Indelible Urges
Typical Male Moments From Musicals
Tuesday, June 19th @ 7:45pm

St. Paul's Epsicopal Church Courtyard
Riverside Ave., Riverside, CT

Free Concert with a "goodwill" offering
bring your own lawn chair, blanket, dinner, etc.

Few vehicles have better expressed the glorious highs, pathetic lows, and humorous idiosyncrasies of the male persona than the classic American musical theater. In this program beautiful love songs will be juxtaposed with hilarious patter songs... each one pinned to descriptive male characteristics ranging from boastful self-confidence, to capricious love, to eternal fidelity, to disdain, to delusion, to inner monologue, and even OCD.

Wow! What could be more fun!?

Selections are culled from the favorite classic musicals including Camelot, Brigadoon, The Pajama Game, Man of La Mancha, Finian's Rainbow, The Most Happy Fella, Kiss Me Kate, On the Town, and more. Think of this concert as a one-man musical titled "The Happy Man of Finiadoonelot's Pajama Jester"... or something like that.

A musical evening as random as this (and yet somehow cohesive) smacks of being the brainchild of baritone Michael Costantino... which would be true. Long known in the area as a Johannes Factotum, Costantino will bring his signature wit, musical sophistication, and powerful baritone to bear on the evening's songs and facial expressions.

It would be hard to think of a better foil for this program than accompanist Ted Simons. Ted's extraordinary experience in musical theater is duly complemented by his cunning and contemporaneous accompanying prowess... you never know what you're going to hear next! Expect the unexpected, 'cause you'll see it in this concert.

Regards, Mike C.