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, ...
Brussels, Belgium – The memory of singer-songwriter Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in his native Belgium. The chanteur who thrilled crowds with songs including “If We Only Have Love” and ...
“No music I’ve ever heard speaks so directly to our humanity.” So says, Steel River Artistic Director, Gene Teruso, of the theater’s next offering, “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well … and Living in ...
The problem with an entire evening of Brel is that it starts to feel like eating 14 such rich desserts in a row. Delicious? Absolutely. But eventually, it's just too much. This is the challenge master ...
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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 ...
With its disreputable location and junkyard decor, the Zipper proves the dream setting for this timely revival of "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris," which introduced Yanks to Brel's ...
Unlike the title of the enduring musical revue that just opened at ACT Theatre, Jacques Brel is not alive and well and living in Paris. But the sardonic, wise and intensely emotive songs of this ...
Brel’s multi-faceted work has stood the test of time, influencing the lives of others long after his untimely death at 49 in October of 1978. Brel was a successful actor, director, and ...