Outside the night is cold, but not Teatro Luna. Outside Chicago is scuffling along, head down in the wind, minding its own business.
But Teatro Luna is blissfully not and that’s the immense reward of sitting through the latest show by this all Latina performance group. Their current show, Lunaticas, is musical cabaret for those who need a song: heart-rendering or heart-lifting soliloquies for those who need to hear a human voice say something human and darn good humor for the rest of us hovering by in this place with so little sunshine these days.
They are playing at the Chicago Dramatists Workshop, 1005 W. Chicago, Saturdays till February. Here is their website, http://teatroluna.wordpress.com/
And while we are humming about ethnic roots, how about a holiday festival gathering with songs in Hungarian and Irish?
Christmas is a holiday that clearly belongs to everyone and a concert this Saturday Dec. 19th at the Irish American Heritage Center proves this.
Vizin Viktoria, one of the world’s leading soprano and a star in her home country, Hungary, will be performing. And Gallic holiday songs will among those she will be presenting.
Her performance is sponsored by the Chicago Hungarian Society, one of the nation’s oldest Hungarian organizations and the Romanian Chamber of Commerce. The concert also reflects the work of the Chicago Hungarian organization to form links with other immigrant and community groups.
Indeed, the Hungarian Society hopes to build a tradition for the future, where more ethnic groups will come together in such a celebration.
There also will be the band led by Rick Hunt, who is well known for his work at the Green Mill. And 16-year-old Nikolai Zebell will be playing on the piano. A Romanian orphan, at 14 years old he appeared on the Oprah show. Good thing we mentioned Oprah.
Considered one of the world’s top five Mezzo sopranos, Viktoria has played Carmen, in Bizet’s Carmen in a number of locations. Only this year, she toured Europe, Asia, and US, including an appearance with the Phoenix opera. She has performed a number of times at opera houses in Ireland.
You can buy tickets online : www.viktoriasfriends.com
Children’s tickets are $14, and there will be for the kids, as well as Santa’s arrival at 6PM. The ticket for an adult is $28 and for a student with an student ID it is $20. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and there will be a party afterwards.
Tickets can be bought online or at the door, but because of limited space, buying online may be good option.
When you get to the Irish American Heritage Center at 4626 N. Knox Ave., Chicago IL, 60630, try not to wander into too many parties.
And you have more of such ethnic entertainment to boost, please let me know.
saludos
Steve
For more information contact: Alex Kovacs at 773.295.7781
If you want to follow more global music and music from immigrant communities here, consider Global Fusion Chicago: http://worldfusionchicago.com/default.html
