisted parents, is distinctly red. But it's part of what makes this play…as Gilford tries to understand why some of the accused betrayed friends to keep their livelihoods, he demonstrates a pluck similar to that of his parents." —Time Out NY.
July 24, 25, 26 & July 31, August 1 & 2
at the Bellview Grange
FINKS by Joe Gifford
$20.00
On the verge of TV stardom, comic Mickey Dobbs meets actress and activist Natalie Meltzer, and their romance blossoms—as does the risk that they'll be blacklisted for their political activities. In the face of the House Un-American Activities Committee, tasked with exposing communist subversion in New York's entertainment world, Mickey and Natalie endure the absurd and tragic process that victimized entertainers and turned friends and colleagues against each other. For some, the blacklist will mean a decade without work. For others, it will spell the end of their careers. And those who willingly testify—naming others to the committee—will be branded as "finks". In Finks, Joe Gilford documents the struggle his parents, entertainers Jack Gilford and Madeline Lee Gilford, endured when they were called to testify.