LEGACY THEATRE OF BRANFORD VALUES TIME IN ALL ITS ELEMENTS

A TRIO OF CABARET SINGERS PERFORMING "PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE" AT THE
STONY CREEK MUSEUM FOR THE LEGACY THEATRE OF BRANFORD

Yesterday, today and tomorrow were the themes of Branford’s newest entertainment venture, “a carousel of time” if you wish, when The Legacy Theatre took the stage of the Stony Creek Museum August 22, 23, and 24. Six cabaret singers–Linda Klein, Jenya Weinreb, Barbara Pochan, Michael Frost, Jackie Trimble Shapiro and Pam Faber-enthusiastically took the stage and musically explored a timeline from “Past, Present, Future” with almost twenty offerings, all played on the piano by David Bell, under the direction of Artistic Director Keely Baisden Knudsen and stage manager Amy Rose VanNess.

Stony Creek Museum has been the temporary home of The Legacy Theatre from November 2018 to August 2019 as its new home at the former Puppet House Theatre is being renovated. In fact, these concerts included a flashlight tour of the new building as part of the presentation. 

Songs that evening included such sentimental favorites as “The Way We Were,” “As Time Goes By,” “It Was A Very Good Year,” “Crazy,” “Maybe This Time,” and “I Wish You Love.” The passage of days and the meaning of love were evident in every word. “The Trolley Song” reminded us of the time trolleys clanged on Branford Roads.

This historic showplace that once welcomed the likes of Orson Welles and the Mercury Players will soon be a launch pad for innovative productions, family programming and children’s productions. This gift to the community will be an educational and entertaining addition to the shoreline.

Upcoming events include appearances at the Guilford Performing Arts Festival September 27-29 that features music, dance, theatre, poetry, storytelling, a circus, hands-on-drumming, workshops and shows for kids.On Sunday, September 29 at 4 p.m. the Legacy will offer “77 U-Turn” written and performed by Julie Fitzpatrick while the day before at 4 p.m. Legacy’s Wheel Life Theatre Troupe ambulating on crutches and in wheel chairs will perform for free. Go to https://guilfordperformingartsfest.org.

In September, you can purchase tickets for a Murder Mystery Dinner at Woodwinds as a Fall Fundraiser on October 17. Writer, performer and director Michael Sayers will lead the audience through a bushel of clues with professional actors dropping hints for all the potential detectives in the audience. According to Sayers, “This is a wonderful collaboration that has begun from one group helping another. We are offering a direct donation to the Legacy. The show “Auditions Are Murder” is set in a theater and there is active participation for the audience. We are looking forward to augmenting future activities like the upcoming Edgar Allen Poe “Poetic” coming when the new theater opens." Go to www.LegacyTheatreCT.orgfor more information.

Keep your eye on all the new and exciting state of the art happenings that The Legacy Theatre is offering, in all its 127 seats and 6000 square feet of historically accurate and “dreamy” possibilities set to open in 2020.