The Pearl Company

FOR THE LOVE O’ NAT – CHRONICLING THE LIFE, TIMES & MUSIC OF NAT KING COLE: Dean Hollin presents another of his popular “Musical Biographies”.  Saturday, May 28th,  8 pm.  $18 advance / $22 door.  An evening of memories and melodies, all tied together by one man — that tremendous crooner of the twentieth century, Nat King Cole. The songs: “A Blossom Fell”, “Route 66, “Mona Lisa”, “Straighten Up and Fly Right”, “Paper Moon”, “When I Fall In Love” and, the timeless “Stardust”! In direct keeping with the instrumentation of the original Nat King Cole Trio piano, rhythm guitar, and upright bass — Dean will be accompanied by a live jazz trio.  http://www.deanhollin.com

In The Pearl’s theatre-in-the-round space: Two plays in two weeks! One (Living Tall) by acclaimed theatre artist and teacher, Ker Wells; the other (Darwinii: The Comeuppance of Man) by playwright Glen Berger and performer Brett Keyser.

DARWINII: The Comeuppance of Man: 2 PERFORMANCES ONLY: Friday and Saturday, March 25 & 26 at 7:30pm. $15 at the door. A once in a lifetime chance to see a swashbuckling, one-man “tour de farce” that deftly skewers everything you think you know about Darwin. A unique and imaginative trip ‘round Darwinism, deep time, evolution, and survival of the fittest that’s also serious fun. With Brett Keyser, writer, director, and performing artist.  It is a unique and imaginative trip ‘round Darwinism, deep time, evolution, and survival of the fittest that’s also serious fun.  Check out this great review! http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2011/03/cleveland_public_theatre_darwi.html

Darwinii was conceived by playwright Glen Berger and writer-performer Brett Keyser. Darwinii was originally commissioned by the American Philosophical Society Museum. (more…)

Steve Brockley Band with Sarah Good: Saturday, March 26. 9:30pm. $10 tickets at the door/ $8 for Artists & Students.  ”These are songs that other songwriters talk about, and musicians that other musicians talk about.”  Leon Power’s beats combined with Kevin Bertram’s double bass swagger make a low-down groove while Steve Brockley’s finger-picked electric guitar tactics and whiskey-blend vocals deliver some honest songs from the heart and guts.   “His album, crafted in the riff-filled, storytelling tradition of legends like Johnny Cash, is beyond his years.” www.myspace.com/stevebrockley
Sarah Good: With her beautiful voice and her musically adventurous soul, Sarah will take you unusual places with her sincere and soaring vocals.  We are always delighted to have Hamilton’s Sarah Good at The Pearl.