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Third Avenue Presents: “Velvet Gentleman”

Now through June 4, Velvet Gentleman is on stage at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) in Sturgeon Bay.

Velvet Gentleman, created and performed by TAP Co-artistic Director James Valcq, is a colorful journey into the mind and music of the witty and eccentric composer Erik Satie whose music ranges from the comically bizarre to the hauntingly beautiful. This multimedia theater piece featuring Satie’s music, words, and drawings will transport audiences to fin-de-siècle Paris.

Although in his own time he was dismissed as a radical or a clown, Satie’s ideas were to have a profound influence on many musical developments over a broad time span, ranging from Debussy, Ravel, and Stravinsky all the way to John Cage and Philip Glass.

Using source material from Satie’s own published works, lectures and diaries, Valcq has created a unique biographical portrait of this complex and eccentric man whose hauntingly beautiful music influenced not only his contemporaries, but the generations who have followed.

Velvet Gentleman will be performed at 7:30 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 2 pm on Sunday. Tickets are $28 general admission and $12 students. For more information visit thirdavenueplayhouse.com.

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