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‘Sweet Sounds of Summer’ Finds Temporary Home

There will be an encore after all for the Saugatuck “Sweets Sounds of Summer.”

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The Silver Steel Band performs at an earlier “Sweet Sounds of Summer” concert. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo

Al DiGuido, co-owner of Saugatuck Sweets, 575 Riverside Ave., said today there will be a concert by the Silver Steel Band Saturday, Aug. 8 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 96 Franklin St., “thanks to the amazing generosity of the Shepard & Girden families.”

The address is a daily parking lot at the Westport Metro-North station belonging to Saugatuck Grain & Supply next to Luciano Park.

The series in the courtyard outside of Saugatuck Sweets was abruptly canceled on Friday due to noise complaints from neighbors. (See WestportNow July 24, 2015)

Incendio Entertains at Levitt

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The veteran Los Angeles-based songwriter/musicians collectively known as Incendio returned to the Westport Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts tonight. It was the fifth appearance at the Levitt for the group, which plays what has been described as Latin guitar fusion music, combing polyrhythmic swirl of multiple Latin American music forms (boleros, cumbias, salsa, tango, mambo and the indigenous Peruvian valses criollos) with Indian, Arabic and Celtic flavors and a touch of jazz. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo

Insights on Playwriting from A. R. Gurney

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Playwright A. R. Gurney (c) today spoke about his world premiere comedy “Love & Money” at the Westport Country Playhouse’s Sunday symposium following a matinee performance. The conversation with director Mark Lamos (r), who is the Playhouse artistic director, was moderated by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director. Both Gurney and Lamos said the 80-minute play is a “work in progress.” Running at the Playhouse through Aug. 8, the co-production with New York’s Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre will officially open there in late August. Gurney said he has already made changes since the first Playhouse performance on Tuesday. “This makes it hard for the actors who have memorized their lines and performed them to have to change what they have memorized,” Gurney said.  “This is not unusual with a new play. As the actors perform, you may see something that needs changing. I want to do that. I don’t want anyone else doing the changing.” (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Phyllis Groner for WestportNow.com

‘Love & Money” Cast Takes a Bow

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The cast of “Love & Money” takes a curtain call tonight at its special premiere invitational performance at the Westport Country Playhouse. The play, a new comedy by A. R. Gurney exploring the trials of class, family, legacy, and race, directed by Mark Lamos, runs through Aug. 8. A co-production with New York’s Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre, it will officially open there in late August. Pictured are (l-r)  Pamela Dunlap, Gabriel Brown, Maureen Anderman, Joe Paulik and Kayhun Kim. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Familiar Face at the Playhouse

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Among those attending tonight’s invitational performance of “Love & Money” at the Westport Country Playhouse was legendary film, theater, and television star Jane Powell, who visited the cast after the play in the theater’s green room. The 86-year-old actress rose to fame as a singer in her home state of Oregon, and signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer while still in her teens. Powell lives in Manhattan and in Wilton with her fifth husband, former child actor Dick Moore. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

Enjoying a Concert Picnic From the Outside

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Danise Talbot of Westport (l) and friend Sylvia Halderman of Norwalk enjoy a riverside picnic tonight outside the Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts as they listen to the music of the summer benefit concert starring Don Felder. Tonight’s was a ticketed event to raise funds for the more than 50 nights of free entertainment. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com photo