Last night I caught Three Form Theatre's Songs for a New World at La Cite. Tonight is their last show - it start at 7:30 p.m. It was an admirable undertaking for the young theatre company. They handled the challenging music of Jason Robert Brown's song cycle well and I had an entertaining evening. I think we shall see more of these four performers in years to come. MacKenzie Reurink, in particular, has a good sense of comic timing combined with a strong singing voice that I think will serve her well in her career. All four (the other three being Chris Scott, Steven Angove and Robin Kumish) have nice voices and a good sense of story-telling. The balance is a little off, so I would recommend sitting on House Right at least four or five rows up. Sometimes the band is just a little too hot for the vocals and it's best a bit further back and to the side.
So after that delightful night of song, I took in my boy's piano recital this afternoon. Gibson started his solo well but got flustered and felt a little bad afterwards. He's playing a tough piece for his age and gets very nervous playing in front of people. Oliver's solo went well and the duet they played was near perfect. I am really hoping for not too many duets because it's a bit torturous to supervise them, but this time we survived. I have been told I am NOT allowed to post the video (by Gibson) else I'd pop it up.
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