Tag Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Ol’ Blue Eyes Still Has Plenty of Mileage
by Scott L. Powers, The Times Record, August 26, 1975
Frank Sinatra at 59 is somewhat like a guaranteed 40,000-mile tire at 25,000 miles. The edge is somewhat gone, but it gets …
The ‘Chairman of the Board’ presides at SPAC
by Dick Brooks, The Saratogian
As a vintage wine, Frank Sinatra whetted his talent as the evening progressed.
Sinatra quenched the palate of a nostalgia-hungry audience Monday. As the evening flitted away …
Audience dedicated to Gladys Knight and the Pips
Sunday’s rainy, dismal weather did not dampen the spirits of the overflow crowd at the Saratoga Performing Arts
Center.
Nor did it dampen the enthusiasm of Gladys Knight and the …
Victor Borge hit with record matinee audience at SPAC
by Candace Hollar, The Saratogian
Victor Borge, one of the old masters of comedy, entertained and delighted a record crowd of over 11,000 children, parents and grandparents in a beautiful summer …
Chicago performs to delight of 24,000 at SPAC
by Dan Collins, The Saratogian
Chicago gave a near-frenzied crowd of about 24,000 and Saratoga Performing Arts Center officials a lesson in concert last night, performing for two and a half hours …
Mangione leaves no doubt he’s current sound
by Marilyn Moran, The Saratogian
The audience at Saratoga Performing Arts Center got a concentrated dose of jazz Sunday evening from Chuck Mangione, his quartet and a 30-piece orchestra.
The concert started 15 …
B.B. King
Photo by Garland, Bennington Banner, August 12, 1975
Mary Travers—remnant of the 50s, 60s
by Craig Wilson, The Saratogian
Bittersweet, adj.- 1. something being at once bitter and sweet; pleasant but including or marked by elements of suffering or regret. 2. A Mary Travers concert.
The America of …
Together again
Photo by Hubbard, Bennington Banner, August 14, 1975
B.B. King proves he’s ‘King of Blues’
by Candace Hollar, The Saratogian
B. B. King, the “Boss of the Blues,” brought his magic to the stage of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Sunday evening, wooing the excited crowd into cheers …
Nero captures small, but devoted audience
by Marilyn Moran, The Saratogian
Music lovers missed a fine concert at SPAC Tuesday night. The amphitheater was less than one-fourth filled for pianist Peter Nero’s late-scheduled performance.
“Thank God you’re here,” he said …