Opera soloist stars in youth theater
Seattle Opera soloist Karl Marx Reyes will star in Vashon Youth Theatre’s upcoming musical “Company” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 and 27, at the Vashon High School theater.
“Company” is based on a book by George Furth with music by Stephen Sondheim. The original production of the musical comedy won six Tony Awards in 1970.
Reyes will be joined by Vashon Youth Theatre thespians playing a variety of roles and other Vashon adult actors and singers. Elizabeth Ripley, founder of Vashon Youth Theatre, will direct the show.
The two evenings will be the annual fundraiser for the newly certified nonprofit dedicated to providing theater excellence for youth.
Tickets are available at Vashon Bookshop.
Local students open for Seattle band
Vashon High School musicians will open for the post-punk Seattle band Chastity Belt at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at the Red Bike.
The event will be the 12th concert in the series Sharing the Stage, which brought Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to the island in 2011. Local musicians mentor the students before the youth open for the off-island bands. The line-up of students this year will include Soccermoms, Ten Cent Time Machine, Ruby Seago & Eva Cyra, Mallory Breen, Kate Atwell and Payton Lieske.
Maggie Laird performs at the Red Bike
Maggie Laird and her band will perform an all-original set at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike.
Laird will include songs from her new CD release, “One More Manhattan,” recorded last June in Nashville. The set was first performed to a standing-room-only crowd at an album release party in Seattle.
Laird is familiar to Vashon audiences as a vocalist for Island Jazz Quintet and The Portage Philharmonic and has done extensive recording with other groups.
“The music displays her roots in rock, pop, cabaret and the theatre, while always having the spirit of jazz,” writes Scott Janow, author of “The Jazz Singers.”
The free show is open to all ages until 11 p.m., then 21 and older after that.
ID is required.
Van Redeker at the Blue Heron
Island musicians Daryl Redeker and Sam and Sara Van Fleet, known as The Van Redeker Band, will play one of the last performances at the Blue Heron at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
The band formed recently, in 2015, but has been making large strides. The trio plays dynamic interpretations of covers from songwriters such as The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash, Sam Cooke, JJ Cale and James Taylor, as well as original songs by Redeker.
Redeker is a well-known island teacher, veteran musician and songwriter. Sam Van Fleet, a photographer, was a principal dancer at the former Robert Davidson Dance company. Sara Van Fleet teaches at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.
Tickets are available at vashonalliedarts.org and at the Blue Heron.
Vashon chamber music plays Beethoven quartets
The Vashon Beethoven Quartet Project will continue performing Beethoven string quartets with the Girsky Quartet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Havurat Ee Shalom. Sunday’s performance will include the string quartets op. 18 no. 3 and 4. Tickets are $20 for general admission; $15 for seniors; 18 and under are free. Tickets are sold at Vashon Bookshop, brownpapertickets.com and at the door.
