Review: Promises Promises, Southwark Playhouse – A Younger Theatre
Promises Promises, is based on the Oscar winning Billy Wilder movie from 1960, The Apartment. In 1968 it received the Broadway treatment with Neil Simon writing the book and Burt Bacharach and Hal David adding in the songs.
Love triumphs over cynicism in Burt Bacharach’s Promises, Promises – review
Based on the Oscar-winning 1960 Billy Wilder comedy The Apartment, about an insurance-firm accountant who lets his bosses use his New York flat for extra-marital nooky, it takes us back to an age when men were men (lecherous, and only superficially chivalrous) and women were, more often than not, secretaries, only assertive up to a subservient point.
‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast – Burt Bacharach (‘Po’)
The legendary songwriter/composer behind 48 Top 10 hits, including nine that topped the charts, opens up about the inspirations for his most beloved music, what caused his breakup with longtime collaborator Hal David and how his late daughter, who was afflicted with Asperger Syndrome, inspired him to write his first film score and song in years.
Workshop of Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater musical – Some Lovers
PROMISES PROMISES producers Katy Lipson & Ollie Rosenblatt to workshop SOME LOVERS a brand new BURT BACHARACH and STEVEN SATER musical in London. Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Ollie Rosenblatt for Senbla, the producers of the upcoming Promises Promises revival at Southwark Playhouse, are working on the European premiere of a new Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater musical, Some Lovers.
Burt Bacharach Writes From the Heart for ‘Po’ Score
Legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach, now 88, has written the song and score for a little movie called “Po”: his first such efforts in 16 years. The Oscar-winning composer of “Alfie,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “Arthur” has a special connection to the project.
Just received word that Burt will be performing at the in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2017. Tickets go on sale Nov. 11, 2016.
As Burt continues to recover from a broken arm suffered in August, two engagements originally scheduled for October have been rescheduled to early 2017.
Burt’s Oct. 1 concert in Royce Hall at UCLA has been rescheduled for Jan. 13, 2017, and his Oct. 20-23 performances at Jazz Alley in Seattle have been moved to March 9-12, 2017.
As always, for the most up-to-date info I have on upcoming concerts, visit the On Tour page.
Burt and his band will perform at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall on Friday, Nov. 11. The concert is being presented by SFJazz, and tickets can be obtained by visiting the SFJazz website.
Burt Bacharach | SFJAZZ
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After suffering a broken arm, Burt Bacharach has canceled two upcoming concerts: Sept. 3 at the North Sea Jazz Fesival in Curacao, Dutch Antilles, and Sept. 17 at Lancaster Performing Arts Center in Lancaster, California.
According to his spokesperson, Burt is expected to be ready to perform by Oct. 1, when he is scheduled to perform a concert at UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
Burt Bacharach cancels 2 concerts to recover from broken arm
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Burt Bacharach is canceling two September concerts to recover from a broken arm. A spokeswoman for the 88-year-old composer and conductor said Tuesday that Bacharach will skip scheduled performances on Sept. 3 in Curacao and Sept. 17 in Lancaster, California.
A chorus of Broadway celebrities raised their voices in song in response to the June 12 Orlando shooting massacre, the worst in U.S. history. Sara Bareilles, Carole King, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sarah Jessica Parker and dozens more gathered June 15 at Avatar Studios to sing a benefit single of “What the World Needs Now is Love.” Playbill was on hand to capture the moment for an accompanying music video of the song, which is produced by Seth Rudetsky, James Wesley and Van Dean of Broadway Records. Click here for the digital download of the single. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the LGBT Center of Central Florida.