When the Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel had his American debut at Carnegie Hall on Dec. 4, 1965, his passionate lyrics and soulful delivery — by turns funny, poetic, heartbreaking, bitter, ...

1 OH, MARY! to Launch U.S. Tour in Fall 2026 Of course, all four can Sing (capital 'S' intentional), each with their individual solos to shine and chorally in harmonious back-up. Koehler does wonders ...

Brussels, Belgium – The memory of singer-songwriter Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in his native Belgium. The chanteur who thrilled crowds with songs including “If We Only Have Love” and ...

In January 1968, when the show Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris was first mounted, at the Village Gate in New York City, The New York Times’ critic Dan Sullivan was not overly ...

Chita Rivera sings "Carousel" from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. At Jazz at Lincoln Center, Chita Rivera sings "Carousel" from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, ...

The problem with an entire evening of Brel is that it starts to feel like eating 14 such rich desserts in a row. Delicious? Absolutely. But eventually, it's just too much. This is the challenge master ...

In the 1970s and ’80s, American productions of “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” proliferated like so many Starbucks. For a long time, it was the small-cast musical revue, ...

First off, Jacques Brel is not alive. The Belgian crooner died of a pulmonary embolism back in 1978, 10 years after this musical revue made its debut off-­Broadway. The revue came in the autumn of a ...

Brel’s multi-faceted work has stood the test of time, influencing the lives of others long after his untimely death at 49 in October of 1978. Brel was a successful actor, director, and ...

Unlike the title of the enduring musical revue that just opened at ACT Theatre, Jacques Brel is not alive and well and living in Paris. But the sardonic, wise and intensely emotive songs of this ...