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James Kennerley & Kotzschmar Brass Friday, Aug. 2 – 7:00 p.m.
Silent Film – “Wings” with Peter Krasinski Friday, Aug. 23 – 7:00 p.m.
James Kennerley & Friends
Friday, Sept. 13 – 7:00 p.m.
Guest Organist – Jens Korndoerfer Friday, Sept. 27 – 7:00 p.m.
Halloween Silent Film Potemkin w/ James Kennerley
Tuesday, Oct. 29 – 7:00 p.m.
James Kennerley with Motor Booty Affair Saturday, Nov. 16 – 8:00 p.m.
Christmas with Kennerley & Kotzschmar Brass
Monday, Dec. 23 – 7:00 p.m.
Bach Birthday Bash 2020 Friday, Mar. 20 – 7:00 p.m.
2019 - 2020 Kotzschmar Organ Concerts
James Kennerley & Kotzschmar Brass Fri, Aug 2 7:00 pm
Silent Film - “Wings“ with Peter Krasinski Fri, Aug 23 7:00 pm
James Kennerley & Friends Fri, Sept 13 7:00 pm Guest Organist - Jens Korndoerfer Fri, Sept 27 7:00 pm
Halloween Silent Film with James Kennerley Tues, Oct 29 7:00 pm
James Kennerley with Motor Booty Affair Sat, Nov 16 8:00 pm
Christmas with Kennerley & Kotzschmar Brass Mon, Dec 23 7:00pm
Bach Birthday Bash 2020 Fri, March 20 7:00pm
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Kotzschmar Organ Tours Thursday August 8 12 pm
Tuesday August 20 12 pm
Port City Organ Day Saturday August 24 10am — 5 pm
Tours at 12 noon and 4 pm
Merrill Auditorium
20 Myrtle Street, Portland, ME 04112
James Kennerley, Portland’s 11th Municipal Organist
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Thursday, Aug. 15, 12 p.m.
Tuesday Aug. 20, 12 p.m.
Port City Organ Day
Saturday, August 24, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Tours at noon and 4 p.m.
Merrill Auditorium
20 Myrtle Street, Portland, Maine
James Kennerley, Portland’s
11th Municipal Organist
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To Eternity thanks to maine, elvis is back in Vegas.
By colin W. SargEnt
hy wait for the audi-ence to come to you, when
you can go to the audience? “Welcome to Caesars Palace
and the Ogunquit Playhouse production of Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel!”
During the summer of 2017, Ogun-quit Playhouse’s Brad Kenney delight-ed Maine theatergoers with Heartbreak Hotel, a curated presentation of Elvis songs, some un-known, that Kenney created with producer/director/writer Floyd Mutrux from a shelved trial sequence Mutrux had originally envi-sioned as part of Mil-lion Dollar Quartet, also successfully produced at Ogunquit. At Heart-break Hotel, Maine crowds rocked out to the big sounds of the smoldering, sensitive 18-year-old Elvis Pres-ley—and the tears. End of story, right? No, it’s the beginning.
loVE mE tEndErloin“The phone started ringing,” Kenney says, first from “the cruise ships, then Caesars Entertainment.” Investors piled on board, including creatives and financiers connect-ed to the Elvis estate. What to do? Kenney knows showbiz like Smilla knows snow. While he treated us to a sizzling season at the same time in Ogunquit, “We trans-ferred the production to Chicago last sum-
mer. Caesars Entertainment came and saw Chicago. They said, ‘If you can do A, B, C, and D, we can do a casino show.’ I spent my spring in Las Vegas. I worked with Broad-way director Jeff Calhoun. We took what went well in Ogunquit, what went well in Chicago, and curated a show for the Las Vegas concert space.”
As in Harrah’s Show-room, which dates to the Rat Pack days.
Imagine the curi-ous and wonderful word “Ogunquit” falling on Vegas ears.
roSy FuturEHeartbreak Hotel opened in the city of neon in April and is still playing. But for how long?
“Forever,” Kenney says. “The contract is open-ended!”
An early review from John Katsilometes of the Las Vegas Review Jour-
nal reports: “The Elvis lead, Eddie Clen-dening, is a killer performer, and this back-ing band smokes.”
Which is no surprise, since Kenney conducts some of his business meetings while walking the smoky coast of Marginal Way. As for Clendening, we saw him first in the Maine version of the show, itself a world premiere.
The ripples go outward. While the show continues in Vegas, another version is being announced for “London,” Kenney says. “Seriously.” n
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