First off, Jacques Brel is not alive. The Belgian crooner died of a pulmonary embolism back in 1978, 10 years after this musical revue made its debut off-­Broadway. The revue came in the autumn of a ...
The cast of "Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living in Paris" at the Gloucester Stage Company. (Gary Ng) Four singers inhabited a collection of French and Belgian characters — two middle-aged and ...
ALBANY – Capital Repertory Theatre continues its string of musical successes with a gem-like production of “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,” a bittersweet revue of Brel’s songs of ...
When the Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel had his American debut at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 4, 1965, his passionate lyrics and soulful delivery — by turns funny, poetic, heartbreaking, bitter, ...
ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., 292-7676, acttheatre.org. $15–$49. 7:30 p.m. Tues.–Wed., 8 p.m. Thurs.–Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat., 2 & 7 p.m. Sun. Ends May 17. First off ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Providence Hollander sang two indelible solos in the most famous musical ever produced in Cleveland. One was "Marieke," an elegy for a young woman. It rarely failed to stop the show ...
Jacques Brel is alive and well — at least in album production. Twenty-five years after his passing, Brel again looks headed to the upper reaches of the French music charts with a new 16-disc ...
Controversy has tainted celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the death of Belgian poet-singer-actor Jacques Brel after his daughter slammed a Paris Sotheby's auction of memorabilia as 'odious and ...
Though I've titled this a "concert review," O'Sullivan really does put on a show, albeit one that rewards Brel fans in particular. Backed by a fine four-piece band, including multi-instrumentalist ...