Mahaiwe adds two new shows

GREAT BARRINGTON – An already jam-packed season at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center has gotten even fuller.

Mahaiwe Executive Director Beryl Jolly announced two additions to the 2013 lineup this week.

Acclaimed singer-songwriters Mary Chapin Carpenter and Marc Cohn will share the stage for a double-bill concert on Thursday, July 25 at 8 p.m.

Husband-and-wife duo John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey, with special guest Bucky Pizzarelli, will perform on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 8 p.m.

“I’m delighted to add these special combination performances into the Mahaiwe mix as we celebrate the height of summer and the winter holidays,” said Dir. Jolly.

Ms. Carpenter and Mr. Cohn will perform material spanning their vast catalogues, as well as some of their favorite songs.

Over the course of her career, Ms. Carpenter has recorded 12 albums and has sold more than 13 million records. With hits like “Passionate Kisses” and “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” she has won five Grammy Awards (with 15 nominations), two CMA awards and two Academy of Country Music awards for her vocals.

With his Grammy award-winning ballad “Walking in Memphis,” Mr. Cohn is one of his generation’s most compelling singer-songwriters.

After taking a decade-long sabbatical, He returned in 2007 with Join the Parade. His most recent album, Listening Booth: 1970, was released in 2013.

Of the record, Rolling Stone praises: “Cohn has one of rock’s most soulful croons – a rich, immediately recognizable tenor that makes these songs his own.”

World-renowned jazz guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli returns to the Mahaiwe for the third time, this time teaming up with Broadway singer and actress Jessica Molaskey (who just happens to be his wife), and his dad, the legendary jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli.

Their cabaret show features rich, original interpretations of songs from the Great American Songbook mixed with contemporary classics.

John Pizzarelli is a Grammy Award-nominated jazz guitarist and singer, with nearly 40 albums to his credit. He has established himself as one of the prime interpreters of the Great American Songbook and beyond, bringing a cool jazz flavor to his work.

He is both a bandleader and solo performer and has been a special guest on recordings for artists such as Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Natalie Cole, Kristin Chenoweth, Donna Summer, Roberta Flack and Rosemary Clooney.

Tickets to Ms. Carpenter and Mr. Cohn are $48-$83. Tickets to John Pizzarelli and Ms. Molaskey with special guest Bucky Pizzarelli are $25-$100 (including priority seating and post-show reception with the artists). Tickets to both shows are on sale to Mahaiwe members now and are available to the general public on Friday (May 17) at noon.

Posted by Kameron Z. Spaulding on May 16, 2013. Filed under Arts and Entertainment,Community Events,News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry