The Great Music on Sundays @ 5concert series, in collaboration with Berta Walker Gallery, presents Painting Broadway! The Music of Art on Sunday July 22 at 5 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown (236 Commercial Street, (508)487-9344).
Painting Broadway is a celebration of the inspiration of visual art in great musicals with several selections from Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George, featuring Christopher Sidoli and Trish LaRose. One dozen singers also will perform passionate and powerful songs from Broadway musicals that feature the theme of art and the creative life. John Thomas is the music director and pianist.
This special concert includes the display of paintings by well-known Provincetown-based artists Salvatore Del Deo, Robert Henry, Sky Power and Peter Watts, courtesy of Berta Walker Gallery.
The Painting Broadway! concert features special guest Trish LaRose, who is an Associate Artist at Cape Rep Theatre in Brewster MA, where she has appeared in more than a dozen productions. Her featured roles include Mary Flynn in Merrily We Roll Along, Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, Mae West in Dirty Blonde and Serafina Delle Rose in The Rose Tattoo. She also performed in the national tour of Urban Cowboy and Legally Blonde at the North Shore Music Theatre. Her one-woman show, performed frequently in Cape Cod and New York City, is an audience hit. Trish will appear as Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia! at Cape Rep Theatre in August. She graduated from The Boston Conservatory.
Trish says: “I remember like it was yesterday, meeting Christopher Sidoli at The Harwich Junior Theater and performing in our first show together. We have remained friends for more than twenty years. To be able to perform with him again, alongside the brilliant John Thomas, is a dream come true. With this concert, we wanted to choose music that we love but that also would challenge us. Our appreciation for Sondheim and his creative genius felt like the right choice. I sincerely look forward to sharing this musical journey and hope all will join us for a beautiful evening.”
The Painting Broadway! concert also features performances by many of the Great Music on Sundays @5 Broadway ensemble, including Mary Abt, Jo Brisbane, Brian Calhoon, Marcy Feller, Paul Goddu, Pamela Murray, Ada Snider, Jeff Tagen and others, as well as surprise guest singers.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Admission is $20 at the door. Senior (65+) discounts are available at $15. Children ages 12 and under are admitted free. Tickets are available in advance online atbrownpapertickets.com.
Great Music on Sundays @ 5, Provincetown’s longest-running concert series of music of our world, celebrates its twentieth consecutive season, with eighteen weekly concerts from June 10 through October 7. This concert series provides a unique musical and cultural niche. Since the 1999 season, more than 300 concerts presented by more than 100 performers, have provided music without borders for thousands of concertgoers and lovers of great music.
The 2018 season includes classical, Broadway, international, piano, choral and organ music with more than 50 performers. The concerts are a potpourri of music from across the centuries and around the world. There is something for everyone at Great Music on Sundays @ 5.
All concerts are presented on Sundays at 5pm at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown, built in 1847 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, with one of the finest acoustic concert halls on Cape Cod. The sanctuary’s historic and rare trompe l’oeil walls and serene atmosphere provide the perfect setting for great music. Concerts feature the 1928 Steinway Model B concert grand piano and the historic 1850 Holbrook tracker organ.
See www.ptownmusic.com for complete series information and articles on Provincetown’s music history. John Thomas produces the concert series with the gracious help of many volunteers. The Great Music on Sundays @5 series is sponsored in part by the Provincetown Tourism Fund, The Provincetown Banner, WOMR/WFMR and 102.3 The Dunes Radio and is supported by dozens of Provincetown-based businesses and individuals. Berta Walker Gallery is a season sponsor. Further information: (508)487-9344. ptownmusic.com
THE 2018 CONCERTS
July 29: CELEBRATE! The Musical World of Bill Russell
with Adam Berry, Ben Berry, Jo Brisbane, Marcy Feller, Halcyone Hurst, Phoebe Otis and Christopher Sidoli
John Thomas music director & pianist
August 5: SIX APPEAL!
Richard Dowling, Sue Keller & John Thomas, piano
August 12: WET & WILD BROADWAY!
August 19: THE BEAUTY OF BAROQUE music of Bach and Handel
Christopher Lowrey countertenor
Frederick Jodry organ & piano
August 26: BOSTON PERCUSSION GROUP Brian Calhoon director
September 2: LIGHTHOUSE CHAMBER PLAYERS
Romie de Guise-Langlois clarinet
Elizabeth Chang violin
Nardo Poy viola
Alissa Leiser piano
September 9: BROADWAY: CELEBRATING LIFE!
September 16: BALKAN E BOSTON music from Bulgaria, Serbia & beyond
Petar Dimitrov bass & guitar & tambura
Elena Mancheva vocals
Zoran Matich guitar & vocals
with John Thomas piano & vocals
September 23: BROADWAY: CURTAIN CALL!
September 30: THE NEW PROVINCETOWN FOLLIES
Jay Baer creator & lyricist
John Thomas music director & pianist
featuring a dozen fabulous singers
October 7: PERSEPHONE’S DAUGHTERS Rise Up!
Lynne Wilkinson director
