{"id":29665,"date":"2018-09-15T10:13:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T14:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=29665"},"modified":"2018-09-15T10:13:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T14:13:38","slug":"on-stage-step-back-in-time-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=29665","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Step back in time this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nicky as Carol Channing, a Musical Revue<\/p><\/div>\n

Entertainment history will be on display this weekend at a pair of live shows at the Rrazz Room (6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, 888-596-1027, www.TheRrazzRoom.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

One show will feature a live performance by a multi-faceted entertainer who has been plying his trade for more than 50 years. The other show will have a talented Broadway veteran performing a tribute show to a still-living entertainer whose first job on stage was at the beginning of 1941.<\/p>\n

On September 15, Nicky Ciampoli will present his one-man show \u2013 \u201cNicky as Carol Channing, a Musical Revue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ciampoli\u2019s show recreates moments from Carol Channing\u2019s iconic career from Broadway to Nashville to television and film. Audiences can expect their favorite songs from\u00a0\u201cGentlemen Prefer Blondes,\u201d \u201cShow Girl,\u201d \u201cHello, Dolly!,\u201d \u201cThoroughly Modern Millie\u201d and more.<\/p>\n

Ciampoli creates a nostalgic evening that pays homage to the performances and personal quirks of one of Broadway\u2019s brightest lights. Everything is performed live \u2013 with no lip-synching. Each show is a spontaneous, fun-filled spectacular honoring Channing.<\/p>\n

The talented singer-actor offers audiences an up-close and personal look at Channing \u2013 gained by his time when he actually was \u201cup-close and personal\u201d with Channing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI worked with Carol Channing for several years as her assistant,\u201d said Ciampoli, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon from his home in Palm Springs, California.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew of her previous to that, but I didn\u2019t know the extent of her career. I went to work for her in my early 20s and was her personal assistant. She was 86 at the time and still doing shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Channing, now 97, has retired from her stage and screen career.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing around her all the time, I picked up on all her idiosyncrasies,\u201d said Ciampoli. \u201cIt was a great experience to work with her — and I\u2019m still in touch with her family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ciampoli, who grew up in New Port Richey, Florida, has been active in music and theater from grade school through high school. By the time he graduated, Ciampoli was a proficient pianist and had developed several routines — including one where he imitated Liberace.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to impersonate Liberace, but I never did female illusions,\u201d said Ciampoli. \u201cI began with Carol Channing and stuck with it. It started when I went up and sang \u2018Hello Dolly\u2019 at a piano bar and got a great response. I\u2019ve been doing it ever since.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stuck with doing Carol Channing because it\u2019s more personal. I\u2019ve been doing my show about her for 11 years now.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything I do on my show is something that Carol has done throughout her career. Everything is Carol Channing. My shows range from 60-120 minutes. The show at the Rrazz Room is 75 minutes so I won\u2019t be doing a costume change. But, I do bring props.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do around 15 stories about Carol and her working with other artists such as Sophie Tucker and Marlena Dietrich \u2013 and about fictional characters Carol has created. I talk about Carol Channing when she played the Grand Ole Opry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ciampoli\u2019s show features many songs made famous by Carol Channing.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, I do \u2018Hello Dolly\u2019,\u201d said Ciampoli. \u201cSome of the other songs that are fan favorites are \u2018Diamonds Are a Girl\u2019s Best Friend,\u2019 \u2018Thoroughly Modern Millie,\u2019 \u2018Jazz Baby,\u2019 \u2018Before the Parade Passes By,\u2019 and \u2018I\u2019m Just a Little Girl from Little Rock.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Nicky Ciampoli — https:\/\/youtu.be\/0nV4qEl8ywo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Rrazz Room on September 15 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 and $35.<\/p>\n

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John Davidson<\/p><\/div>\n

On September 16, the Rrazz Room will host \u201cAn Evening With TV, Broadway, Film & Concert Star — John Davidson.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be my first time to play the Rrazz Room,\u201d said Davidson, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon from his home in the woods in the lake District of New Hampshire. \u201cI was scheduled to play there last year and then I got a Broadway show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did three National Tours of \u2018Wicked.\u2019 I\u2019d go back-and-forth between theater and solo shows. I played the Wizard in \u2018Wicked.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, I got \u2018Finding Neverland.\u2019 I played Charles Frohman\/James Hook \u2013 the role Kelsey Grammer played on Broadway. It\u2019s the best role I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n

After earning a B.A. in Theater Arts from Denison University, Davidson took his naturally-gifted baritone voice to the musical stage and made his Broadway debut with Bert Lahr and\u00a0Larry Blyden\u00a0in the short-lived musical, \u201cFoxy,\u201d, in 1964 at the Ziegfeld Theater. TV producer\u00a0Bob Banner, who discovered such other formidable talents as\u00a0Carol Burnett,\u00a0Dom DeLuise\u00a0and\u00a0Bob Newhart, caught Davidson in one of his performances and immediately took him under his wing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy career has been crazy,\u201d said Davidson. \u201cI started on Broadway in the 1960s. Then, Bob Banner discovered me and brought me into television.\u201d
\nOn television, Davidson co-starred as \u201cMatt\u201d in a 1964 Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of the classic musical, \u201cThe Fantasticks.\u201d He also appeared as a regular on\u00a0\u201cThe Entertainers\u201d in 1964 and then hosted\u00a0\u201cThe Kraft Summer Music Hall\u201d in 1966. Back on stage, he won a Theater World Award in 1965 for his role as \u201cCurly\u201d in \u201cOklahoma!\u201d<\/p>\n

Davidson earned his own daytime talk show,\u00a0\u201cThe John Davidson Show\u201d in 1969. He sang on his own TV Christmas specials and guested in episodes of\u00a0\u201cThe Love Boat\u201d and \u201cFantasy Island.\u201d He hosted \u201cThat\u2019s Incredible!,\u201d was a cast member on \u201cThe Hollywood Squares\u201d and took over as host of \u201cThe New Hollywood Squares\u201d in 1986. He also took over\u00a0Dick Clark<\/a>\u2019s emcee post on the syndicated game show,\u00a0\u201cThe $10,000 Pyramid\u00a0\u201c during the 1992-1993 season.<\/p>\n

Music, however, has always been first and foremost for Davidson.<\/p>\n

In addition to recording 12 solo albums in both the pop and country music genres, he plays the guitar and banjo and has sung in English, French and Spanish. A perennial nightclub and concert favorite, he has starred in many national tours and stock productions including \u201cThe Music Man,\u201d \u201cCamelot,\u201d \u201cCarousel,\u201d \u201cWill Rogers\u2019 Follies,\u201d \u201cPaint Your Wagon,\u201d \u201cHigh Infidelity,\u201d \u201cState Fair\u201d and his one-man show, \u201cBully\u201d as\u00a0Theodore Roosevelt.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I love to do best is what I\u2019m doing at the Rrazz Room,\u201d said Davidson. \u201cI\u2019m a singer\/songwriter and a storyteller. I do a little bit of Broadway stuff \u2013 and a lot of songs people over 40 will know. I also do some originals including my song \u201870s Suck,\u2019 which is about being in your 70s. I\u2019ll turn 77 in December.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an entertaining show. I\u2019m not a song stylist. I started off as a theater arts major playing musical theater. Then I discovered who John Davidson was.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve come a long way. It\u2019s been a great 50 years, but it\u2019s also been a confusing 50 years. I\u2019ve always loved the live aspect of my career \u2013 especially Broadway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for John Davidson — https:\/\/youtu.be\/rpJgrv2sHNU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Rrazz Room on September 16 will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 and $45.<\/p>\n

On September 15, metalheads will be flocking to South Street in Philly when \u201cThe Rise of the Underground Tour\u201d touches down at the Theatre of the Living Arts (334 South Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1011,http:\/\/www.lnphilly.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The all-ages show, which starts at 7:30 p.m., features Silvertomb, Life of Agony, and Year of the Knife.<\/p>\n

Silvertomb will be a big draw for fans of metal music \u2013 even though the band has yet to release an album.<\/p>\n

With a line-up that features former members of Type O Negative, Danzig and Agnostic Front, the band has a built-in cadre of fans.<\/p>\n

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Silvertomb<\/p><\/div>\n

Silvertomb is the latest musical endeavor of guitarist-vocalist\u00a0Kenny Hickey (Type O Negative, Seventh Void), drummer\u00a0Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative, Danzig), bassist\u00a0Hank Hell (Seventh Void, Inhuman), guitarist Joseph James, (Agnostic Front, Inhuman) and keyboardist\/guitarist\/vocalist\u00a0Aaron Joos (Awaken The Shadow, Empyreon).<\/p>\n

\u201cThis band formed out of the ashes of Seventh Void,\u201d said Hickey, during a phone interview Friday afternoon from his home in Staten Island, New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatt Brown left Seventh Void after we had done a lot of hard touring. I looked and said the hell with this \u2013 I can\u2019t do it anymore. Joseph James from Agnostic Front came in. I had written a lot of material and we were still calling it Seventh Void. But, there was never an album.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, I came up with a couple songs on which I heard orchestration in Type O style. Type O Negative was long gone by then.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started writing songs with strings, so we needed a keyboard. That\u2019s when we got Aaron Joos. Some of the older songs were written as original Seventh Void songs but the band has evolved since.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new band \u2013 Silvertomb \u2013 exists on a plane where metal music crashes into prog rock\u2026where Danzig gets in the sack with King Crimson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is definitely a prog rock influence,\u201d said Hickey. \u201cIt developed naturally. The album is done, and every song segues into the next one. When I write \u2013 a lot of time, it\u2019s fragmented ideas. That led me to doing the segues.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeaviness and darkness come naturally to me, so heaviness is still number one. I also wanted to add other elements of favorites like Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath \u2013 stuff I wanted to play and stuff I wanted to hear.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy taste is very broad \u2013 from the Beatles to the blues\u2026especially the blues. The blues element has to be there. We\u2019re going to spread out and stretch limitations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Silvertomb \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/hqBI-lMZ9Ts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the TLA, which features features Silvertomb, Life of Agony, and Year of the Knife, will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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