Big listening when Marsalis is in town
Albany Times Union
Kudos, by the way, to Proctors for presenting jazz in the big room. It's a rare treat and the venue always shines when it does so. There was some big listening going on at Proctors Friday night, onstage and off.Naturally, the audience, which had paid its money, had its ears on, but saxophonist Branford Marsalis and pianist Joey Calderazzo had their giant ears on.In the opening number of the duo's opening set, Marsalis pushed his soprano against Calderazzo's clouds of sound. The shape of the melody recalled Jewish themes. The harmony, spare and open, came from the American South. And the result sounded like heaven.
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Big-listening-when-Marsalis-is-in-town-3035955.php#ixzz1lVuTqqRY 

Capital Rep season has musicals, classics

Albany theater plans season with musicals, adapted classics
By Steve Barnes

Capital Repertory Theatre's 2012-13 season, the company's 32nd, features a trio of pairs: two musicals, two adaptations of classics from other artistic media and two small-ensemble dramas, plus a new-play festival.

The ambitious season would not exist at all if Capital Rep had not merged its administrative operations with Proctors a year ago.

"We wouldn't be here" if the change hadn't taken place, said Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill, Capital Rep's producing artistic director, who recently announced the season, her 18th as the head of the theater.

Read the full story and see the season at:
http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Capital-Rep-season-has-musicals-classics-2995317.php
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Capital Repertory Theater to shine a bright, red light

on heart disease in women

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American Heart Association’s Circle of Red will offer health screenings, information

before “The Sisters Rosensweig” on Thursday

Albany, New York– Capital Repertory Theater will get a jump start on Friday’s National Wear Red Day when 50 members of The Circle of Red provide health screenings and heart-health information before the curtain goes up on “The Sisters Rosensweig” on Thursday, Feb. 2.

The café at Cap Rep will be illuminated red, and a red wine special will be on the menu. Staff and volunteers at Cap Rep will wear red on Thursday, and Artistic Director Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill will offer heart-healthy messages with her welcome to the audience.

“Working on ‘The Sisters Rosensweig’ has us all thinking about women’s relationships with one another,” Mancinelli-Cahill said. “I love that the Go Red for Women movement is about the power of women to come together to fight heart disease, our No. 1 health threat. I hope everyone at Thursday’s show has their blood pressure taken, commits to healthier living, and wears red on Friday, National Wear Red Day.”

“We’re excited to be spending ‘National Wear Red Day Eve’ at Cap Rep,” said Kathy Lanni, co-chair with Patty Fusco of The Circle of Red and a member of the Capital Region Advisory Board of the American Heart Association. “Circle of Red is a volunteer group that supports the American Heart Association, and we are looking forward to sharing our message of heart health with the audience at Capital Repertory Theater Thursday evening. We’re so honored that Cap Rep will help us shine a light on heart disease in women.”

Thursday night’s curtain is at 7:30 p.m. The Circle of Red will be in the lobby an hour before the show begins.

About the American Heart Association 

The American Heart Association is devoted to saving people from heart disease and stroke – America’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers. We team with millions of volunteers to fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide lifesaving tools and information to prevent and treat these diseases. The Dallas-based association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. To learn more or to get involved, call 1-800-AHA-USA1, visit heart.org or call any of our offices around the country.

"Much of the story focuses on the midlife issues these three siblings confront, based on the choices they’ve made according to their parents’ expectations, economic background and Jewish heritage."

Read full story by Daily Gazette critic PAUL LAMAR

http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2012/jan/27/0127_sistersrev/

Burnt Sugar’s website lists Greg Tate’s duties as “Conduction, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Laptop.” But if you get into his bio, you’re going to have to read a bit before you find anything about any music he himself created.

Long before Burnt Sugar came into being, Tate was a staff writer for The Village Voice, and his words have also appeared in everything from The Washington Post and The New York Times to Rolling Stone and JazzTimes. The Source named Tate one of the “Godfathers of Hiphop journalism,” and the list of people he’s interviewed makes envy gush out my ears in big green globs.

These days, though, he’s at the nerve center of Burnt Sugar (at Proctors in Schenectady at 7:30pm on Saturday), one of the most interesting bands to cross my path in many a year, and he was good enough to take time to talk about it with me:

More…. http://www.nippertown.com/2012/01/26/interview-greg-tate-of-burnt-sugar-the-arkestra-chamber/

SHREK: A SMORGASBORD OF GREAT LAUGHS, GREAT SONG AND GREAT DANCE
by Richard DiMaggio

Take America’s favorite ogre, mix him up with great jokes, unsurpassed talent, and great song and dance, and serve up right in America’s most beautiful theatre, and voila! You and the entire family can enjoy Shrek: The Musical, now playing at Proctors until January 29^th. This is a show that will keep you laughing, but ogre jokes are by no means what this show is all about. The scenery is delightful—I mean, some of the most gorgeous sets we’ve seen in a long, long time. And the dancing and song is second to none.

Read all about it: http://www.didyouweekend.com/archives/19021

Myth Making

January 21, 2012 at 11:05 am by Philip Morris

Creativity is about imagining a future and building to it.

It might be a vision of a sculpture or painting. It might be a sound in one’s head that must be produced in life. It could be a building design, a computer interface, a car line or gesture in dance.

Words, images, motions, sounds all change the world. Some in bigger, some in smaller, ways. They, nonetheless, change the world.

Read full blog at: http://blog.timesunion.com/philipmorris/

Three sisters gather around a small table at Capital Repertory Theatre. OK, two sisters gather, the third is running late. She's the middle one, naturally.

But when she arrives she has tales to tell and the family is immediately complete, all familiar gestures, nods and inside jokes.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Sister-act-2611760.php#ixzz1ju8mmsno

EASTERN MEDICAL SUPPORT DONATES LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT TO CAPITAL REPERTORY THEATRE

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Presentation of defibrillator scheduled for WEDNESDAY, January 18, 12:30 pm
At Capital Repertory Theatre, 111 No. Pearl Street, Albany

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WELCOMED

Amsterdam, NY -- January 17, 2012 --Amsterdam-based EASTERN MEDICAL SUPPORT will present Albany’s CAPITAL REPERTORY THEATRE with a donation of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) on Wednesday afternoon, January 18, at 12:30PM. 

Eastern Medical Support is donating the AED, all associated equipment, and training for staff. This equipment will allow Capital Rep staff to be prepared in the event of an onsite cardiac arrest – something that millions of people around the globe experience each year, according to the American Heart Association.

Reacting to the gift from Eastern Medical Support of Amsterdam, Capital Rep’s Producing Artistic Director Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill said,  “I am so happy that we now will have the ability to aid our patrons with this training and equipment.  We could not have done it without the generous support of Eastern Medical Support.”

When cardiac arrest occurs, the importance of rapid defibrillation is vital. According to Eastern Medical Support President and co-owner Sean J. Piasecki, a rescuer has a critical 3 to 5 minutes to shock the victim’s heart. If done within this time frame, the victim has a 75% chance of survival. After the 5 minutes, if the victim doesn’t receive treatment, their survival rate decreases by 10% each minute. “Every second counts in cardiac arrest,” Piasecki states. “By having the AED ready and available, Capital Rep will ensure that help is available if the need arises – in a situation where time is of the essence.”

Having an AED has already proven beneficial for Proctors, which had four AEDS installed by Eastern Medical Support three years ago. Last October, during a dress rehearsal, a performer suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. With the help of a “doctor in the house”, and Proctors’ AED and previous training, the patient was given CPR/defibrillation swiftly, and is alive today.

Capital Repertory Theatre is a mainstay of the Capital District, known for more than 30 years as providing exceptional entertainment and community service to the Albany community – and well beyond. More than 5,000 performances occur here each year.

Eastern Medical Support is a leading provider of comprehensive occupational health services to clients across the globe. These wide range of services include AED corporate deployment, corporate first aid and CPR training, occupational medicine, emergency medical staffing services, and medical oversight and tracking.

For more information or to schedule an interview, contact:
Darlene Raynsford, Marketing Director
Eastern Medical Support                                                                                         
Tel: 518.843.6860, ext. 112
Cell: 518.859.0584
Email: draynsford@easternmedicalsupport.com
www.easternmedicalsupport.com