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IRISH EXAMINER | October 9th, 2019
T THHEE IIRRIISSHH EEXXAAMMIINNEERR through October 27! Here are
some very prominent reviews:
“the most interesting new play in
M MUUSSIICC AANNDD EENNTTEERRTTAAIINNMMEENNTT New York... thoughtful, provoca-

tive... cogent and fascinat-
ing” – Rex Reed, the New York
G GUUIIDDEE:: RROOCCKK,, CCOOUUNNTTRRYY,, JJAAZZZZ,, Observer. “There’s never a dull

moment… [in this] exhilarating
T TRRAADD,, FFOOLLKK,, BBAALLLLAADDSS,, BBLLUUEESS,, world premiere” – Theatermania,
“academically and exquisitely writ-
ten...You’ll find yourself moved
C CLLAASSSSIICCAALL AANNDD LLOOTTSS MMOORREE and riveted.” –Theater Pizzazz,
“superbly staged and acted… a
rare theatrical experience that will
Welcome to our regular music and entertainment guide, brought linger after the house lights go
to you by Paddy McCarthy for your reading enjoyment down.” – CurtainUp. For more information and tickets call (212) 727-2737 or buy your tickets
online at irishrep.org
The debate between the BBeeaattlleess and the RRoolllliinngg SSttoonneess has been going on ever since they first
crossed paths in the charts 54 years ago. The argument at the time, and one that still persists,
was that the Beatles were a pop group and the Stones were a rock band: the boys next door vs.
the bad boys of rock. So who’s better?
These two legendary bands will engage in an on-stage, throw down - a musical ‘showdown’ if you
will - on Friday, December 6 at the KKeesswwiicckk TThheeaattrree courtesy of tribute bands AAbbbbeeyy
RRooaadd and SSaattiissffaaccttiioonn -- TThhee IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall RRoolllliinngg SSttoonneess SShhooww.
Renowned tribute bands Abbey Road and Satisfaction - The International Rolling Stones
Show engage in a musical showdown of the hits. “Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown”
returns to the Keswick Theatre on Friday, December 6 at 8 pm. Tickets are $38.50 - $58.50, plus
ticket fees, and available online at www.keswicktheatre.com, by phone at (215) 572-7650 or at the
Theatre Box Office. The Box Office is open Wednesday - Saturday from noon to 5 pm and three
hours before shows. The Keswick Theatre and box office is located at 291 N. Keswick Avenue,
Glenside, PA 19038.
You can say what you like about the Beatles but they were the greatest group/band ever. The
Beatles have broken their own record for the album with the longest gap between number one
chart placings as Abbey Road tops the UK charts almost 50 years after it was first released. The
Beatles’ 11th record usurped Liam Gallagher’s latest solo album from the top spot... now that is
something after 50 years, its prospects enhanced by a special anniversary edition featuring previ-
ously unheard Beatles material.It is said that the chart record was previously held by Sgt Pepper’s
PPeetteerr EEddwwaarrdd ““GGiinnggeerr”” BBaakkeerr (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer and a Lonely Hearts Club Band whose peculiar and indeed striking trajectory featured a gap of 49
co-founder of the rock band CCrreeaamm. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation years and 125 days before it too topped the charts yet again.
of “rock’s first superstar drummer”, for a style that melded jazz and African rhythms and pio- Sgt Pepper’s also returned to number one on the 50th anniversary of its release in June 2017.
neered both jazz fusion and world music. Ginger Baker, one of the most innovative and influen- Abbey Road, however,
tial drummers in rock music, has died at the age of 80. A co-founder of Cream, he also played finished its initial 17-week
with BBlliinndd FFaaiitthh, HHaawwkkwwiinndd and FFeellaa KKuuttii in a long and varied career. His style combined the run in the charts on
lyricism of jazz with the crude power of rock. One critic said watching him was like witnessing January 31, 1970. As a
“harvester”. But he was also a temperamental and argumentative figure, whose behavior fre- result, it now holds the
quently led to on-stage punch-ups. He was also my hero and being a drummer myself I used to accolade, a gap of 49
style myself like Ginger and that was some challenge. R.I.P. Ginger Baker you will be sorely years and 252 days. The
missed. sad part of all this is that
TThhee IIrriisshh RReeppeerrttoorryy TThheeaattrree has extended the run KKiinnggffiisshheerrss CCaattcchh FFiirree in its current season. John Lennon and George
See the World Premiere in TThhee WW.. SSccootttt MMccLLuuccaass SSttuuddiioo TThheeaattrree. Written by RRoobbiinn GGlleennddiinnnniinngg Harrison are no longer
and directed by KKeenntt PPaauull, this production stars SSeeaann GGoorrmmlleeyy and HHaasskkeellll KKiinngg and runs with us, RIP. C