In the 1970s and ’80s, American productions of “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” proliferated like so many Starbucks. For a long time, it was the small-cast musical revue, ...
Production conception, English lyrics and additional material by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman Music and lyrics by Jacques Brel Directed by Stafford Arima Starring Brent Carver At the Stratford ...
Step into the shoes of the late chansonnier with these five tracks from his musical revue, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris – they’ll make you shake with fury, laughter and sadness ...
Jacques Brel’s rise to legendary status in the English speaking world was achieved posthumously and by stealth. Type his name into the UK Official Charts’ search engine for instance, and your total ...
She spins, she pirouettes, right, left, forwards and backwards, in a gray jacket, then a white one, in trousers, in underwear, and sometimes without. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker twirls constantly ...
In celebration of Sing'Theatre’s revival of the off-Broadway revue, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, we uncover five lesser-known facts about the late chansonnier If you once ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In any list of famous Belgians – a category that wags of other nationalities delight in mocking – Jacques Brel ...
On the 25th anniversary of the death of Belgium's most famous son comes a 40-track double album of the existential Gallic cool that influenced David Bowie, Ray Davies, Leonard Cohen and Scott Walker, ...