A generally accepted indicator of creativity is the ability to connect disparate ideas. In a dramatic, inventive performance by Clint Holmes at Landmark Saturday evening, two separate bodies of work were combined in his show, This Thing Called Love.
Singer Mandy Patinkin put his versatile cabaret-style talent on display in his Landmark stage debut, but the characters he's brought to life as an actor were a restless offstage force.
Hear their music for the first time and it’s hard to overlook the mastery of scale- and arpeggio-playing – with speed. But in their best work, Strunz & Farah effect a steady musical tide that ebbs between the lyrical, the tranquil and the virtuosic.