Music Revue at Sierra Madre Playhouse July 25
Kirk Smith sings with Standard Men and The Singing Ladies at the Sierra Madre Playhouse Sunday, July 25
A musical revue is booked into the Sierra Madre Playhouse for a one-night performance by a group called Standard Men. The Standard Men will appear with The Singing Ladies to reprise some of Broadway’s biggest hits. The music begins at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, July 25.
Standard Men has been around awhile presenting its revues of Broadway, jazz, and pop standards produced by singer/actor Kirk Arnold-Smith. Smith will be onstage with regulars David McGee, and Lance Merrill with Diana Briscoe joined by Elyse Cook and Alison Kalmus.
The list of showstopping songs the group will perform includes some of the best of Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein and more.
Kirk Smith has a long resume in producing, directing and acting including the recent chamber opera by Jonathan Price, “The Queen and the Dragon”. He has appeared in the Sierra Madre Playhouse’ “A Christmas Carol Story”. Diana Briscoe is a soprano whose opera roles with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera have received critical approval. The Palisadian Post said Briscoe’s vocal ability was “up to the demands of the character role”[of Musetta] in La Boheme. She is known for both her well-trained soprano voice and her comic timing.
Alison Kalmus
Alison Kalmus is a respected member of the local theater scene, with accolades for her excellent vocal interpretations and as founder/artistic director of the Sierra Madre Youth Acting Workings and the Southern California Lyric Theater.
Elyse Cook
Elyse Cook is a lyric soprano who has performed leading roles with Southern California Lyric Theater, Opera Pasadena, Intimate Opera Company and others. She is a voice teacher accepting private students.
Lance Merrill is a multi-talented musician. Merrill, who serves as accompanist for the Towne Singers, will provide accompaniment for this production.
Tickets are offered at $15 for pre-sale and $20 at the door.
The production is produced by Carolyn Sissel Smith and Kirk Smith for Social Arts in association with Sierra Madre Playhouse. The Sierra Madre Playhouse is located at 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. For information, please call (626) 355- 4318.
By Bill Peters
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