by John Moore | Jun 25, 2010
The Mccoy Tyner Quartet appeared Wednesday night at SummerStage and the band was just as hot as the 90 degree weather. Featuring Ravi Coltrane on saxophone, Esperanza Spalding on bass and Francisco Mela on drums the combo traded solos through a consistently tight...
by John Moore | Jun 13, 2010
Last night’s SummerStage Gala Benefit to raise funds for the Parks Foundation’s free music festival featured the songs of Simon and Garfunkel, and what better way to celebrate summer in the city than by enjoying the music of New York’s most legendary...
by John Moore | Jun 5, 2010
Melody Gardot Led off the SummerStage season with a brilliant performance last night at Rumsey Playfield. Clad in a shimmering gold dress she lit up the stage, both visually and musically, and brightened what had threatened to be a dark and rainy evening. Her...
by John Moore | May 6, 2010
On Tuesday, June 8, 2010, City Parks Foundation will welcome guests to the SummerStage 25th Anniversary Celebration in association with Michael Dorf & City Winery, an annual fundraising benefit, to support CPF’s free year-round arts programming. This year’s...
by John Moore | Sep 24, 2009
It’s nice to discover that “Autumn In New York” isn’t just a lovely song – every so often it proves to be a lovely evening as well. Tonight was one of the latter as a concert featuring performances by the Counting Crows, Gavin DeGraw,...
by John Moore | Aug 25, 2009
Shakespeare in the Park is one of the highlights of the summer, a celebration of everything magical about New York City, the Theater and Central Park. It’s creation, by Joseph Papp, over the objections of the all powerful Robert Moses is the stuff of legend....
