The group, described as a "mix of local voices, renowned performers and emerging talent", includes Richard Bremmer, who played Voldemort in the first Harry Potter film, and Melanie La Barrie, who played Mrs Phelps in the West End hit musical Matilda.
Such care could be found everywhere you looked Thursday night, as the Japan Society presented "Noh & Kyogen in the Park" (inside, as it turns out, due to inclement weather), a masterful program of this 600-year-old theatrical tradition featuring some of the art form's most renowned performers.
Even better, it developed into "a virtual Pan-American showcase" featuring what the organizers call "the world's largest street party," with a multitude of musical stages and renowned performers of Caribean music.
According to owner Bernie Furshpan, the goal of this Flatiron district cabaret (reincarnated from the 1996 Gotham Comedy Club) is to revive the "golden age of cabaret" with both renowned performers and new faces.
Admittedly not a classical singer, and possessing a voice that's better suited for singing tenor instead of soprano, the opera-loving Fahl decided to take on arias interpreted by one of Italy's most renowned performers of that realm during some of the most traumatic times in her life.
And there are further welcome tidings: Eliza, their daughter, and the family's third renowned solo performer, is returning to the beauty of Robin Hood's Bay with her two children, so that the most accomplished family ensemble in English folk music becomes a homestead once again.
"Lady Gaga is a terrific world-renowned performer, entitled to her opinion," Mr. Curella said.
